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Trump’s 250-foot gold arch would tower over the Lincoln Memorial. When asked who it honors, he said: ‘Me’

A towering new monument proposed by Trump might reshape Washington’s skyline but faces growing legal concerns and public resistance.

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'You never see numbers like this': Trump's economy approval with independents plunges 79 points

Just 15 months into Trump’s second term, the approval rating has plummeted so deeply and abruptly that CNN’s Harry Enten thought it was a typo.

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Ted Cruz confirms ‘dirty little secret’ about Trump Accounts, and it could change Social Security. Protect yourself now

Cruz says the accounts could create 'a new generation of capitalists.'

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President Trump is joined by Elon Musk in the Oval Office.

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Georgia and Alabama homeowners reeling after Trump canceled grant that helps with high utility bills, calling it DEI

Trump’s push against DEI initiatives has left some low-income homeowners without the relief they were once promised.

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She billed Medicare $906 million for hospice patients — then spent it on a Ferrari and a Bulgari necklace

The Las Vegas medical professional is just one of the 455 cases brought by the Justice Department this week. These are some of the others of note.

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2,700 parents just lost their passports — and anyone owing $2,500 in child support could be next

Parents with unpaid child support will soon lose their U.S. passports, according to the State Department. Here's when it will happen and who will be affected.

Financial guru Dave Ramsey offers some frank advice to Carl from New York.

Managing Money 81.9k views

‘Please don’t do this’: Dave Ramsey says ditch this household expense keeping Americans from acquiring wealth

Want to build wealth? Start by never financing a car again, Dave Ramsey says.

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'Dirty little secret': Ted Cruz just said the quiet part out loud about Trump Accounts and Social Security privatization

Cruz called Trump Accounts a secret path to privatizing Social Security. The economist who helped build the policy disagrees. Here’s who’s right — and why it matters for your retirement.

President Donald Trump and Kevin Warsh, nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Investing 73.0k views

Trump has quietly bought up to $337 million in bonds — and his Fed pick Kevin Warsh could send their value soaring

With the president showing such a strong interest in bonds, should you, too?

President Trump speaks at an event.

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Biden adviser says US is 'on the hook' for Iran's $300B, but reports say half is already covered by private investment

Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran gave it access to around $50 billion in frozen assets, something Trump has spoken against on many occasions.

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Scammers are using a fake captcha hack to steal your information: ‘Verify you’re human.’ Here’s the big red flag

Hackers are using this insidious scam to get unwitting victims to install malware themselves.

L: Ashley St. Clair, R: Elon Musk

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Ashley St. Clair says she rejected Elon Musk's $40M NDA offer: 'I would rather go to a studio apartment'

Her decision puts a spotlight on the financial and personal trade-offs that come with accepting or rejecting lucrative confidentiality agreements.

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Trump blames vandals for green, peeling $16M Reflecting Pool — his motorcade drove across the wet paint weeks earlier

Experts say the likeliest culprit isn't a knife. It's a rushed job — with the presidential motorcade a possible accomplice.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on April 25, 2026.

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Trump just fired board members who approve $8.8 billion in US science funding and AI startups could feel it first

Trump’s latest move is a continuation of his actions against the NSF and US science as a whole.

Sotheby's auction house unveils Lucian Freud's masterpiece "Sleeping by theLion Carpet," with the painting's famed sitter Sue Tilley in London, United Kingdom.

Life 54.5k views

She posed nude for Lucian Freud for $35 a day — 'Sleeping by the Lion Carpet' just sold for $39M and she gets nothing

Lucian Freud’s “Sleeping by the Lion Carpet” nude portrait of Londoner Sue Tilley just sold for $39 million, making it his third-most expensive work ever sold at an auction.

Kevin Hassett, National Economic Council Director.

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Kevin Hassett says jobs numbers are down 'because we don't have this massive inflow of immigrants that are working'

The White House's top economic adviser said the headline jobs numbers understate how tight the labor market really is.

Xi Jinping and Donald Trump shake hands in front of their countries' flags

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China is poking the bear by hitting the two companies Trump is counting on to break free from Beijing

China may have just escalated the U.S.-China rare-earth trade fight.

Ana Julia Ayala (L), an immigrant from El Salvador, waits for her son to depart a naturalization ceremony

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Trump's green card crackdown could force 1M 'aliens' out of the US — but 75 countries have no working consulate

A six-page memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is rewriting the playbook for the most common pathway to a green card in America.

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Nancy Pelosi caught heat for $59M in trades over 3 years. Trump just disclosed up to $750M in 3 months.

Nancy Pelosi disclosed about $59 million in trades over three years, which inspired a Senate bill bearing her name. But President Donald Trump disclosed up to $750 million in three months and only paid a $200 fine.