Israel Pounds Lebanese Capital After Hezbollah Takes Credit for Rocket Fire at Haifa

Trump’s first year back in office has been loud, aggressive, and consequential—but has it been effective? Ryan McMaken appears on Stossel TV.

Young Americans Expect To Buy A Home Later In Life (Or Not At All) For decades, homeownership has been a key milestone of adulthood in the United States. In recent years, however, the middle-class ideal of homeownership and suburban comfort, once an embodiment of the American Dream, has gotten out of reach for many families, as elevated home prices, high mortgage rates and a period of stagnant real wages have left many families unable to even consider it. As Statista's Felix Richter shows below, only 25 percent of non-homeowners expect to buy a house...

US Core Manufacturing Orders Up For 3rd Straight Month In January After tumbling to end 2025, US Factory Orders were expected to rise very modestly in January and did so - up 0.1% MoM (as expected) with December's 0.7% decline revised up to a 0.4% decline... Source: Bloomberg Core Factory orders (es Transports) rose 0.4% MoM - slightly better than expected - and December's 0.4% MoM shift was revised up to a 0.6% MoM rise. This led core manufacturing orders to rise 1.39% YoY - the highest since July... Source: Bloomberg All the final...