Finance

The move comes as a response to the Trump administration’s waning support for electrification and a weakening consumer market.

https://www.wired.com/story/ford-kills-electric-f-150-lightning-for-hybrid/

The tariffs have generated less than $300 billion in new tax revenue, and other claimed investments don't come close to the president's tally.

https://reason.com/2025/12/15/trump-says-tariffs-have-brought-in-18-trillion-thats-impossible/

The main practical benefits would be tax relief for the cannabis industry and fewer barriers to medical research.

https://reason.com/2025/12/15/trumps-plan-to-reclassify-marijuana-would-leave-federal-prohibition-essentially-untouched/

In America, we judge people according to the content of their character, not the behavior of a narrow minority of their coethnics.

https://reason.com/2025/12/12/the-real-villain-in-minnesotas-1-5-billion-fraud-scandal-isnt-somalis-its-the-feds/

A new GAO report suggests the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges are rife with fraud.

https://reason.com/2025/12/03/auditors-submitted-24-fake-applications-for-subsidized-health-insurance-only-1-was-denied/

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/14/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

Has the Department of Government Efficiency delivered on promises to downsize federal employment, cut regulations, and reduce federal spending?

https://reason.com/2025/12/14/doges-budget-bark-didnt-match-its-bite/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c246dnyjylqo

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/inflation-causing-less-holiday-spending-cnbc-all-america-economic-survey.html

The Senate failed to pass a three-year extension on tax credits for the Affordable Care Act. But the only thing keeping it at all "affordable" was a flood of taxpayer money to conceal its true expense.

https://reason.com/2025/12/15/obamacare-subsidies-cant-fix-a-broken-system-rand-pauls-bill-could/

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

https://www.theblock.co/post/382114/cryptoquant-bitcoin-112000-if-fed-dovish-key-resistance-levels-break

CEO David Ellison points to the combination of CBS Sports and TNT Sports as a key value driver.

https://awfulannouncing.com/warner-bros-discovery/paramount-launches-hostile-takeover-bid-wbd.html

'American families deserve real relief and savings during the holidays,' Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-trump-department-rolls-out-christmas-tree-savings-plan-making-this-season-brighter

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtuber-accidentally-crashes-the-rare-plant-market-with-a-viral-cloning-technique-3289808/

Transaction Unites Warner Bros.' Iconic Franchises and Storied Libraries with Netflix's Leading Entertainment Service, Creating an Extraordinary Offering for Consumers

Netflix to Maintain Warner Bros.' Current Operations

Combination Will Offer More Choice and Greater Value for Consumers, Create More Opportunities for the Creative Community and Generate Shareholder Value

Acquisition Will Strengthen the Entertainment Industry

https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/netflix-to-acquire-warner-bros-following-the-separation-of-discovery-global-for-a-total-enterprise-value-of-82-7-billion-equity-value-of-72-0-billion-302633998.html

Serbia must halt operations at its NIS oil refinery after Washington denied its license, risking the nation's fuel supply, according to President Vučić.

https://www.euronews.com/2025/12/02/us-denies-operating-license-to-serbias-russian-owned-oil-refinery

Data shows increase in neighbourhoods where few metres of asphalt, hedgerow, or wall can separate deep inequality

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/01/posh-poor-divide-the-rise-in-areas-of-england-where-wealth-and-deprivation-appear-side-by-side

https://www.newsbtc.com/news/bitcoin-dips-5-percent-liquidations-surge-bitcoin-hyper-booms/

The chancellor is delivering her fiscal statement after the details were released in error by the UK's fiscal watchdog.

https://news.sky.com/story/budget-2025-reeves-to-announce-16326bn-of-tax-rises-after-budget-leak-13475665

https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/11/25/bitcoin-2-trillion-club-buy-etf-fund/?source=iedfolrf0000001

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-senators-call-probe-scam-ads-facebook-instagram-2025-11-24/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-tariffs-gains/2025/11/24/id/1235790/

https://www.ign.com/articles/games-workshop-shares-soar-once-again-as-warhammer-40000-company-flags-big-profits-despite-expected-space-marine-2-royalties-slowdown