ToplineShares of companies producing rare earth minerals surged Monday as JPMorgan announced a decade-long $1.5 trillion “Security and Resilience Initiative” aimed at investing in industries like artificial intelligence, manufacturing and critical minerals—and surely to curry favor with President Trump, who has urged major entities to invest in his “America First” economic agenda. JP Morgan headquarters…
To purchase gold isn’t much different from hiding money in the proverbial coffee can. Yes, rising gold signals a little or a lot of economic decline. The yellow metal’s upward trajectory in dollars brings to mind a weekly gathering of old at Caltech. Professors wouldn’t talk about the experiments that worked, rather they’d revel in…
ToplineThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology turned down the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” on Friday, according to multiple reports, becoming the first school to reject the funding deal that looks to have a group of universities adhere to policy changes aligning with President Donald Trump’s agenda. MIT issued the letter Friday.…
Musk is now half-way to becoming the first ever trillionaire. Elon Musk achieved yet another major milestone Wednesday, becoming the first ever person worth half-a-trillion dollars. The richest person on the planet is now worth $500 billion, as of 3:30 pm Eastern, per Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires tracker. Musk, who became the first person ever worth…
ToplinePresident Donald Trump shared and then deleted a seemingly AI-generated video in which he was seen promising Americans access to “medbeds” a fictional technology popular with some far-right conspiracy theorists who believe they secretly exist and hold miracle cures for every illness, and have been withheld from common Americans. Trump’s account on Truth Social posted…
Al Singer Xania Monet TALISHA JONESSeventeen million streams in two months. A multimillion-dollar record deal. A Billboard-charting single. These are the kinds of stats that typically belong to breakout human stars. But today they belong to Xania Monet — an AI-powered R&B singer who doesn’t exist in human form. Monet was created by 31-year-old Mississippi…
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA—JULY 26: Charlie Kirk, who founded Turning Point USA, speaks before former President Donald Trump’s arrival during a Turning Point USA Believers Summit conference at the Palm Beach Convention Center on July 26, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trump had earlier in the day met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
ToplineJeffrey Epstein planned to host Elon Musk at his private island in the Caribbean, have lunch with tech billionaire Peter Thiel and have breakfast with Trump ally Steve Bannon, according to newly released documents—the latest to show the extent of Epstein’s ties to the rich and powerful. Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the public memorial…
Judi Health founders Ryan Kelly (left) and AJ LoiaconoJudi Health AJ Loiacono launched Capital Rx eight years ago to break through all the hidden fees in drug pricing. Now with $252 million in new funding, the firm, renamed Judi Health, has broader medical costs in its sights. AJ Loiacono knew he truly had something after…
FILE – A sign advertises free food for the opening of the Florida City Community Fridge and a food distribution, Aug. 31, 2023, in the Florida City neighborhood in Miami. An estimated 17 million households reported problems finding enough food last year. That’s a sharp jump from 2021 when boosted government aid helped ease the…





