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Aug 20, 2026 - Economy

Here's how America's $40 trillion debt can hit your wallet

An electronic display in Washington, D.C., shows the U.S. national debt above $40 trillion.

Another tough year ahead for employer health costs

an illustration of a health cross made out of green price stickers

GOP's Senate map gets shakier as Texas, Iowa become toss-ups

Illustration of an elephant walking into the large shadow of a donkey.

Bernie Sanders endorses Florida's Angie Nixon for Senate

Florida Rep. Angie Nixon sits in a church pew as supporters hold pink “Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate” signs around her.

Vance raises $5 million at big Hamptons event

When Mullin's friends in Congress call, DHS answers

Homeland Security Secretary looks at his phone during a meeting at the White House.

The rise of DSA is killing off Resistance 1.0 Democrats

Animated illustration of a concrete wall with a democratic donkey logo on it. A red and black Democratic Socialists of America logo of a rose and shaking hands is spray painted over it.

Data center uproar scrambles the midterm election

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Updated Aug 19, 2026 - World

Syrian foreign minister to Axios: Israeli bombing of airbase was unjustified

Syrian Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani attends the official reopening ceremony of the Syrian General Consulate in Gaziantep, Turkey, on June 11, 2026.

The data center fight is heating up. Here's how they work

Rows of liquid-cooled computer servers and cooling equipment inside a Global Switch data center in London.
Aug 19, 2026 - Health

Moderna and Merck shares soar on mRNA cancer vaccine

Cancer vaccine research underway in a Moderna lab in 2024. Photo: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Updated Aug 19, 2026 - World

U.S. conducting stealth operation to transport oil through Hormuz

Illustration featuring an oil pipeline, an oil tanker in the ocean, and elements of the Iranian flag

NASA aborts attempt to save dying space telescope

Updated Aug 19, 2026 - Health

Trump taps White House aide as FDA commissioner

White House health aide Heidi Overton

Trump's profits irk Americans as Dems test anti-corruption message

Photo illustration of President Trump wearing a MAGA hat with dollar signs on it

Exclusive: GOP issues stark warning to AI companies

Animated gif of the Capitol Building with a data center bank in place of the columns
Aug 19, 2026 - World

Iran war, said to be over "very soon," nears 6 months

A plume of smoke rises from a city during sunset. The tones are blue and orange.

Ossoff tests Democrats' appetite for going low

Photo illustration of Jon Ossoff in front of an abstract map of the United States and radiating lines all around.

The grid's extreme heat problem is changing

Silhouetted utility pole with multiple power lines across a warm orange sunset; dark fence silhouettes and distant trees in the foreground.

OpenAI blinks first in AI safety standoff

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Column / Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain: The new existential threat to AI

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Updated Aug 18, 2026 - Business

Trump postpones 50% tariffs on Canadian goods

Trump and Carney speak on the sidelines of the G7 summit

Angie Nixon scores socialist breakthrough in Trump's Florida

Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon waves as she is introduced to the congregation at the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church on Aug. 17.

Rep. Cory Mills loses Florida primary amid Ethics probe

Close-up of a middle-aged man with a gray beard, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and a red patterned tie, seated in a formal setting with wooden panels in the background.
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