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World Economic Forum head Børge Brende steps down following pressure over Epstein links

Associated Press / February 26, 2026

WEF announced earlier this month that it was opening an internal review into Brende to determine his relationship with Epstein.

Supreme Court not fully sold on foreclosure fairness bid

Kelsey Reichmann / February 25, 2026

A showdown over tax foreclosures had the justices considering the striking set of facts that led a Michigan county to seize a family home to satisfy a $2,000 tax bill.

Billion-dollar tax scammers ask 11th Circuit for new trial

Kayla Goggin / February 25, 2026

A Georgia duo sentenced to more than two decades in prison claims a juror was unfairly removed for saying she was a “white person standing up for white people.”

From dabblers to day traders, individual investors’ impact on Wall Street grows

Associated Press / February 23, 2026

Meme stocks aside, years of mostly uninterrupted, strong stock market gains provided an attractive backdrop for more people to take up investing.

President Trump wants to impose 15% tariff, up from 10% he announced after Supreme Court decision

Associated Press / February 21, 2026

President Donald Trump said he plans to raise his proposed global tariff to 15%, increasing the rate he announced just a day earlier.

Epstein estate agrees to $35 million settlement with victims

Josh Russell / February 20, 2026

The unopposed settlement would permanently shield the executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate from civil liability for claims they facilitated the financing of Epstein’s international underage sex trafficking network.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s one-man tariff war

Kelsey Reichmann / February 20, 2026

The president slammed the ruling and announced tariffs would remain under different authorization, including a new global 10% levy.

Tariff reversal saves markets after stinker GDP, inflation reports

Nick Rummell / February 20, 2026

Investors weren’t pleased by inflation and GDP data. Then the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down Trump’s tariffs saved the day.

Factories slowing, exports sliding: EU ends 2025 on shaky footing

Yuval Molina Obedman / February 19, 2026

A trade surplus, steady growth and rising confidence — but also falling output, climbing bankruptcies and a deepening export slump. The EU economy is holding on, and countries are holding their breath.

Ups and downs for Boeing investors

Brief / February 18, 2026

CHICAGO — Boeing shareholders won and lost in Illinois federal court Tuesday in two lawsuits over safety problems with the 737 MAX. One class of investors was able to secure an order that the company must amend its privilege log, which they said was riddled with boilerplate descriptions and improper privilege claims. Another, copycat lawsuit was dismissed however because it was brought by a firm expressly formed to pursue claims that two investment funds assigned to it, but never itself bought or sold any Boeing stock, so it lacks standing to sue.

Think you could run the Fed better than Jerome Powell? Now you can try in Federal Reserve Simulator

Benjamin S. Weiss / February 17, 2026

President Donald Trump may have already made his pick to lead the central bank’s board of governors, but you can still take a stab at setting U.S. monetary policy of the past, present and future in a new video game.