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Economists and analysts are looking to new data from late 2025 to help them understand where the economy might be headed in 2026.

Disruptive geopolitical events, like the arrest of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro by the U.S., often see investors jump into bonds or sell off a bunch of stocks temporarily. Neither of those happened.

One question hanging in the air right now: How might the U.S. attack on Venezuela affect the value of the dollar?

Earlier this year, the Trump administration and the Ghanaian government signed a deportation pact allowing the West African country to receive U.S. deportees. It could change Ghana’s economy.

Mesabi Metallics, an iron ore mine under construction in northern Minnesota, has purchased the largest trucks ever used in the state’s mining industry that are also designed to be operated autonomously. 

By the end of the year, 18 states will limit the purchase of "non-nutritious" food and drinks. What that means is up to the states.

Communities across the U.S. are fighting to buy back investor-owned utilities.

Airport lounges seem to be opening up everywhere, but according to historian Kevin James, they were historically much more exclusive.

On Giving Tuesday, one of the biggest fundraising days of the year, more than 38 million people gave a record $4 billion to charities.