• The End of the College Degree's Golden Age
  
  In an America hungry for builders, fixers and doers, the four-year college degree - once a ticket to the middle class - is increasingly seen as a costly relic bloated by bureaucracy. The disillusionment cuts deep, especially among conservatives fed up with elite institutions...
• Trump's Oil Power Play Threatens OPEC
  
  With the U.S. already controlling more than one-fifth of global oil output, Washington's expanding grip on Venezuela and Guyana could push that share toward 30% , a level that would fundamentally reshape world energy markets, The Wall Street Journal reports.
• Trump Warns Credit Card Firms Over Jan. 20 Rate Cap
  
  President Donald Trump on Sunday said credit ?card ?companies would be ?in violation of the law if they ?failed to comply with ?his demand by Jan. ?20 for a 10% cap on interest rates, ?even ?as ?legal and ?financial observers said...
• Nikki Glaser Takes Swings at CBS in Golden Globes Monologue
  
  Nikki Glaser went hard then eased up in her monologue to open Sunday's Golden Globes. In her earliest jokes she suggested stars in the room might be in the Epstein Files and took a shot at CBS, the network airing the show.
• Trump to Talk to Musk About Restoring Internet in Iran
  
  President Donald Trump said on ?Sunday he plans to speak with billionaire Elon Musk about restoring internet in Iran, where authorities have blacked out services for four days amid ongoing anti-government protests.
• Ackman: US to Overcome Debt Through Growth
  
  The U.S. will overcome its debt through growth, not through paying off the debt, hedge ?fund manager Bill Ackman said at ?the UBS Asia Wealth Forum conference on Monday.
• Trump May Veto Extension of Obamacare Subsidies
  
  President Donald Trump said on Sunday he might veto legislation to ?extend federal health insurance subsidies, ?injecting fresh uncertainty into a debate that has pitted ?congressional Republicans against Democrats and threatened to raise premiums for millions of ?Americans.
• Trump: Stop Netflix's 'Cultural Takeover'
  
  President Donald Trump sharply escalated his criticism of Netflix on Sunday, blasting the streaming giant in a Truth Social post that shared a One America News (OAN) commentary warning against Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
• Fed Chair Jerome Powell Under Criminal Investigation
  
  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony about the Fed's building renovations.
• Trump 'Inclined' to Keep ExxonMobil Out of Venezuela
  
  President Donald Trump said Sunday he's "inclined" to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of dictator Nicolas Maduro. "I didn't like Exxon's response," Trump told reporters.
• Prediction Markets in Spotlight After $400K Maduro Wager
  
  Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election , and recently the downfall of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
• Allegiant to Acquire Sun Country Airlines for $1.5B
  
  ?Low-cost airline Allegiant will acquire Sun Country Airlines in a deal valued at about $1.5 billion, including debt, the companies said Sunday.
• Trump Hails Move Toward 'Affordability' on Gas Prices
  
  Democrats have vowed to run on a lack of "affordability" in the midterms, but President Donald Trump is challenging that narrative with what he says are real actions and results, particularly on gasoline prices.
• 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' Tops Box Office for 4th Straight Week
  
  "Avatar: Fire and Ash" kept on smoldering at the box office, taking the top spot for a fourth straight week on a relatively quiet weekend as the January doldrums began setting in for the industry.
• Google to Enable Shopping With Gemini AI Chatbot
  
  Google said Sunday that it is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.An instant checkout function will allow customers to...
• Energy Secretary Wright: US 'Changing the Game' In Venezuela
  
  The United States is "changing the game" with what has been happening on the ground in Venezuela, Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday. "Venezuela has been a very dangerous, very destabilized place going down the tubes," Wright said in an interview.
• Lawmakers: Trump Should Back Bill to Cap Credit Cards
  
  Reviving a campaign pledge, President Donald Trump wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates, a move that could save Americans tens of billions of dollars but drew immediate opposition from an industry that has been in his corner.Trump was not clear in his...
• Earnings Start, Inflation Data Pose Tests for Resilient US Stocks
  
  U.S. stocks have kicked off 2026 on a strong note, but could face turbulence in the coming days with the start of corporate earnings season, fresh inflation data and rising geopolitical uncertainty.The S&P 500 is up nearly 2% already in January, on the heels of the...
• AI Toys Look for Bright side After Troubled Start
  
  Toy makers at the Consumer Electronics Show were adamant about being careful to ensure that their fun creations infused with generative artificial intelligence don't turn naughty.That need was made clear by a recent Public Interest Research Groups report with alarming...
• Bessent: Nations Must Reduce Reliance on China for Rare Earths
  
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will urge Group of Seven nations and others to step up their efforts to reduce reliance on critical minerals from China when he hosts a dozen top finance officials on Monday, a senior U.S. official said.The meeting, which kicks off with a...
• Pulte: 50-Year Mortgages No Longer Trump Priority
  
  Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte suggested Friday that the Trump administration may no longer be considering 50-year mortgages as a cost-saving measure for homebuyers.
• Bessent: US May Lift More Venezuela Sanctions Next Week
  
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has told Reuters that additional U.S. sanctions on Venezuela could be lifted as soon as next week to facilitate oil sales, and that he will also meet next week with the heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on their...
• EJ Antoni to Newsmax: California Losing People to Failed Policies
  
  Economist EJ Antoni warned on Newsmax on Saturday that a proposed California wealth tax targeting billionaires would likely accelerate the state's ongoing population decline and capital flight, arguing the policy continues a long-standing pattern of high earners leaving...
• Leavitt Hails New Debilitating US Weaponry: 'Stop and Read This'
  
  The capture of Nicolas Maduro has apparently unveiled a new, mysterious, and overwhelmingly powerful tactical weapon to modern warfare."Stop what you are doing and read this… ????????????????????," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote Saturday on X,...
• Dick Morris to Newsmax: Billionaires Leaving Calif. Will Drag Newsom Down
  
  Political strategist Dick Morris said on Newsmax's "Saturday Report" that progressive efforts in California to target billionaires with new taxes could seriously undermine Gov. Gavin Newsom's national political ambitions.

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