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Tesla’s Electric Semi Has Its First Fatal Crash
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor
New York City’s Proposed 9.5% Real Estate Tax Hike Hits A National Nerve
Senior Writer
Home prices nationwide are up 55% over the past five years, stirring up widespread anxiety about rising assessments and real estate taxes. Here’s what you need to know.
Measles And Flu Hit New Highs As Trump Administration Hammers Vaccines
ByAmy Feldman,
Senior Editor
andAlex Knapp,
Senior Editor
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Tesla’s Electric Semi Has Its First Fatal Crash
Two people in a Volkswagen Beetle died after the massive battery-powered truck struck them at a highway intersection in Nevada, not far from the factory that builds it.
ByAlan Ohnsman,
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Bureau Of Prisons Announces Multiple Facility Closings Citing Budget
BOP Director William Marshall has announced the closure of multiple prisons across the United States. Big impact in Texas.
ByWalter Pavlo,
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What Bobby Bonilla Day Can Teach Us About Deferred Compensation
Bonilla’s annual Mets payday is a reminder that details matter. Deferred payments do not make tax disappear, but they can change when income is taxed.
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Why Canadian Snowbirds Are Rethinking Winters In America
U.S. belligerence toward Canada is taking a toll. For many Canadian snowbirds, travel to the U.S. is becoming more of a burden than a joy. So what else is on their menu?
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Australian Youth To Canberra: We’re Way Too Smart For You
Australia’s Parliament passed a law, but markets bend to no law.
ByJohn Tamny,
Contributor
Prediction Markets Hit $24 Billion A Month. States Are Fighting Back
Prediction markets surge to $24B a month as states escalate lawsuits, bans and new taxes, reshaping the regulatory fight over how these fast‑growing markets operate.
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How Anthropic, OpenAI, The Vatican And Congress Want To Govern AI
Anthropic, OpenAI, the Vatican and Congress all agree AI needs guardrails—but they disagree on what should be protected first, from catastrophic risk to human dignity and U.S. competitiveness.
ByPaulo Carvão,
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Elizabeth Holmes Doing Her Time And Contributing To Prison Community
Elizabeth Holmes has been in prison 3 years now. She has done well, staying below the radar, and focusing on helping others in prison.
ByWalter Pavlo,
Contributor
The Most Important Record in Music City: Vanderbilt Transplant Center is #1 in the Nation
Vanderbilt is now the nation's most active organ transplant center, performing 960 transplants in 2025. Founding Director Dr. Bill Frist shares the center's origins.
ByBill Frist,
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Must Trump Account Donors File Gift Tax Returns? Here’s The IRS Answer
With contributions set to begin July 4, new IRS guidance gives qualifying individual donors a path to avoid filing a gift tax return.
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Citizenship Could Be A Surprise Issue In The Presidential Election
President Trump's bid to eliminate birthright citizenship in the Supreme Court of the United States failed. New citizens could influence the upcoming election.
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Vladimir Putin Is Heading For A Fall
Crimea is cut off, fuel lines extend all over Russia as Ukraine bombs depots, Moscow subject to drone attacks, civilians leave Crimea in mass exodus. Putin is in trouble
ByMelik Kaylan,
Contributor
Union Pacific And Norfolk Southern: How Politics Can Have A Body Count
Advances in goods shipment must be achieved not to bring harm to the trucking industry, but to protect increasingly acquisitive Americans from death born of their wealth.
ByJohn Tamny,
Contributor
This Compact, Emission-Free Gas Turbine Is Rocket Science
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at America lagging in EVs and charging infrastructure, and Sunrun’s transformation into a company
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor
The Real Lesson Of America’s Rising Uninsured Rate
Some people would buy insurance if they felt they could afford it. But many Americans are uninsured by choice.
BySally Pipes,
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Sorry, But There’s Nothing Stable About Bitcoins OR Stablecoins
How soon we forget that cryptocurrencies were given life by the instability of fiat currencies.
ByJohn Tamny,
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Looking To Get Tariff Refunds? How This Entrepreneur Got $15,000
Hundreds of thousands of American businesses are still eligible for tariff refunds from the Trump administration, but navigating the refund process is far from simple.
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