2026-03-30 19:30:04
A progressive rallying cry to tax the rich is being welcomed by traditionally Republican states, including Florida and Georgia, looking for a new pitch to draw migrants — especially wealthy migrants — from the coasts.
2026-03-30 19:00:05
After more than a year in disarray, Democrats finally seem to be getting it together. The party is heading into the midterm elections with an edge in both polling and messaging. Voters are energized — see this weekend’s No Kings rallies — and that has led to a string of wins in special elections, including one last week that flipped a district in Florida that takes in President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
2026-03-30 18:30:04
When someone says a retiree is “living off Social Security,” it’s not usually $100,000 a year. But some US retired couples will be receiving that much in a few years — and a proposal to cap their benefit at that amount has started a painful and much-needed conversation about who should get government benefits and how much.
2026-03-30 18:00:10
Earlier this month Amazon’s top engineers gathered at their weekly meeting to address an uncomfortable question: Why did its website keep breaking? One recent meltdown lasted for six hours, during which customers were locked out of checkout. Who knows how many shopping carts were abandoned.
2026-03-30 17:30:04
In his press briefings after the United States attacks a country — a regular occurrence these days — Dan Caine, the chairman of the joint chiefs, never forgets to give a shout-out to the Space Force and its guardians, as the service members are called. And for good reason. Whether America swoops into Venezuela or bombs Iran, it first takes out the eyes and ears of its adversaries, and that invariably involves assets and technologies in space that communicate or interfere with kit on the ground.
2026-03-30 17:00:05
Where are the Robinhooders? Individual investors, many trading on their phones, have reliably stepped in since 2020 to buy any dip in stocks and push bull runs to extremes, driving valuations to levels previously seen as fanciful. Early evidence suggests that the retail crowd is now in retreat.
