7+ hour, 43+ min ago   (606+ words) This week, the U.S. Senate will vote on the Clarity Act, which would create federal guidelines for digital assets and establish sensible regulation to help the industry sustain future growth. This will enable the next generation of financial innovation to prosper…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (579+ words) There’s an episode of 30 Rock from many years ago where Jack, played by Alec Baldwin, explains vertical integration to Liz, played by Tina Fey. He asks her to imagine if a corn chip manufacturer also sold diarrhea medication. When Liz…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (655+ words) Artificial intelligence just handed America a warning about its electric grid. We should be grateful for it. For 20 years, electricity demand stayed roughly flat. Policymakers pushed utilities toward wind and solar while sidelining coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants, the…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (614+ words) CMS is finishing work on a rule that would limit what states can route to providers through Medicaid managed care. The agency proposed it in May, closed comments in July, and Administrator Mehmet Oz has framed the whole effort around…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (652+ words) Big Dairy’s efforts are unjustified by science, harm small dairy producers, and have raised costs to consumers. These oligopolistic practices border on enforced speech and actions on climate and energy matters and anti-trust violations. Thankfully, two groups, Heartland Impact and…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (331+ words) The Japanese were wrong in 1941 and found out, pretty quickly, that they were wrong. But the Japanese didn’t succeed in stopping America. Osama bin Laden didn’t succeed in humbling the country. And if the hate-America immigrants think they are going…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (615+ words) American steelworkers are finally seeing real investment pour into their mills, and some union leaders still act like it’s a problem. The U.S. Steel contract expires September 1. Negotiations are underway and a very serious offer of 18 percent in wage increases…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (713+ words) Editor's note: This piece was authored by Ryan Khurana. AI is finally showing up in the labor data, but in an unexpected way. Stanford researchers studying U.S. payroll records found a growing divide between young workers based on their exposure to…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (513+ words) A new letter from the Congressional Budget Office has further exposed the fiscal reality of the Inflation Reduction Act’s drug provisions. Policies Democrats in Congress promised would lower drug costs and reduce deficits are now driving a major increase in…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (758+ words) The labor market was in far better shape in August than experts had forecasted. Not only did the headline on the monthly jobs report show 162,000 jobs were added and the unemployment rate remained low, but a deep dive into the…...