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California’s Billionaire Wealth Tax Is Working as Intended — The Warnings from the Wealthy Prove It

California's Billionaire Wealth Tax Is Working as Intended — The Warnings from the Wealthy Prove It

When entrepreneurs and wealth managers warn that a proposed tax on billionaires will trigger a mass exodus from California, they are, perhaps without meaning to, making the progressive case for the policy rather than against it. The argument that the…

  • John Garcia
  • September 20, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

“Going to Work Is My Only Break”: One Woman’s Unflinching Account of Caring for Her Mother With Dementia at 65

Angela Davis, 65, is a retired licensed clinical social worker, a landlord, a dog owner, and the sole caregiver for her 87-year-old mother, who was diagnosed with dementia in February 2024. She lives in New Orleans, sleeps on a loveseat…

  • Emily Williams
  • September 20, 2026
  • TRENDS, US

Federal Judge Orders Trump EPA to Restore $7 Billion Solar for All Program, Ruling Termination Unlawful

Federal Judge Orders Trump EPA to Restore $7 Billion Solar for All Program, Ruling Termination Unlawful

The Trump administration’s campaign to dismantle Biden-era climate investment suffered a significant legal setback on Friday, when a federal judge ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate the $7 billion Solar for All program — a ruling that exposes just…

  • Emily Williams
  • September 19, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

Dengue Fever Is Surging in Florida — and People Are Getting Sick Without Ever Leaving Home

Dengue Fever Is Surging in Florida — and People Are Getting Sick Without Ever Leaving Home

Florida Leads the Nation in Dengue Cases as Local Transmission Accelerates Florida has become the country’s most active hotspot for mosquito-borne disease in 2024, recording 270 dengue fever cases — more than any other state. What makes this year’s outbreak…

  • Samuel Davis
  • September 19, 2026
  • TRENDS, WORLD

King Charles Convenes AI Leaders in Scotland, Demanding Safety Guardrails as Regulatory Debate Intensifies

King Charles Convenes AI Leaders in Scotland, Demanding Safety Guardrails as Regulatory Debate Intensifies

King Charles III will host senior executives from Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind at a summit in Scotland on Thursday, pressing the industry’s most powerful figures on AI safety and the urgent need for shared international principles to govern…

  • John Garcia
  • September 18, 2026
  • TRENDS, WORLD

King Charles Convenes AI Leaders in Scotland, Demanding Safety Guardrails as Regulatory Debate Intensifies

King Charles Convenes AI Leaders in Scotland, Demanding Safety Guardrails as Regulatory Debate Intensifies

King Charles III will host senior executives from Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind at a summit in Scotland on Thursday, pressing the industry’s most powerful figures on AI safety and the urgent need for shared international principles to govern…

  • John Garcia
  • September 18, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

Maine Reports Its Sixth Measles Case of 2026, With Waterville Clinic Flagged as Exposure Site

Maine Reports Its Sixth Measles Case of 2026, With Waterville Clinic Flagged as Exposure Site

Maine has confirmed its sixth measles case of 2026, renewing concern over a disease that had gone unreported in the state for seven years before returning this winter. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the latest case…

  • Samuel Davis
  • September 18, 2026
  • BUSINESS, TRENDS

The Fed’s First Rate Hike in Three Years: What It Means for Your Mortgage, Your Job, and the Fight to Keep the Central Bank Free

The Fed's First Rate Hike in Three Years: What It Means for Your Mortgage, Your Job, and the Fight to Keep the Central Bank Free

A Quarter-Point That Changes Everything — and Nothing, Yet On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee voted unanimously to raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point — the first hike since the summer of 2023, and the…

  • Emily Williams
  • September 17, 2026
  • TRENDS, US

House Votes Unanimously to Hold Billionaire Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Investigation

House Votes Unanimously to Hold Billionaire Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Investigation

The House of Representatives has run out of patience with Leon Black. In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the full House held the billionaire former Apollo Global Management CEO in contempt of Congress for defying two subpoenas issued by the House…

  • John Garcia
  • September 17, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

Four Dead from Measles in Pennsylvania as RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Skepticism Fuels the Worst Outbreak in 35 Years

Four Dead from Measles in Pennsylvania as RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Skepticism Fuels the Worst Outbreak in 35 Years

A Preventable Crisis Turns Fatal Pennsylvania has now recorded four measles-associated deaths in 2025 — the first in the state in 35 years — as a growing outbreak spreads across 38 counties and federal health officials actively undermine the public…

  • John Garcia
  • September 16, 2026
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