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This Opioid Alternative Is Fueling an Addiction Crisis

2

The Live Auction App Where People Can Bid ‘Til They’re Broke

3

He Thought He Invested in SpaceX. Then His Shares Vanished.

4

To Solve a Cold Case, French Police Bent DNA Privacy Law

5

Jared Kushner's Albania Headache: Flamingos, Contested Land and Cocaine

6

Y Combinator CEO on How AI is Changing What Startups Build

7

Jersey Mike's Journey From the Shore to Wall Street

8

Inside Trump's Fundraising Machine

9

Robot Workers Are Here. Human Workers Are Fighting Back.

10

How the ‘Nostradamus of AI’ Got It Wrong

11

How Did Nancy Guthrie Vanish Without a Trace?

12

Confessions of a Recovering Work Addict

13

The Vanishing of an Anti-AI Activist

14

Peptides Are Everywhere. Businesses Are Cashing In.

15

Confused About Automated Driving Features? You’re Not Alone.

16

Chinese AI Is Spooking Silicon Valley

17

Tariffs Are Back. What’s Changed?

18

The Data Is In on Work From Home

19

How Deadly Airbags Are Getting Inside Cars

20

Can't Get an IMAX Ticket? That's Kind of the Point.

21

Do Sanctions Still Work?

22

What's Going On With Lettuce?

23

How State Farm's New Contract Sparked an Uproar

24

How an Influencer Built His Business, One Dog at a Time

25

The World Cup Story, Part 3: ‘FIFA, What Have You Become?'

26

To Beat Musk, Bezos Befriended Trump

27

Apple vs. OpenAI

28

How Microfinance Failed the World's Poor

29

A Master Conman in His Own Words

30

How to Keep Up with AI At Work (Without Losing Your Mind)

31

Big Egg’s Price-Fixing Scandal

32

A Buckling Skyscraper Shakes Confidence In Office Conversions

33

The Inside Story of Europe’s Breakup With the U.S.

34

Europe Is Hot as Hell. Why Doesn’t It Want Air Conditioning?

35

How Polymarket Made Fake Bets Go Viral

36

The Booming Industry Keeping Taylor Swift's Wedding a Secret

37

Microsoft’s CEO Has a Message: Don’t Let AI Eat the Economy

38

The Supreme Court and Trump: From Birthright to Presidential Power

39

Weight-Loss Drugs Are Gobbling Up Small Town Budgets

40

Inside a Debate at OpenAI Over Mass Shootings

41

McDonald’s and Coke's Marriage Might Need a Refresher

42

Why Alan Greenspan Is Key to Understanding Today’s Fed

43

Inside Trump and Netanyahu’s Complicated Relationship

44

Why iPhones Will Probably Get Even More Expensive

45

The Big Business of Holding Back Eighth-Graders

46

The Economy Is Booming. Why Does It Feel Like a Bust?

47

The Rise of the World’s First Trillionaire

48

The Great IPO Frenzy of 2026

49

The World Cup Story, Part 2: Too Big To Fail

50

These Movies Finally Got Gen Z Into Theaters

51

Is SpaceX Worth the Hype?

52

How Beef Got So Expensive

53

Bill Gates’s Carefully Crafted Image Is Cracking

54

Why Sweden Embraced Capitalism

55

The World Cup Story, Part 1: Soccer and Scandal

56

Americans Have More Credit Card Debt Than Ever

57

How AI Is Being Trained to Do Your Job

58

Can the U.S. Keep Chinese Cars Out?

59

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers

60

Why Hollywood Can't Find Good Scripts

61

The ‘Class of AI’ Enters the Workforce

62

The Shake-Up Coming for Car Dealerships

63

Is Florida Just for Rich People Now?

64

Novo Nordisk's CEO Has a Comeback Plan

65

How YouTube Took Over the American Classroom

66

Barney Frank’s Legacy of Financial Reform

67

Why Chinese Customers Are Running From Nike

68

Trapped in the Strait of Hormuz

69

For Riz Ahmed, Life is a Spy Thriller

70

Musk vs. Altman

71

Jerome Powell’s Last Stand at the Fed

72

Trump and Xi to Meet at High-Stakes Summit

73

The Vape Cloud Hanging Over the FDA

74

She Let AI Take Over Her Life For a Year

75

Can GameStop Really Buy eBay?

76

A Data Center Revolt in Missouri

77

'Eject! Eject! Eject!' Inside the Private Credit Panic

78

Germany’s Economy Is Spiraling. Can War Fix It?

79

R.I.P. Spirit Airlines

80

The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

81

How IKEA Is Keeping Its Furniture Affordable

82

Move Over, Humans. China's Robots Are Taking Over

83

Inside Meta’s Big AI Pivot

84

Tim Cook Built the Apple Empire. What's Next for His Successor?

85

How China Keeps Iran's Oil Industry Afloat

86

Cybersecurity Braces for AI ‘Bugmaggedon’

87

How Iran's Regime Changed...for the Worse

88

An Influencer's False Promise to Make His Followers Rich

89

Why People Aren't Lining Up for This $120,000 Job

90

The Energy Shock Is Here

91

The IRS Shrank. Will That Lead to More Tax Cheating?

92

The Strait of Hormuz Showdown

93

Can Burger King Regain Its Crown?

94

In Iran, an Uneasy Calm Amid a Cease-Fire

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Will the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Hold?

96

More Coding, Less Slop? Why OpenAI Ditched Sora

97

Is the High Over for Hemp Drinks?

98

The Adult Women Caught in Epstein’s Web of Abuse

99

How Do You Refund $166 Billion?

100

Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

101

Is ChatGPT Ready for Sex?

102

The New Legal Strategy That Beat Social Media

103

Fertility Inc.: The Embryo Editing Dinner

104

How Jeffrey Epstein Made Millions From His Connections

105

How ICE Went From Deport… to Airport

106

Iran Thinks It’s Winning the War

107

Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

108

Fertility Inc.: One Dad, One Hundred Babies

109

Is Cuba on the Brink of Collapse?

110

How Gamblers Are Rigging College Basketball

111

Big Banks vs. Big Crypto

112

The Ticketmaster Breakup Trial Just Got Messier

113

Fertility Inc.: ‘Our Money Was Gone’

114

The Escalating Crisis at the Strait of Hormuz

115

The Global Scramble for Patriot Missiles

116

The Battle Over AI in Warfare

117

Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

118

Fertility Inc.: When the Surrogate Gets Left With the Bill

119

Inside the Nasty Fight to Take Over Hollywood

120

Will Gas Prices Go Up Because of the Iran War?

121

Trump’s Shifting Reasons for War With Iran

122

What’s Next for Iran?

123

Camp Swamp Road Ep. 6: Your Side, Their Side and the Truth

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U.S. and Israel Attack Iran

125

The AI Economic Doomsday Report That Shook Wall Street

126

How One Company Is Navigating a New Era of Tariff Uncertainty

127

Inside Mexico's Decision to Take Down a Drug Lord

128

A Chinese Manufacturer Came to Ohio. Its Rivals Are Struggling to Compete.

129

Anthropic’s Pentagon Problems

130

Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal. He's Got a Plan B.

131

In a Landmark Trial, Zuckerberg Takes the Stand

132

The Flu Shot Drama at the FDA

133

Insiders Are Cashing In on Prediction Markets

134

The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

135

The Growing Fallout From the Epstein Files

136

California Billionaires Are Freaking Out Over a New Tax Proposal

137

China's Disappearing Generals

138

Walmart’s Former CEO on the Company’s Turnaround

139

AI Bots Have Social Media Now. It Got Weird Fast.

140

Elon Musk’s $1.25 Trillion Megamerger

141

Republican Megadonor Ken Griffin on Trump's Economy

142

Vibe Coding Could Change Everything

143

The Dollar Is Weaker. Is That a Good Thing?

144

How Kraft Lost Its Mac and Cheese Crown

145

Who Is the New Fed Chair?

146

A Wall Street Legend and His Penthouse Sex Dungeon

147

Can $60 Billion Boost Disney's Theme Park Magic?

148

Her Client Was Deepfaked. She Says xAI Is to Blame.

149

Are We at a Turning Point in Minneapolis?

150

For Many Kids on ADHD Pills, It’s the Start of a Drug Cascade

151

The Woman Behind SpaceX

152

The Power Grid's AI Problem

153

How Far Will Trump Go to Get Greenland?

154

Are Waymos Driving More Like Humans?

155

Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

156

The Bank Collapse Behind Iran's Protests

157

Oil Companies Aren't Sold on Venezuela

158

Why is the Fed Chair Facing a Criminal Investigation?

159

How to Be an Intelligent Investor in 2026

160

A Son Blames ChatGPT for His Father's Murder-Suicide

161

The Man Who Wants Netflix to Save Hollywood

162

China's Cheap Goods Are Europe's Problem Now

163

Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' on Foreign Policy

164

Was Maduro's Capture About Oil?

165

Goodbye 2025, Hello 2026!

166

Camp Swamp Road Ep. 5: Jacksonville

167

Drug Cartels' New Weapon: Chinese Money Launderers

168

It's Almost 2026. How’s the Economy?

169

The Battle Over a Church Worth Millions

170

How the ‘Chemtrails’ Conspiracy Theory Is Sabotaging One Company

171

How Robinhood’s CEO Became a Cult Hero

172

Compass vs. Zillow: The Real Estate Wars

173

AI Has Come for Advertising

174

OpenAI's 'Code Red' Problem

175

Investment Accounts for Babies Are Coming. Wall Street Can’t Wait.

176

The Tech CEO Leading Nvidia's Main Rival

177

Netflix’s Fight for Warner Just Got Harder

178

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Plan for Peace in Ukraine

179

California's Wine Industry Is in Crisis

180

Is America on Too Many Psychiatric Drugs?

181

China and the U.S. Are in a Race for AI Supremacy

182

Inside Quince’s Quest to Sell Luxury Goods for Less

183

The Case of the Missing $15 Billion Fortune: Part 2

184

The Case of the Missing $15 Billion Fortune: Part 1

185

Is the Hottest Investment Pokémon Cards?

186

KFC Got Fried in the Chicken Wars. Can It Come Back?

187

The Era of AI Layoffs Has Begun

188

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Epstein Files and a MAGA Feud

189

Can Nike Make Its Shoes Cool Again?

190

Why French Museums Keep Getting Robbed

191

The Repo Man Is Busier Than Ever

192

How Tariffs Could End Italian Pasta in the U.S.

193

CoreWeave, the Company Riding the AI Boom

194

Hollywood Jobs Are Disappearing

195

Tesla Gives Elon Musk a $1 Trillion Pay Package

196

Will Trump’s Tariffs Survive the Supreme Court?

197

The Man Leading Trump’s AI Charge Against China

198

The Healthcare Fight at the Heart of the Longest Ever Shutdown

199

The Waldorf Renovation: Over Budget, Past Deadlines, a Man Imprisoned

200

The Witch Economy Is Booming

201

Is the Economy Getting Better or Worse? The Fed Says It's Hard to Tell

202

Why GM Is Slamming the Brakes on EV Ambitions

203

Smucker, Trader Joe's and a Battle Over PB&Js

204

Missing Billions and a Secretive CEO: The First Brands Bankruptcy

205

Why Is the U.S. Giving Billions to Argentina?

206

Financial Influencers on Wealth and Work

207

No, Your Toll Payment Is Not Overdue

208

‘Exmo’ Influencers Are Taking On Mormonism

209

Are Conservatives Being 'Debanked'?

210

The Pentagon's UFO Coverup

211

The Government Shutdown: Who Will Blink First?

212

Mexico's New Cocaine Kingpin is Cashing In

213

Is the AI Boom… a Bubble?

214

The Botched Software Update That Cost $600 Million

215

Kathy Hochul on Mamdani, Trump and Where Democrats Went Wrong

216

Israel and Hamas Take a Big Step Towards Peace

217

She Swore Off Legacy Media. Now She's Running CBS News.

218

They Won Millions for Life. Until They Didn't.

219

Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Wants to Be Set Free

220

Camp Swamp Road Ep. 4: That’s What Heaven Is For

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The $55 Billion Deal to Take EA Private

222

Student-Loan Debt Is Strangling Gen X

223

Why This Government Shutdown Is Different

224

Inside the Crisis at Tylenol

225

Trump's Case Against James Comey

226

Camp Swamp Road Ep. 3: A Friend in the Shadows

227

Is Jane Goodall Fighting a Losing Battle?

228

The Bean at the Center of the Trade War

229

A $100,000 Work Visa Could Rock the Tech Industry

230

The Airline Industry Has a Toxic Fume Problem

231

The Florida Cops Who Act as ICE Agents

232

Camp Swamp Road Ep. 2: A Game of Telephone

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension and Trump’s FCC

234

How Larry Ellison (Briefly) Became the World's Richest Person

235

Is the TikTok Saga Finally Over?

236

The Drama at the Fed as It Debates Cutting Rates

237

Camp Swamp Road Ep. 1: Mess Around, Find Out

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The Bad Bunny Economy in Puerto Rico

239

The Killing of Charlie Kirk and the Rise of Political Violence

240

How a $1.5 Billion Settlement Could Alter the Course of AI

241

Introducing: Camp Swamp Road

242

The FDA Commissioner on Vaccines and Public Trust

243

The Hyundai Plant Raided By Immigration Authorities

244

A Troubled Man and His Chatbot

245

Private Equity Took Over a Hospital. Then It Shuttered.

246

Kraft Heinz's Big Breakup

247

Inside the ICE Hiring Blitz

248

The Corporate Grudge Fueling Cracker Barrel's Logo Fiasco

249

Breakfast Battle: The Cereal Industry vs MAHA

250

Inside Intel's Deal With the U.S. Government

251

The Federal Reserve Under Siege

252

How Scotts Miracle-Gro's Weed Business Went Up in Smoke

253

Can a Farming Community Resist a Development Boom?

254

Private Equity and Crypto Could Be Coming for Your 401k

255

How an NYC Suburb Is Keeping Rents Down

256

Is American Capitalism in Retreat?

257

The Nvidia CEO’s Quest to Sell Chips in China

258

The Mystery of the Mansion Filled With Surrogate Children

259

Is an Algorithm Blocking Your Job Search? One Man Is Trying to Find Out.

260

How Intel’s CEO Became a Political Liability

261

The Drug You’ve Never Heard of Wreaking Havoc Across Europe

262

Palantir: Pariah to Power Player

263

The Game Making Baseball Fans Go Bananas

264

Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Labubus?

265

Disney’s Big AI Dilemma

266

The FDA Boss on the Agency’s MAHA Makeover

267

Trump vs. the Bureau of Labor Statistics

268

Is Trump Winning His Trade War?

269

Why Coke Isn't Getting Rid of High-Fructose Corn Syrup

270

The Chinese Coffee Giant Taking on Starbucks

271

How Volkswagen's Electric Bus Lost Its Charge

272

A Pharmaceutical Executive on Trump’s Tariff Strategy

273

What Killed 'The Late Show'?

274

Are Diamonds Even a Luxury Anymore?

275

The Wall Street Craze Jamie Dimon Can’t Resist. Even If It Blows Up.

276

A Fight Over Buc-ee’s and for the Soul of the American West

277

One American Company Taking on China's Rare-Earth Dominance

278

Trump’s Letter to Jeffrey Epstein

279

How 1 Million Robots Are Taking Over Amazon Warehouses

280

Why Trump Is Ready to Send Missiles to Ukraine

281

The Uncertain Future of Renewable Energy

282

Why Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Went Rogue

283

Can Superman Save Warner?

284

Who Will Be the Next Fed Chair? Maybe Kevin

285

The Healthcare Costs of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill

286

Why Trump Pushed His Tariff Deadline

287

AI Is Coming for Entry-Level Jobs

288

Why Meta Is Offering $100 Million for AI Geniuses

289

How Trump's Megabill Squeaked Through the Senate

290

Swipe, Spend, Repeat: The Perks Arms Race in Your Wallet

291

The Supreme Court’s Season Finale, Explained

292

Rick Steves Is Tired of Hearing 'Have a Safe Trip'

293

Is NYC’s Mayoral Race All About Rent?

294

"I'm Thinking I'm 100% Legal." Then ICE Raided His Company.

295

Why the New Pope Is Taking on AI

296

NCAA President on a New Era for College Sports

297

Iran Retaliates After U.S. Strike. How Could This End?

298

Severed Fingers and Wrench Attacks: A New Era in Crypto Crime

299

Why Latino Consumers Are Spending Less

300

Iran May Be Running Out of Options

301

D.C. Mayor Talks DOGE, Trump and Budget

302

Iran and the U.S. Were Set To Negotiate. Then Israel Attacked.

303

The Conservative Trying to Shift America Rightward... One Movie at a Time

304

Inside UnitedHealth’s Dramatic Faltering

305

Inside ICE’s Aggressive Approach to Arresting Migrants

306

Are Trump and Musk Done for Good?

307

Medicare, Inc. Part 2: Taxpayers Paid for Care Denied by Insurers

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Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

309

Deportations Could Upend This Parachute Factory

310

The Struggle to Get Aid Into Gaza

311

The Everyday American Who Hustled for North Korea

312

Stop Making Cents: The End of the Penny

313

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer on Longevity in Hollywood

314

Trump's Plan B After Trade Court Setback

315

NPR’s CEO on the Fight Over Public Media

316

For Millions of Student-Loan Borrowers It's Time to Pay

317

The Battle Within Meta Over Chatbot Safety

318

Readers Can’t Get Enough of BookTok. Publishers Are Cashing In.

319

Lady Gaga, Low-Rise Jeans, and the Next Recession

320

Eggs Are Still Expensive. Is This Company to Blame?

321

Ozempic Is a Hit. So Why Is the Drugmaker’s CEO Out?

322

Can the GOP Unite Around Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’?

323

The Giant Bust Rocking the Art Market

324

How ‘The Joker’ Rigged the Texas Lottery

325

An Air Traffic Controller Speaks Out About Newark Airport

326

A Life-or-Death Insurance Denial

327

Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

328

MAHA Influencers Go to Washington

329

Why Sam Altman Wants to Scan Your Eyeball

330

Made in America? Shoe Companies Already Tried That.

331

The Financial Mess Facing the Vatican

332

Is the Economy… OK?

333

There Will Never Be Another Warren Buffett

334

A Tariff Loophole Just Closed. What That Means for Online Shopping.

335

Trump 2.0: The First 100 Days

336

In Crypto’s Darkest Corner, A Suicide Became a Meme Coin

337

Behind the Scenes at Davos, Claims of a Toxic Boss

338

Canada’s New Leader Is Ready To Take on Trump

339

A Syrian Father’s Journey to Find His Son

340

Neom, Pt 2: The Emperor’s New Clothes

341

Neom, Pt 1: Skiing in the Desert

342

Trump 2.0: Where Is The Economy Headed?

343

Taking Stock of the ‘Sell America’ Trade

344

Inside the Harvard vs. Trump Battle

345

How Frog Embryos Landed a Scientist in ICE Detention

346

Pope Francis Has Died. What’s Next for the Catholic Church?

347

How the 'Napa Valley of Cannabis' Dried Up

348

Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly?

349

How Elon Musk Pulled X Back From the Brink

350

The Billionaire Caught Between Trump and China

351

A Quick Fix for Hair Loss Is Making Some Men Sick

352

Can Pepsi Make a Comeback?

353

Trump 2.0: Tariff Turnaround

354

China Unleashes a Trade War Arsenal

355

The Head of the EPA on the Future of the Agency

356

The Tariff Trade Off: Jobs vs. Higher Prices

357

Wall Street Speaks Out Against Tariffs

358

The Fight Over Fluoride

359

Trump 2.0: Trade Wars and Deportation Battles

360

Trump’s Tariffs Force a New Era in Global Trade

361

The Fraud Trial That Became JPMorgan's Headache

362

He Revived Barbie. Now He’s Turning Around Gap

363

Why Utah Is Regulating Mom Influencers

364

Inside the Hunt for Putin’s Sleeper Agents

365

Trump 2.0: Group Chat Fallout

366

Three Federal Workers Hit by DOGE

367

Trump's Attack on Big Law

368

Arrivederci, Donatella Versace

369

Trump's College Crackdown

370

The New Hit Depression Treatment? A Ketamine-Derived Nasal Spray

371

Trump 2.0: A Showdown With the Judiciary

372

Greenland Has Tons of Minerals. So Where Are All the Miners?

373

A New Phase in Trump's Immigration Fight

374

The Battle to Be the King of Retail: Walmart vs. Amazon

375

The Download That Led to a Massive Hack at Disney

376

The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients

377

Trump 2.0: The Uncertainty Economy

378

Trump Family Has Explored Deal with Binance

379

What's Going On With the Economy?

380

Tesla Has a Problem: Elon Musk

381

The Collapse of Walgreens

382

The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

383

Trump 2.0: ‘Just Getting Started’