My friend is charging everyone $80 to attend her 30th birthday party. She says it’s to cover the open bar. Is it rude to not go?

The “Mag Seven” has become the “Bag Seven.” Sharp tech investors are looking elsewhere.

For nearly 50 years, one number barely moved. Every year or two, the General Social Survey asks Americans how happy they are, and for decades the balance between “very happy” and “not too happy” held steady, from 1972 through 2018. But as soon as the pandemic hit, it came cratering down. Sam Peltzman, an economist…

As sweeping U.S. crypto legislation stalls, President Donald Trump’s regulators are set to fill the void, but efforts to write favorable rules for the digital asset industry will be contentious and could be overturned by future administrations. Deep-pocketed crypto companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars over several years campaigning for legislation they say…

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Prediction markets are deepening their foothold in Major League Baseball. On Thursday, Novig, an up-and-coming trading platform, announced a multi-year deal with the New York Mets to become the team’s exclusive prediction market partner. The Mets are the first MLB team to strike such a deal, with Novig’s branding set to be integrated across the…

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, speaks during a primary election night party at First Avenue on August 11, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen | Getty Images State Rep. Francesca Hong was supposed to win Tuesday’s Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary by around 20 percentage points, according to the latest public…