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Here's when Medicare falls below interest costs, according to CBO projections.

"One problem I have with cost-of-war calculations is that they really do ignore the counterfactual," the Wharton Budget Model's Kent Smetters told Fortune.

After a South Korean woman allegedly used ChatGPT to plan two murders, questions arise into what guardrails are in place to stop people with homicidal or dangerous thoughts from using chatbots.
Lawmakers are raising concerns that prediction market users are engaging in insider trading to wager on U.S. military actions.

Crude prices jumped 6% March 2, but they've risen 25% since the beginning of the year as Iranian tensions escalated.

Production and supply dynamics tell the whole story here.

UPDATED: Multiple zones Middle East in UAE disrupted, with water damage complicating recovery

U.S. gas prices rose 40% as a result of the 1973 oil shock, and prices at the pump are threatening to increase again as a result of the U.S. and Israeli strike on Iran.

The suit against JPMorgan, the world's biggest bank by market cap, and its CEO puts Dimon in an awkward position.

A morning United flight headed to New Jersey returned to LAX after reports of an engine fire, officials said. The 787 plane was evacuated with no reported injuries, officials said.

"Very few at the very top gain more and more tax advantages ... the lower and middle class aren't really seeing a benefit," Martha Shedden told Fortune.

Legal experts say it is unclear if OpenAI's contract actually provides for the restrictions on surveillance and autonomous weapons that the company says it does

Mortgage rates began the new week with a fairly quick jump back into the low 6% range (top tier 30yr fixed rate for the average lender). With the news cycle very focused on developments in Iran, most coverage attempts to correlate geopolitical events with market movement. The only legitimate way to
Oil prices leaped on worries that war with Iran could clog the global flow of crude. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, swung between sharp losses and small gains on Monday.

Did the promises of 5G ever happen? I don’t know. 5G is fine. It seems mostly mature at this stage and our wireless networks in the US are all pretty good. T-Mobile’s network wins awards, Verizon’s does too, and AT&T’s is right there with both of them. I see “5G UW” all of the time in... #Qualcomm

Although gold is generally viewed as a safe-haven investment during turbulent times, it's important to know what you're investing in before jumping in.

Here's what experts recommend student loan borrowers do after a recent victory in court for the Biden administration-era SAVE plan.

Emirates airline said it will resume a limited number of flights as early as Monday evening local time.

The co-CEO pulled back the curtain on the stunning events of the past week that led to David Ellison prevailing with a sweetened $111 billion deal to merge two of Hollywood's last remaining legacy studios.

Travel insurance policies generally exclude coverage tied to military action, experts said. However, much depends on the fine print.

A 2025 study showed 77% of surveyed Gen Z job seekers have brought a parent to a job interview.

While there’s no public evidence Iran can deploy fully autonomous cyber agents, AI may already be accelerating familiar attacks against critical infrastructure.

Protest campaigns across Reddit and X may have helped drive users away from OpenAI.

The conflict involving Iran threatens another price spike that could undermine the president's central case for lower interest rates.