Author: EconLearner

Is your love just getting over or standing still? Here are three signs you need to give your relationship the credit it deserves.gettyWhen people think about how their relationship is going, it’s very likely that most of the attention immediately turns to how smooth things look on the surface. And while that absolutely matters, it’s important to remember that in life, things can sometimes feel messy or uncertain. But that doesn’t necessarily mean your relationship is off track or unhealthy. Even healthy relationships have their rough edges, and the truth is that the strength of a relationship often shows up…

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a press conference at River Point Park, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.As the federal government shutdown nears the end of its third full week, Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are reportedly no closer to an agreement, or even the appearance of an agreement, on reopening the government. The House-passed continuing resolution to fund the government received 55 votes in the US Senate, with all Republicans and three Democrats voting in favor, but the 60 votes needed to break the Democratic deadlock…

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Top lineTwo green comets will reach their minimum distance from Earth, likely peak brightness, after sunset on Monday, October 20, just hours before the peak of the annual Orionid meteor shower, itself a product of Halley’s famous Comet. Comet Lemmon (also called C/2025 A6) and Comet SWAN (C/2025 R2) are coming closest to Earth early this week, at 55 and 24 million miles from Earth, respectively, and could be visible to the naked eye. So are the 20 or so “shooting stars” from the meteor shower. The rare celestial show will unfold under a new moon, ensuring dark skies around…

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The classic challenge for petty cash is gold. Populations wary of printing money from government or bank accounts—or taxes and regulations—are piling into precious metals, leaving fiat with no willing users and high and dry. This has been the way of the world for centuries, millennia. In the United States, in the early 1930s, the American people, tired of income tax increases taking rates absurdly higher than ever in peacetime, the property tax increased far, far above the highest in the nation’s history, and extraordinary tariffs making everything more expensive, said forget it and pushed for gold, selling United States…

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The bond between the president and his dog has become an iconic part of American politics. Here is perhaps the most famous “US President – First Dog” relationship.gettyMore presidents have owned pets. A notable exception is Donald Trump, who has held on no pets in the White House during his first or second term. Perhaps the most famous presidential dog, or at least the one best captured, is Fala, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Scottish terrier companion. Fala is unique among presidential pets in being the only one honored with a statue on the National Mall, placed next to FDR at…

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LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 16: Mamie Underhill (L), 104, and her daughter Leita Chapman laugh while reading a birthday card for Mamie during a birthday celebration for five female residents at Solheim Lutheran Home who are 100 and older, Angeles, California in Los Angeles. Mamie turns 105 on September 19th. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)Getty ImagesBetween the 2010 census and the 2020 census, the number of centenarians in the United States increased by 50% to more than 80,000, as the reality of an aging population catches up to a country that previously outpaced its peers in terms of fertility…

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Conflicting interestsgettyThe new class of GLP-1 drugs exemplifies both the potential of pharmaceutical innovation and the dangers of future developments from ill-conceived government policies. The unbelievable The benefits of GLP-1 are clear – they significantly improve our health and well-being. The risks arise because the current federal policies allow activities that compromise patient safety and undermine the ability of innovators to cover their large, private capital costs.Branded as Mounjaro and Ozempic, GLP-1s help patients whose type 2 diabetes has different it was mismanaged. Research shows that diabetes annually imposes $412.9 billion in total economic costs including over $300 billion in…

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Apple CEO Tim Cook on stage at the iPhone 17 series launch event.Anshel SagI was able to attend my first Apple event in nearly six years at Apple’s Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. It was an exciting experience, especially since most of the presentation was a high-production video followed by hands-on demonstrations and briefings with Apple executives. To no one’s surprise, the focus of this event was the new iPhone 17 series, but Apple also announced the new Apple Watches and AirPods Pro 3.The new iPhone 17 seriesApple has made significant changes with the new iPhone…

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