I spent 8 years flood-proofing a city. Capital markets are running out of time to take El Niño seriously

Federal forecasters put the odds of a strong El Niño this winter at roughly two in three,…

American taxpayers have spent $33 billion on sports stadiums. They got fewer seats—and higher prices

When the Buffalo Bills open their $2.2 billion Highmark Stadium this September, they’ll be opening the…

Texas ICE facility spent $11.5 million, GAO finds

Mismanagement at a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas created unsafe conditions that contributed to detainee…

Trump spent 3 hours at Walter Reed. he claims ‘everything checked out PERFECTLY’

The 79-year-old president spent more than three hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for…

I’ve spent 25 years studying loneliness. AI is about to make it much worse

Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve our lives in powerful ways. But after two and a…

I’ve spent 25 years in venture capital. Here’s how it quietly shut ordinary Americans out of the AI wealth boom—and what could fix it

In tech circles, a lot of people are wringing their hands right now over how much…

At 75, Ted Turner gave himself 5 more years. He got 12—and spent them warning the world was ending

Ted Turner was never one to soften a forecast, even when the subject was himself. “At…

I spent a decade selling homes to the ultra-wealthy. What I saw explains the housing market’s nepo problem

For a decade, I sold real estate to people who never had to call their parents.…

US has spent $25bn on Iran war so far – Pentagon

Pentagon officials said the Iran war had cost $25 billion so far, offering the estimate in…

Trump spent nearly $2 billion of taxpayer money to undo wind projects already underway. Dems demand answers

The Trump administration is spending nearly $2 billion to get energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore…