Rick Newman is a columnist for Yahoo Finance, offering insightful, provocative takes on many of the biggest stories of our time. He was previously Chief Business Correspondent, and before that Pentagon correspondent, for U.S. News & World Report. He's also the author of four books, including Rebounders: How Winners Pivot from Setback to Success.
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What US taxpayers will get for another $61 billion to Ukraine
Congress is finally providing more of the aid Ukraine needs to survive. Here's why this is money well spent.
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What if a TikTok ban becomes a Joe Biden ban
President Biden seems to be struggling with young voters in 2024, yet he's still willing to endanger one of their beloved social media platforms.
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The world isn’t as messed up as you might think
Americans are in a gloomy mood, but new research points out that a lot of imortant things are going right.
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This week in Bidenomics: A Middle East breather
Biden desperately wants to keep gasoline prices down. He may get his wish.
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Biden gets Trumpy on trade
Biden is borrowing a Trump tactic by proposing new tariffs on a few Chinese imports. But it's far from the Full Trump.
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Trump’s campaign is going the way of his media company
Trump the candidate and Trump the media company are each slogging through low points.
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Biden’s twin adversaries: Iran and gas prices
Energy markets seem to have dodged a bullet, with oil prices settling after Iran's April 13 attack on Israel. Biden needs it to stay that way.
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This week in Bidenomics: Battle of the bridges
A key Biden ally thinks he spends too much time touting infrastructure voters don't much care about. Left unsolved: What should Biden be doing instead?
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Here’s who will pay for Biden’s student loan cancellations
Cancelling student debt is a windfall for the borrowers who benefit, but taxpayers foot the bill.
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Here’s the good news in a troubling inflation report
Inflation has reasserted itself in 2024. But it's entirely confined to a few categories of services, with goods inflation basically back to normal.
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Republicans (?!?) are killing a tax cut
In a flip of the usual priorities, Senate Republicans seem likely to kill a set of tax cuts that have already passed the House and are broadly popular. Here's why.
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This week in Bidenomics: Too many jobs?
Another strong jobs report took pressure off the Fed to cut rates, but also keeps the pressure on Biden's economic record where voters are focused more on inflation and less about growth.
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Biden is getting antsy about rising gas prices
The president isn't saying so, but the administration's behind-the-scenes actions reveal a fear that rising gas prices could doom his reelection effort.
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This is the best election outcome for markets
Most people focus on the presidential frontrunners, but control of Congress matters nearly as much.
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The Biden stock market is swamping Trump’s
President Biden has a roaring stock market to brag about. So far, it's not helping his standing with voters.
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This week in Bidenomics: Heard much about 'Bidenflation' lately?
Americans are growing less concerned about inflation, and it may finally be helping President Biden's reelection odds.
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Washington’s next test: Funding Ukraine to stop Putin
It's way overdue, but Congress may finally try once again to check Vladimir Putin's dictatorial ambitions in Ukraine.
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Trump’s new social media company looks like a meme stock
Strong short interest in Trump's public media company Truth Social suggests a gloomy view of its future.
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The 'extreme' Social Security move that actually makes sense
The election year battle over cherished retirement programs is a microcosm explaining why Washington doesn't solve solvable problems.
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This week in Bidenomics: The TikTok head fake
Depiste the tough talk, there's no way President Biden will kill TikTok in 2024 and risk of wrath of millions of voters. After that, who knows.