Bitcoin’s Identity Crisis: Can It Truly Become a Digital Store of Value?
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
How Students Can Earn a Degree With Minimal or No Debt
As tuition continues climbing faster than inflation, many students are rethinking the traditional path to a four-year degree. Rising costs are forcing families to look for creative, strategic ways to limit borrowing — and fortunately, there are more options than ever...
What to Do With Your Retirement Plan After Losing a Job
Job loss brings uncertainty, but one financial decision often gets pushed aside: what to do with the retirement money left behind in your former employer’s plan. That account may be one of your largest assets, and handling it wisely can protect your long-term...
Why More Borrowers Could Soon See Smaller Student Loan Payments
With living costs rising faster than many households can adjust, policymakers are searching for ways to lighten financial strain — and student borrowers may soon see relief. A series of updates to repayment rules could broaden who qualifies for lower monthly payments,...
Understanding the Proposed Child Savings Incentive: What Parents Should Know
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
Why Americans Are Feeling the Pinch — And What You Can Do About It
2025 isn’t a return to “pre-pandemic normal.” Instead, we’re in a transition: a time where rising costs, economic uncertainty, and shifting global conditions demand both vigilance and adaptability.
- Amazon isn’t giving up on Jeff Bezos’ drone deliveries dream—and after 13 years of turbulence, the momentum is finally shiftingby Sebastian Herrera on August 19, 2026 at 10:38 pm
The e-commerce giant announced it is expanding drone delivery to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of this year, a sixfold increase from its current capabilities.
- Bitcoin posts surprise rally as currency nears $70,000 for the first time since Juneby Camila Grigera Naón on August 19, 2026 at 10:18 pm
The U.S. Treasury’s bond-buyback announcement helped send Bitcoin up nearly 6% with one analyst saying a broader recovery may be afoot.
- Google and the UK think changing flights paths could cut down on climate changeby Jennifer McDermott, The Associated Press on August 19, 2026 at 10:17 pm
A 30-month, $6.76 million trial will nudge hundreds of flights off course over the Atlantic to test whether contrails can be engineered away.
- Pentagon pushes ‘zero tolerance’ audit on foreign university partnerships that ‘compromise our national security’by The Associated Press, Heather Hollingsworth on August 19, 2026 at 9:12 pm
Schools must complete a review and terminate arrangements deemed problematic—or face funding losses.
- Geopolitical risk needs to move away from the ‘after-dinner speaker’: Eurasia Group and Rio Tinto’s Dominic Bartonby Nicholas Gordon on August 19, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Eurasia Group counselor Dominic Barton says corporate leaders can no longer treat geopolitics as a boardroom sideshow amid tariffs and new restrictions.
- The new head of America’s top children’s hospital sees ‘the dawn of a new era’ for kid cancer treatmentby The Associated Press, Glenn Gamboa on August 19, 2026 at 8:46 pm
St. Jude CEO Dr. Charles W. M. Roberts said he believes this is a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to achieve the dream of treating cancer in children.
- National debt crosses $40 trillion and think tank warns: ‘The level of fiscal mismanagement is tragicby Eleanor Pringle on August 19, 2026 at 8:24 pm
"To anyone who cares about America, about democracy and our future, in my view, this is already a crisis," Michael Peterson told Fortune.
- Jimmy Kimmel feud with Trump escalates to ABC suing the FCC over threats to its broadcast licensesby Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press on August 19, 2026 at 7:46 pm
“Again and again, the Administration has attacked ABC’s speech — the stories its journalists report and the viewpoints its network programs air."
- Moderna’s and Merck’s personalized mRNA vaccine shows real promise against deadly skin cancer melanoma in late stage trial and sends stocks soaringby Catherina Gioino on August 19, 2026 at 5:47 pm
The shot, paired with Merck's Keytruda, cut the risk of melanoma recurrence in a trial of more than 1,100 patients.
- Inside the $8 billion cybersecurity acquisition that helped ServiceNow’s stock buck the ‘Saaspocalypse’ fearsby Lily Mae Lazarus on August 19, 2026 at 6:58 am
The deal for Yevgeny Dibrov’s Armis was Israel’s second-largest tech startup exit ever.





