Barnes & Noble opened 57 stores in 2024 and plans to open at least 60 in 2025, part of a surprising revival for brick-and-mortar bookshops.
Why it matters: Some of the new stores are in prime locations. The new D.C. flagship sits like a statement in some of Georgetown's most sought-after retail space.
The White House on Saturday fired the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra — one of the final regulators held over from the Biden administration.
Why it matters: Trump is the first president to fire a leader of the CFPB. The Supreme Court in 2020 ruled the agency's structure was unconstitutional and said presidents could fire directors at will.
There is a wrecking ball coming for the norms of global trade.
President Trump is expected to disrupt the largely friendly economic relationship between our North American neighbors with high tariffs that would blow up his own trade deal.
He plans to up the ante on U.S.-China trade relations too and pledged more tariffs ahead.
President Trump's planned tariffs could effectively tax the average U.S. household an extra $830 this year, an analysis from the nonpartisan nonprofit Tax Foundation finds.
Why it matters: Economists fear the tariffs will be a net negative for households and the broader economy.
Sports betting isn't legal in Texas, but one of our Austin-based reporters was able to legally purchase a $9 futures contract on the Super Bowl this week anyway, using the prediction market Kalshi.
Why it matters: Kalshi, which is regulated by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, is not considered a sports betting app.
This week's midair collision between a commercial plane and an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., underscores the complexity of the National Airspace System — and that's before lots of drones and electric air taxis are added to the mix.
Why it matters: Despite Wednesday's tragedy, the Federal Aviation Administration has a stellar safety record when it comes to commercial aviation.
Waste and recycling management company RTS last week announced $40 million in funding led by existing investor Edison Partners.
Why it matters: Just days earlier, the company claimed in a Delaware lawsuit that it only took the deal because of misdeeds by a different insider, K1 Investment Management.
Chuck Todd on Friday announced his last day at NBC News, his professional home of nearly two decades.
Thebig picture: Todd's exit comes as NBC News and its sister network MSNBC cover a second Trump administration while facing major business and leadership changes.
Investigators have recovered the black boxes of the passenger jet involved in a collision with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside D.C. — the deadliest aviation disaster in the U.S. in more than 20 years.
The big picture: The American Airlines passenger jet with 64 people on board and U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers collided on Wednesday night, sending both aircraft plunging into the Potomac River. There are no known survivors.
Why it matters: What initially looked that morning like a broad selloff in AI stocks turns out in hindsight to have been a more measured recalibration of where the market thinks AI profits are going to flow in the future.
If you need proof that women are running the music industry, just check out the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
Why it matters: Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Beyoncé (now the most nominated artist ever) are among the powerhouse names dominating the categories at Sunday's ceremony.
A pair of Democratic lawmakers are introducing a bill that would require cable companies to pay back customers for programming blackouts, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The bill is part of a broader push by Democrats to crack down on what they say is corporate gouging of consumers through practices like junk fees and monopolization.
President Trump rallied against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in air traffic control as having contributed to the deadly plane crash outside of D.C. Wednesday, but the data paints a different picture.
The big picture: Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau and IPUMS showair traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists are predominately male and white.
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