Economy Feb 06 Bitcoin price drops below pre-Trump second term levels, now hovering below $67,000 By Associated Press
Nation Feb 05 AI, weight-loss drugs and celebrities galore. Here's what to expect from this year's Super Bowl commercials Each year Super Bowl ads offer a snapshot of the American mood — as well as which industries are flush with cash. By Mae Anderson, Associated Press
Economy Feb 05 Watch 10:51 How 'zombie mortgages' are coming back to haunt homeowners years later They’re called “zombie mortgages” — debts that homeowners thought were forgiven long ago, only to learn that they still exist and could cost them their homes. Economics correspondent Paul Solman and producer Diane Lincoln Estes report on these back-from-the-dead debts,… By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes
Politics Feb 05 WATCH: Bessent tells Senate panel it would be president's choice of whether to sue fed chair over interest rates Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday it would be “up to the president” to decide whether or not to sue Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, if he fails to lower interest rates. By Fatima Hussein, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
Nation Feb 04 Major changes to student loan borrowing and repayment are coming. Here's what to know “If you don’t understand it, that’s not your fault. It’s just phenomenally complicated,” says Winston Berkman-Breen, legal director at Protect Borrowers. By Hannah Grabenstein
Feb 04 WATCH: Treasury Secretary Bessent testifies on U.S. financial stability in House hearing By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press A hearing about oversight of the U.S. financial system devolved into insults several times Wednesday as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clashed with Democratic lawmakers over fiscal policy, the business dealings of the Trump family and other issues. Continue reading
Feb 04 WATCH: Vance says U.S. wants to create critical minerals trading bloc to counter China By Didi Tang, Josh Funk, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the trade war over the past year exposed how dependent most countries are on the critical minerals that China has a stranglehold on. Continue reading
Feb 02 WATCH: Trump announces plan for rare earth elements strategic reserve By Josh Boak, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth elements, a stockpile that could counter China's ability to use its dominance of these hard to process metals as leverage in trade talks. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch 6:34 What Trump's nomination of inflation hawk Kevin Warsh means for the Federal Reserve By Amna Nawaz, Diane Lincoln Estes President Trump announced Kevin Warsh as his pick to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Warsh was an advisor to George W. Bush and served on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors from 2006 to 2011. If confirmed,… Continue watching
Jan 30 What economic experts think about Trump's choice of Kevin Warsh for Fed chair By Hannah Grabenstein Experts appear to view Warsh’s nomination with “cautious relief,” said Mark Gertler, a professor of economics at New York University. Continue reading