GOP Senator: US stake in Intel would be 'step toward socialism'

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5462706-rand-paul-intel-socialism/

Fed Minutes Reveal Hawkish Officials Still In Control: Economist Says 16% Effective Tariffs Put Inflation 'On The Front Burner'

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/economic-data/25/08/47254796/fed-minutes-reveal-hawkish-officials-still-in-control-economist-says-16-effective-tariffs-put-inflation-on-the-front-burner

Forget 60/40—Vanguard Says Go 70% Bonds In Today's Market

https://www.benzinga.com/personal-finance/management/25/08/47249045/forget-60-40-vanguard-says-go-70-bonds-in-todays-market

South Lake Tahoe resident tests positive for plague

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/health/south-lake-tahoe-positive-case-plague

'Tired of winning yet?' Tarrifs and 'struggling agricultural economy' blamed for new John Deere layoffs

https://www.rawstory.com/john-deere-2673902678/

Trump’s compelling tariff narrative can’t mask real-world failures

Polling before the 2016 US presidential election showed Hillary Clinton enjoyed a lead among voters who had moved far from their hometowns, but Trump held an even larger lead among those who still lived near or in their hometown.

https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3322382/trumps-compelling-tariff-narrative-cant-mask-real-world-failures

Home Depot says it will raise some prices because of tariffs

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/economy/home-depot-tariffs-prices

Affordable housing units replacing vacant lots in Indianapolis

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/real-estate/2025/08/18/affordable-housing-units-replacing-vacant-lots-in-indianapolis/85661116007/

Why are honeybees dying en masse in the United States but thriving in China?

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3322217/why-are-honeybees-dying-massively-united-states-thriving-china

Amazon’s same-day push is already disrupting grocers

https://www.grocerydive.com/news/amazon-same-day-delivery-disrupting-grocers-fresh/757882/

Trump’s ‘pay-to-play’ export trade policy sets a dangerous precedent | South China Morning Post

https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3321950/trumps-pay-play-trade-policy-sets-dangerous-precedent

Unemployment claims in Indiana increased last week

https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/2025/08/17/unemployment-numbers/85656601007/

The US May Have Already Lost the AI Race to China Due to a Key Weakness

https://futurism.com/us-china-ai-race-energy

Japan's 1st osmotic power plant begins operating in Fukuoka

https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/59347

COVID-19 surges nationwide — and the highest rates are in California

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2025-08-16/covid-surges-nationwide-with-highest-rates-in-california

US taxpayers will not receive new stimulus checks this summer

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/no-taxpayers-will-not-receive-new-stimulus-checks-this-summer-3422311/

Social Security field offices report widespread staffing losses

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5454697-social-security-field-offices-report-widespread-staffing-losses/

Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-5502671/electricity-bill-high-inflation-ai

Chinese researchers lodge concerns over US debt as Beijing limits exposure

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3322072/chinese-researchers-lodge-concerns-over-us-debt-beijing-limits-exposure

Goldman Sachs Economist Defends Tariffs Report, “Most of the Impact Is Still Ahead of Us”

https://2paragraphs.com/2025/08/goldman-sachs-economist-trump-wants-fired-defends-tariffs-report-most-of-the-impact-is-still-ahead-of-us/

Warren Buffett stuns Wall Street as he snaps up stake in struggling UnitedHealth

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-15001723/warren-buffett-buys-stake-united-health.html

$420 Million Wiped Out In 20 Minutes — What The Inflation Shock Reveals About Bitcoin, Ethereum

https://www.benzinga.com/crypto/cryptocurrency/25/08/47133175/420-million-wiped-out-in-20-minutes-what-the-inflation-shock-reveals-about-bitcoin-ethereum

Fox Business Analyst Blames Spike in Prices on Trump’s Tariffs: ‘Not What Anyone Wanted to See’

https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox-business-analyst-blames-spike-in-prices-on-trumps-tariffs-not-what-anyone-wanted-to-see/

People warned over ‘disturbing website’ where you can find every image of yourself

https://www.tyla.com/life/ai-website-pimeyes-image-search-116265-20250814

Inflation shock: Producer prices rise more than forecast as core inflation hits 3-year high in July

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/inflation-shock-producer-prices-rise-more-than-forecast-as-core-inflation-hits-3-year-high-in-july-123743354.html

World’s top hedge fund Bridgewater dumps all China stocks in retreat from market

https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3321860/bridgewater-dumps-all-china-stocks-hedge-fund-retreats-market

Unstoppable geological problem that has wiped $2bn in value off Californian homes...and counting

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14994353/Californian-homes-earth-sinking-geological-change.html

Unlike the US, China is not trying to shut out the future

https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3321569/unlike-us-china-not-trying-shut-out-future

Lake Powell’s Plunge Toward ‘Dead Pool’ Danger Threatens the Arizona Water Supply

https://moneywise.com/news/lake-powells-plunge-toward-dead-pool-danger-threatens-the-arizona-water-supply-heres-what-it-means-for-americans-in-the-west-are-you-at-risk

US national debt reaches a record $37 trillion, the Treasury Department reports

https://apnews.com/article/treasury-debt-spending-trump-obbb-6f807c4aae78dcc96f29ff07a3c926f4

Inflation rises by most in six months, stoking tariff-driven price concerns

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/inflation-rises-by-most-in-six-months-stoking-tariff-driven-price-concerns-123415069.html

AI Industry Warns That New Lawsuit Could Destroy It Entirely

https://futurism.com/ai-industry-warns-lawsuit-destroy

NASA is putting a nuclear reactor on the moon. It could reshape space governance

https://www.fastcompany.com/91383029/moon-nasa-nuclear-reactor-space-governance-infrastructure

Norway wealth fund expects to sell more Israeli stocks due to situation in Gaza and West Bank

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/business/norway-sovereign-fund-sell-israeli-stocks-intl

Nearly half of self-service kiosks IRS set up to be customer friendly don't work, watchdog finds

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/almost-half-self-service-kiosks-irs-set-customer-friendly-experience

China's Trade Surplus Hits Record $1.2 Trillion Despite US Tariffs — Outpaces Historic German, Japanese Highs

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/asia/25/08/47052161/chinas-trade-surplus-hits-record-1-2-trillion-despite-us-tariffs-outpaces-historic-german-japanese-highs

Chinese stocks’ foreign inflows gathering steam, Morgan Stanley says

https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3321447/chinese-stocks-foreign-inflows-gathering-steam-morgan-stanley-says

Utility conducts 'massive experiment' using 100,000 batteries: 'They were working together as one giant, invisible power plant'

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/virtual-power-plant-california-grid-battery-test/

More than 70 million Americans have sweated through muggiest summer start on record

https://apnews.com/article/humid-muggy-sticky-climate-oppressive-summer-df1b506a3036a6ea0c4c8ad5bbd87429

As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act

https://apnews.com/article/electricity-prices-data-centers-artificial-intelligence-fbf213a915fb574a4f3e5baaa7041c3a