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To help you understand what’s going on in the economy, domestic and global, our highly experienced Kiplinger Letter team keeps you abreast of the latest developments and forecasts (Get a free issue of The Kiplinger Letter or subscribe). You’ll get all the latest news first by subscribing, but we will publish many (but not all) of the forecasts a few days afterward online. Here’s the latest…The Persian Gulf will eventually reopen to shipping and allow the region’s vast energy exports to resume flowing. But the world energy market will never be the same after months of severe disruptions from the…

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It finally happened.  Hunter Biden, the formerly drug-addled son of the former President Joe Biden, signed up for an account on the Elon Musk pain palace formerly known as Twitter. He’s been tweeting, relentlessly, in the throes of what can only be described as a dopamine-fueled binge for the better part of the week, and it’s been glorious. You know the big problem with big politics in the Year of Our Lord 2026? Authenticity, or the lack of it. Before he was president (and for most of his first term), Donald Trump had it, and now, many years later, the…

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No more friendlies. No more tune-ups. Next up for the United States after games against Senegal and Germany: the 2026 FIFA World Cup.There are positives and negatives to take away from a 3-2 win over Senegal and a 2-1 loss to Germany. Two former USA World Cup players (Maurice Edu in 2010 and Walker Zimmerman in 2022) break down their three biggest lessons.Chris Richards Is Essential To This BacklineEdu: While the U.S. had plenty of positive spells between its win over Senegal and loss to Germany, it did concede multiple goals in both games.The USA started with three center backs —…

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At Touchstone Investments, we recognize that not all mutual fund companies are created equal. Our commitment to being Distinctively Active means the employment of a fully integrated and rigorous process for identifying and partnering with asset managers who sub-advise our mutual funds and advocating a robust approach to portfolio construction that either uses standalone active strategies or serves as a complement to passive strategies. That is the power of Distinctively Active. Touchstone Funds are offered nationally through intermediaries including broker-dealers, financial planners, registered investment advisors and institutions by Touchstone Securities, Inc. For more information please call 800.638.8194 or visit…

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More than 10,000 applicants are vying for 15 rent-reduced apartments under a new Seattle affordable housing program funded by a city tax on workers who make more than $1 million a year. Amazon, Microsoft and other companies fought the tax, but voters approved it in a 2025 referendum. The program was expected to create only several hundred apartments a year, as the so-called social housing developer constructed new buildings. But the first allotment of apartments is even smaller because the social housing developer decided to buy an existing luxury apartment building and won’t require tenants to leave. “We believe we…

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That was it for the Spurs. They all knew it. At a minimum, they needed a big Victor Wembanyama performance in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday. He delivered. They needed someone else to do so as well. Down 2-0 against the Knicks. At Madison Square Garden. Do or die. Stephon Castle did. The Spurs didn’t die.You could point out any number of massive moments for Castle in what has been a series of endless pressure for both teams, but his big bucket and free throws late in the fourth quarter of Game 3 were the stuff that…

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US President Donald Trump with his grand daughter Kai Trump (L), Knicks owner James Dolan (3L), US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum (3R) and Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin (2R) attend Game Three of the NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 8, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images) OAN Staff Sophia Flores 6:38 PM – Monday, July 8, 2026 President Donald Trump arrived at a packed Madison Square Garden on Monday night, making history as the first sitting U.S. president to…

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