Rep. Thomas Massie turns Trump's jabs at him into campaign cash
Rep. Thomas Massie is still raking in campaign cash -- even as President Trump and his deep-pocketed allies go after him and lift up his chief primary challenger, who has made an early…
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Why a Tennessee proposal to ban sports betting on campus is too little, too late
In the months after a 2018 Supreme Court decision opened the door for states to legalize sports betting within their borders, giddy lawmakers across the country couldn’t move quickly…
Mamdani Has Learned Nothing from Rent-Control History
By embracing rent control, New York City’s mayor is recycling a policy that feels compassionate but fails everyone it touches. Source link
A Battle over Bison in Montana Sets a Dangerous Precedent
The Trump administration just undermined property rights — and ranchers should be worried. Source link
The Problem with Trump’s Fraud-Prosecutor Plan
The credibility of federal law enforcement depends on its not being politicized. Source link
Looking Good at the Winter Show
Art is selling at the annual fair at the Armory, but dealers are under duress from tariffs, a spotty market, and the inscrutability of younger buyers. Source link
NATO’s Not Dead
Pundits’ claims that the alliance is on the verge of demise are greatly exaggerated. Source link
The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism
But Project 2025 broke that pattern. For once, conservatives put their entire agenda in writing. Draft executive orders. Implementation timelines. Agency-by-agency restructuring plans. It…
Buyer’s or seller’s housing market? Zillow’s updated regional ratings for over 400 markets
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Zillow economists use an economic model they call the Zillow Market Heat…
Inside Apple’s Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show strategy
When Roc Nation and the NFL decided that Bad Bunny would be their Super Bowl headliner, the next step was for Apple, the show’s sponsor, to set the strategy to hype the halftime show.…
When to invest in your solo business
Though I long resisted the label, I have been a solopreneur ever since I started working as a freelance writer in 2010. As the owner, manager, and only employee, all decisions about my…
TikTok’s odd behavior was caused by a tech issue—but users’ response indicates the app has a trust problem
Anyone wanting to get their TikTok fix in the United States recently had a rough time. The app went haywire, kicking off early on the morning of January 25, due to a power outage at a key…
This smart service saves memorable podcast moments in your inbox
Listen, I don’t know about you, but I’m generally not so big on listening. I tend to be more of a “words in front of my eyes” kind of guy when it comes to taking in information (which, as…
The eye-popping price of Harry Styles tickets has social media users furious
More than 11.5 million fans signed up for presale tickets to Harry Styles’s upcoming Madison Square Garden residency for the Together, Together tour. But when tickets went on sale January…
Apple loses more AI researchers and a Siri executive in latest departures
The company has struggled to keep up with peers in the artificial intelligence race Apple has lost at least four more of its artificial intelligence (AI) researchers in recent…
Sandisk’s 1,600% rally keeps going after ‘unprecedented’ quarter
Memory and storage companies have historically traded at lower valuations due to their cyclical nature Digital storage company Sandisk’s strong revenue and earnings outlook is…
How to design a sabbatical that actually changes you
For many people, the word sabbatical conjures a very specific image: a long break from work, perhaps time spent on a beautiful beach, maybe a few weeks of rest before returning…
Tether’s annual profit drops 23% in midst of fundraising
Tether posted a US$10 billion profit in 2025, down 23 per cent from the previous year, as the world’s biggest stablecoin issuer launched a fundraising process that would make it…
Peloton cuts 11% of jobs, with engineering teams getting hit
The fitness technology company joins a slew of other tech companies that have recently slashed their workforces Peloton Interactive, the long-struggling fitness technology…
Nvidia’s plan to invest up to US$100 billion in OpenAI has stalled: report
Big Tech companies and investors such as SoftBank Group are racing to forge partnerships with the ChatGPT maker Nvidia’s plan to invest up to US$100 billion in OpenAI to help it…
Labubu maker Pop Mart sets up London hub for European push
Mart International Group is setting up a London headquarters for its European operations as the Chinese maker of Labubu collectible toys seeks a new growth market after its…
WTO panel backs China in case against US clean energy subsidies
The panel’s report recommended the United States withdraw the measures under the Inflation Reduction Act by Oct 1, 2026 [BERLIN/GENEVA] A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel on…
Senate passes '26 spending package, except for Homeland Security funding
The Senate on Friday passed an amended spending package that replaces a full-year Department of Homeland Security funding bill with a two-week stopgap to give lawmakers time to hash out…
US stocks fall, as investors fret over Trump’s Fed nominee, earnings, inflation
Wall Street’s main indexes closed lower on Friday (Jan 30) as investors viewed US President Donald Trump’s nomination of former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh as a hawkish…