Money, Wealth & Power—A Daily Look at the Financial World
President Donald Trump’s signature education package, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is about to collide with the traditional college business model. By capping how much families can borrow, shrinking repayment safety nets and taxing wealthy campuses more heavily, the law could simultaneously squeeze enrollment and push institutions to rethink who they serve and how….
JD Vance entered national politics presenting himself as a product of hardship, but his finances have moved in the opposite direction. Over the last five years, public filings and outside estimates show his wealth climbing from a few million dollars into eight-figure territory, driven by book royalties, investing and real estate. The question now is…
The United States has crossed a line that once seemed unthinkable: paying more than $1 trillion a year just to service its national debt. With total obligations now approaching $40 trillion and interest costs rising faster than tax revenues, the federal balance sheet is tilting toward a structural crisis rather than a passing rough patch….
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has finally vaulted over the 50,000 mark, a psychological barrier that once sounded like science fiction on Wall Street trading floors. The move caps a blistering run powered by artificial intelligence enthusiasm, resilient corporate profits and a U.S. economy that, while slowing at the edges, is still expanding. The question…
The new space race is no longer a one‑horse show. While Elon Musk’s SpaceX dominates launch and satellite headlines, a cluster of rivals is quietly building rockets, spacecraft and networks that could reshape how investors gain exposure to orbit. I will walk through seven key competitors taking on Musk in launch and satellite services and…
Wealthy Californians are not just booking weekend trips to Las Vegas, they are quietly uprooting their lives and balance sheets and planting them across the state line. The draw is not the slots or the Strip, but a radically different tax code, legal environment, and cost structure that is reshaping where the richest Americans choose…
Wall Street is about to confront a merger so large and so unusual that it will effectively test whether public markets are ready to bankroll a vision of space-based internet fused with frontier artificial intelligence. By folding his rocket company into his AI startup at a valuation of $1.25 trillion, Elon Musk is turning Starlink’s…
The United States is preparing to send a large new wave of taxpayer money to the United Nations, reversing a period of withheld dues and deep cuts that pushed the world body toward a budget crisis. The move will not only start chipping away at arrears that run into the billions, it will also lock…
US lawmakers were expected to push a sweeping cryptocurrency framework over the finish line, only to pull back at the last moment with a blunt message: they “unfortunately can’t support” the package in its current form. The sudden reversal has exposed deep fractures between banks, digital asset firms, and regulators at the exact moment the…
The global electric car boom that was supposed to redefine the auto business is suddenly looking fragile. After years of being told that battery vehicles were an unstoppable, “inevitable” replacement for gasoline, the industry is confronting slowing sales growth, collapsing margins and a brutal reset of expectations. The panic is not about whether EVs have…