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Trump’s approval on the economy just hit 30% — the lowest of his presidency — as gas prices and the Iran war erode confidence
A gallon of regular gasoline now averages roughly $4.50 nationally, with prices running even higher in some metro areas. A military campaign against Iran is...
What Kevin Warsh’s “regime change” at the Fed actually means for your mortgage, your savings, and the next rate decision
The next Federal Reserve (Fed) chair has already told the Senate that he will not promise cheaper borrowing costs for consumers. The extent to which...
S&P 500 drops 0.63% to 7,064 as Iran ceasefire anxiety grips Wall Street — Dow sheds 293 points
Wall Street sold off on Tuesday as traders confronted a simple, uncomfortable question: what happens when a ceasefire expires and nobody has scheduled the next...
Crypto PACs have more money to spend on the midterms than some of the biggest Republican super PACs — $180 million and counting
Sometime in the first quarter of 2026, the crypto industry’s political war chest crossed a threshold that should make every midterm candidate pay attention. Fairshake,...
UnitedHealth’s stock jumped 8% after it beat earnings — by raising prices and dropping its sickest Medicare patients
UnitedHealth Group’s stock surged roughly 8% on April 21, 2026, after the company posted first-quarter earnings that cleared Wall Street expectations. Adjusted earnings per share...
GE Aerospace’s earnings beat every estimate on the board — and the stock still fell. Here’s why “beating expectations” doesn’t always mean what you think
GE Aerospace reported Q1 2026 results on April 21 that cleared every major Wall Street hurdle. Revenue, adjusted earnings per share (EPS), and free cash...
Consumer sentiment holds near 74-year low at 47.6 — and 51% of Americans now call gas prices a “financial hardship”
Americans are not just pessimistic this spring. They are historically pessimistic. The University of Michigan’s preliminary Index of Consumer Sentiment fell to 47.6 in April...
Uber just invested $500 million in Lucid and committed to 35,000 robotaxis — here’s what that means for ride prices and gig drivers
Somewhere in San Francisco right now, an Uber driver is sitting in traffic, watching a Waymo robotaxi glide past with no one behind the wheel....
Iran re-closes the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. Navy seizes cargo ship — oil jumps 6%, gas hits $4 nationally
The Strait of Hormuz is shut again. Hours after the U.S. Navy seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the narrow waterway that carries roughly a...
Nasdaq’s historic 13-day winning streak snaps as U.S.-Iran tensions drag markets lower
The Nasdaq Composite’s 13-session winning streak ended on April 20, 2026, after U.S. naval forces seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz...
April 2026 is the worst month for crypto hacks on record — $606 million stolen in just 18 days
Twelve attacks in 18 days. Over $606 million drained from crypto protocols. And April 2026 is not over yet. Between April 1 and April 18,...
Tesla reports Q1 earnings Wednesday with deliveries down 14% — but the robotaxi just expanded to Dallas and Houston
Tesla will report first-quarter 2026 earnings on Wednesday, April 23, walking into the call with a 14% year-over-year drop in vehicle deliveries and a weekend...
A hacker drained $293 million from a DeFi protocol in 46 minutes — then used the stolen crypto as collateral to borrow even more
The first suspicious transaction hit the blockchain on Saturday, April 18, 2026. Forty-six minutes later, roughly $293 million in rsETH tokens had been drained from...
Iran re-closes the Strait of Hormuz — oil jumps 7% and gas hits $4.05, just days after saying it was “completely open”
The ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz lasted barely a week. On a day when Iran’s foreign minister was still being quoted around the world...
Why the stock market’s record week might actually be bad news for your wallet
Maria Gonzalez, a home health aide in Phoenix, spent the week of April 14, 2026, picking up an extra weekend shift to cover a $287...
The White House says Americans are keeping more of what they earn — but consumer confidence just hit a 74-year low
The IRS says the average tax refund this spring is $3,571. The White House used Tax Day to declare that “Americans are keeping more of...
No, the Nasdaq’s 13-day win streak doesn’t mean it’s time to buy — here’s what history actually shows
The Nasdaq Composite rose for 13 consecutive trading sessions ending April 29, 2026, its longest winning streak since January 1992. Within hours of the milestone,...
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings exits after 29 years — stock drops 10% as growth concerns mount
Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix in 1997 with a simple bet: Americans would rent DVDs by mail if someone made it easy enough. Twenty-nine years, a...
Charles Schwab launches spot Bitcoin and Ethereum trading at 0.75% per trade — undercutting Fidelity
Charles Schwab has begun offering direct bitcoin and ethereum trading inside its brokerage accounts, charging 0.75% per trade and undercutting rival Fidelity by 25 basis...
Consumer confidence just hit its lowest point in 74 years — worse than the 2008 crash, worse than COVID
The last time American consumers felt anything close to this pessimistic, the country was in the grip of the worst financial crisis since the Great...