US tariffs are paid almost entirely by Americans, a German study finds

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A new study from a German think tank found that foreign exporters paid only 4% of the US tariffs, with the rest paid by American buyers.

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China’s big people shortage just got bigger, and the risks are growing too

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Trust AI enough to bet your retirement? You said, 'No thanks'

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Elon Musk suggested letting AI run your 401 (k). Our readers weren't on board.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was talking about a universal basic income before it was cool

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Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality.

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The Supreme Court is about to weigh in on the Fed's independence in a case that goes beyond Jerome Powell

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America's new sink-or-swim era is here

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A few years ago, HR practitioner T. Tara Turk-Haynes hired yoga instructors and meditation gurus to help employees handle burnout at the media company where she worked.

She's not doing anything like that today.

She was a first-generation college grad. Now, she has $55,000 in student loans and is postponing having kids.

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Eryn Bostwick, 37, is delaying having kids because of her student loan debt.

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Hundreds of America's rural hospitals have vanished. Maps show closures by state.

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Rural hospital closures limit healthcare for millions of Americans.

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Bernie Sanders's AI data center pause isn't catching on in Congress yet

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"There's enormous issues for our economy and for our democracy that have got to be dealt with," Sanders said. "And I feel we're not ready to do that."

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump's Greenland push is about avoiding a 'hot war'

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is a key figure in US-China trade talks.

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