One Weird Trick to Get Your Credit Card Charge Reversed? Fraud.
American consumers disputed nearly 30% more credit card transactions in 2025 than they did just four years earlier. Some of those “chargebacks” are legitimate issues or outright scams. But increasingl...
24 Jul 0s
Almost $1 Billion Later, the US Still Can’t Manufacture Medical Gloves
After the pandemic-era run on medical gloves, the US government set a plan in motion to reshore manufacturing. Roughly six years and almost $1 billion later, America is once again facing potential sho...
23 Jul 0s
The Trump Insiders Who Shaped Crypto Law
How did Tether — the largest stablecoin issuer in the world — go from fighting stablecoin regulation to supporting the Genius Act? That’s the subject of a new Bloomberg News investigation into how Tru...
22 Jul 0s
Chasing the Ancient Stolen Statues of Cambodia
When a 1,000-year-old Cambodian statue came up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York, it sparked off an investigation that uncovered one of the world’s most extensive art trafficking networks. On today...
21 Jul 0s
Polymarket and Kalshi Grapple With A New Class of Insider Trader
From celebrity wedding details to the timing of military strikes, prediction markets have opened the door to gambling on almost anything. They’ve also created a new class of insider trader that platfo...
20 Jul 0s
Weekend Listen: Tucker Carlson on How Trump Failed America
Tucker Carlson was one of Donald Trump’s most prominent allies when he campaigned for re-election and through his first year back in the White House. The US-Israel war with Iran, however, marked a dec...
19 Jul 52min
The Great American Fun Shortage
There’s a historic mismatch between fun-supply and fun-demand in the US this summer. Americans are clamoring for places to relax and socialize. But the purveyors and conduits of fun — like airlines, ...
17 Jul 14min
Inflation Is Cooling. Why Are Americans Still Sweating?
A slate of new data this week painted a tepid but slightly optimistic picture of the US economy: Consumer prices declined in June for the first time in six years, jobless claims ticked down and retail...
16 Jul 19min
