The Federal Reserve has put interest rate cuts on hold until it has more clarity about President Trump’s policies.
Month: May 2025
How Skateboarders Helped Rebuild San Francisco’s U.N. Plaza
Made quickly and with minimal fuss, a park for skateboarders revived a downtown site — and offered a few lessons for urban revitalization.
Ukraine Accuses Russia of Stalling Peace Negotiations
Both Kyiv and Moscow have been maneuvering to set the terms and tempo of any talks to end the fighting.
The A.I. Jobpocalypse, Building at Anthropic with Mike Krieger and Hard Fork Crimes Division
“These products are really explicitly being designed to take away people’s jobs.”
What ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Defaults Say About the Consumer
An increase in deferred pay-later loans has raised alarms, as the Trump administration seeks to gut the agency tasked with policing the sector.
How Electric Vehicles Are Targeted by the Republican Policy Bill
The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S.
U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly questioned the safety of mRNA technology, which is used in the company’s shot.
For Some Recent Graduates, the A.I. Job Apocalypse May Already Be Here
The unemployment rate for recent college graduates has jumped as companies try to replace entry-level workers with artificial intelligence.
Don’t Call It a Side Hustle. These Americans Are ‘Polyworking.’
The number of people in the United States with multiple full- or part-time jobs climbed to over 8.9 million in March for the first time […]
How Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks Are Increasing Costs on Americans
A new DOGE tally claims that erasing rules on credit card fees, appliance standards and health insurance “saves the American people” money. Data show the […]