How Ripple plans to bridge crypto and Wall Street in its $4B expansion

Ripple is spending about $4 billion to combine prime trading, treasury tools, payments and custody into a single integrated ...

4 Major Misconceptions About Congress, Debunked

Do members of congress get paid during government shutdowns? And do they get free health insurance? Let’s get to the bottom ...

America’s $6 billion ‘seed fund’ has gone dark

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history may be nearing an end, but for a lapsed $6 billion small business innovation ...

‘The tariffs are a big tax increase’: Top bank crunches the numbers on how much Americans are paying for Trump’s trade regime

“The tariffs are a big tax increase,” the report states simply. According to UBS, the current tariff policies imply a weighted-average tariff rate of 13.6%, based on 2024 import shares, a fivefold ...

Colombia not sharing drug intel with US plays into traffickers’ hand, critics say

The president of Colombia is defending his decision to stop sharing drug intelligence with the United States. In a Wednesday post on X, Gustavo Petro responded to ...