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Melania Trump raked in $17 million from a documentary, a memoir and NFTs — now lawmakers are asking questions

The First Lady largely made money off her name in 2025, including through her self-titled film and New York Times bestselling book.

Laura Boast

Banking • 11h ago

Elon Musk's X Money promises 6% APY and $10M in FDIC coverage — Elizabeth Warren has questions

X Money makes big promises — but the fine print matters. And Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to know how Musk can pay a rate no bank in America can match.

Godwin Oluponmile

Banking • 11h ago

Elon Musk's X Money promises 6% APY and $10M in FDIC coverage — Elizabeth Warren has questions

X Money makes big promises — but the fine print matters. And Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to know how Musk can pay a rate no bank in America can match.

Godwin Oluponmile

Karoline Leavitt speaks in front of a White House podium

News • 11h ago

'Send them to Iran': Karoline Leavitt suggests forcing Gen Z into the military for complaining about the economy

The 28-year-old press secretary — herself a member of Gen Z — said young people frustrated with the cost of living should be shipped to Cuba or Iran to appreciate the USA.

Dave Smith

News • 11h ago

'Send them to Iran': Karoline Leavitt suggests forcing Gen Z into the military for complaining about the economy

The 28-year-old press secretary — herself a member of Gen Z — said young people frustrated with the cost of living should be shipped to Cuba or Iran to appreciate the USA.

Dave Smith

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News • 11h ago

A 65-year-old retiree could face $313,000 in health costs — and that's before long-term care

New research shows there’s one risk to your retirement security that’s consistently at the top of people’s minds: health-related costs.

By Rebecca Payne

News • 11h ago

A 65-year-old retiree could face $313,000 in health costs — and that's before long-term care

New research shows there’s one risk to your retirement security that’s consistently at the top of people’s minds: health-related costs.

By Rebecca Payne

Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-N.J., arrives for the House Republican Conference caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday,

News • 12h ago

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. took 116 days off at full pay to battle depression — after voting against paid sick leave for workers

Tom Kean Jr voted against New Jersey's paid sick leave law while a member of the state Senate. Many American workers aren’t able to collect a check if they don’t work while ill.

By Emma Caplan-Fisher

News • 12h ago

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. took 116 days off at full pay to battle depression — after voting against paid sick leave for workers

Tom Kean Jr voted against New Jersey's paid sick leave law while a member of the state Senate. Many American workers aren’t able to collect a check if they don’t work while ill.

By Emma Caplan-Fisher

Images of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and algae in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

News • 12h ago

Former Olympian indicted in Reflecting Pool saga — should be ‘alarming’ to us all, say his lawyers

Multiple people have been arrested for vandalizing the recently renovated (and now peeling) attraction.

By Becky Robertson

News • 12h ago

Former Olympian indicted in Reflecting Pool saga — should be ‘alarming’ to us all, say his lawyers

Multiple people have been arrested for vandalizing the recently renovated (and now peeling) attraction.

By Becky Robertson

Charlie Javice arrives at court with a woman next to her holding a shopping bag

News • 13h ago

Charlie Javice scammed JPMorgan out of $175M — now the bank must keep paying for her first-class tickets and gummy bears

A Delaware judge ruled the bank must keep footing the fraudster's bills, a tab topping $100 million that includes a lavish meals, hotel upgrades, and hundreds of dollars worth of gummy bears.

By Dave Smith

News • 13h ago

Charlie Javice scammed JPMorgan out of $175M — now the bank must keep paying for her first-class tickets and gummy bears

A Delaware judge ruled the bank must keep footing the fraudster's bills, a tab topping $100 million that includes a lavish meals, hotel upgrades, and hundreds of dollars worth of gummy bears.

By Dave Smith

News • 14h ago

AI debt is a bigger risk to stability than sky-high Wall Street valuations, the IMF says. Here’s why

The IMF says the real threat is $159 billion in corporate bonds issued by tech giants in just 5 months to fund an AI buildout that's already showing signs of delay.

By Joseph Zeballos-Roig

News • 14h ago

AI debt is a bigger risk to stability than sky-high Wall Street valuations, the IMF says. Here’s why

The IMF says the real threat is $159 billion in corporate bonds issued by tech giants in just 5 months to fund an AI buildout that's already showing signs of delay.

By Joseph Zeballos-Roig

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Photo of Polaroid's latest ad campaign sign, on Coney Island in Brooklyn

Life • 17h ago

‘Go touch grass’: Polaroid’s ‘pro-human’ ad campaign calls for an analog summer – and Gen Z may be ready to listen

Officially, this campaign is about promoting a new instant camera, but the meme-friendly messages take a jab at the obsession with AI.

By Eric Esposito

Life • 17h ago

‘Go touch grass’: Polaroid’s ‘pro-human’ ad campaign calls for an analog summer – and Gen Z may be ready to listen

Officially, this campaign is about promoting a new instant camera, but the meme-friendly messages take a jab at the obsession with AI.

By Eric Esposito

News • 17h ago

This Pennsylvania man had to pay $3,000 to get his own home back after a ‘rampant’ deed fraud scam

Fraudsters nearly stole dozens of Pittsburgh homes in a sneaky deed fraud scheme. Here’s what you can do to protect yours.

By Eric Esposito

News • 17h ago

This Pennsylvania man had to pay $3,000 to get his own home back after a ‘rampant’ deed fraud scam

Fraudsters nearly stole dozens of Pittsburgh homes in a sneaky deed fraud scheme. Here’s what you can do to protect yours.

By Eric Esposito

Donald Trump smiles while talking with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

News • 18h ago

Billionaire Sam Altman is weighing giving the Trump administration a 5% stake in OpenAI

The proposed handover would be worth about $42.6 billion — and Altman wants every major AI lab to pay a matching slice into an Alaska-style public fund.

By Dave Smith

News • 18h ago

Billionaire Sam Altman is weighing giving the Trump administration a 5% stake in OpenAI

The proposed handover would be worth about $42.6 billion — and Altman wants every major AI lab to pay a matching slice into an Alaska-style public fund.

By Dave Smith

The outside of a Take 5 oil change building

News • 18h ago

Her Jeep's engine ended up in the backseat after a routine oil change — she says Take 5 told her the warranty was void

The Douglas County, GA case is the second at the same Take 5 location in June — and a national pattern of complaints, lawsuits and an F rating from the BBB suggests it's far from an isolated problem.

By Emma Caplan-Fisher

News • 18h ago

Her Jeep's engine ended up in the backseat after a routine oil change — she says Take 5 told her the warranty was void

By Emma Caplan-Fisher

family coming home from shopping at front of house

News • 18h ago

A Minnesota jury just ruled that 'Shariah compliant' home deals were a scheme to defraud Muslim homebuyers

Minnesota-based Chadwick Banken profited from “contract-for-deed” scams that targeted a religious minority for their beliefs — leaving some victims homeless.

By Kit Pulliam

News • 18h ago

A Minnesota jury just ruled that 'Shariah compliant' home deals were a scheme to defraud Muslim homebuyers

Minnesota-based Chadwick Banken profited from “contract-for-deed” scams that targeted a religious minority for their beliefs — leaving some victims homeless.

By Kit Pulliam