Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services. The trade deficit in goods was the highest ...

Swift leads the IFPI's rankings for a sixth time overall, outperforming Stray Kids, Drake, Billie Eilish and Bad Bunny. By Thomas Smith Taylor Swift has been named the biggest-selling global artist of ...

No. 1 seed Florida beat No. 1 Houston 65-63 to win the program's third national title — and first since winning back-to-back championships in 2006 and 2007. Walter Clayton Jr. was named Most ...

The IRS will start accepting 2025 tax returns for the 2026 filing season on Jan. 26. Employers have until Jan. 31 to send out W-2 tax forms, but some have already made them available online. Trump's ...

The US fixed-income markets extended their positive trajectory into 2025’s final quarter. The Morningstar US Core Bond Index, a proxy for the US-dollar-denominated investment-grade bond market, ...

As 2025 comes to a close, people turn to the highlights of what made the year special…or at least bearable. There were plenty of viral trends and memes that took over the internet this year, though ...

The way we see it, there’s a yin and yang to documentaries. They’ve always had the potential to be deadly serious — now maybe more than ever, as a world awash in chaos spotlights such topics as the ...

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led Congress had a busy first year of President Donald Trump’s second term in 2025. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

What happened in 2025? Well, a lot. There were tariffs, breakthroughs and disappointments with AI, and a wobbly economy that sent decidedly mixed signals. There were crises of purpose, execution, and ...

From new exoplanetary neighbors and a weakening dark energy to the best evidence for life on Mars and an interstellar comet that's got everyone talking, 2025 has been jam-packed with astronomical ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Charlyn Ho is CEO of Rikka, focusing on technology and privacy issues. In 2025, the United States made some of its most ...