Trump’s war on immigration entangles business in PR disaster and the literal site of contested arrests
Anyone — including ICE — can enter public areas of a business as they wish. This can include restaurant dining sections, open parking lots, office lobbies and shopping aisles.“The general…
The billion-dollar storm? Economists debate how much activity Winter Storm Fern laid waste to
But how much? Economists and meteorologists are trying to get a handle on the disruption costs of winter weather disasters, which aren’t as easy to calculate as buildings destroyed by…
Trump’s own Big Beautiful Bill could add $5.5 trillion to the deficits and help sabotage his plan to ‘grow out’ of the national debt crisis
The question naturally arises: What kind of pace of expansion versus what the Congressional Budget Office now predicts, would be required to erase the bulging, structural gulf between revenues and…
Strategy buys more Bitcoin—$264 million of it—even as Bitcoin slumps to $87,000
One analyst views Saylor’s purchase as expected, considering the company’s business strategy, which is to continually amass Bitcoin on the theory it will appreciate in the long term, and to…
‘Keep on dreaming’: NATO’s secretary-general has real talk for EU lawmakers threatening break with Trump
“If anyone thinks here … that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the U.S., keep on dreaming. You can’t,” Rutte told EU lawmakers in…
Trump administration buys stake in USA Rare Earth as wave of government deals in critical minerals continues
The Trump administration will invest $1.6 billion in Oklahoma-based USA Rare Earth, giving the government an equity stake that could exceed 15% as the White House continues its spree of…
Law school admissions expert sees ‘dangerous one-two punch’ as Gen Z seeks shelter from the AI hiring storm in 6-figure debt and law-degree lifeboat
It’s been nearly three years since ChatGPT successfully passed the bar exam, a feat that sent a wave of existential dread through the legal profession. Yet the demise of this…
Palantir/ICE connections draw fire as questions raised about tool tracking Medicaid data to find people to arrest
Simmering tensions over the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Minneapolis erupted into outright condemnation from multiple corners after the killing of Alex Pretti by a Border…
Inside KPMG’s Orlando Lakehouse: the $450 million COVID boondoggle that’s becoming a secret weapon for the AI revolution
While the timing appeared catastrophic—and many partners grumbled about how it was surely coming out of their compensation—the $450 million investment transformed into what leadership now describes as a strategic…
Trump was surging after the Venezuela raid—then came Jerome Powell, Greenland and Minnesota. Now it feels like a ‘historic hinge moment’
President Donald Trump was riding high early this month after the U.S. military pulled off a stunning raid that captured dictator Nicolas Maduro.But just three weeks later, he has run…
