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Outdoor retailer Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) reportedly plans to close three of its U.S. stores next year.The closures will affect REI locations across the Northeast, including Paramus, New Jersey, during the first three months of 2026, as well as in Boston and its flagship SoHo locaftion in New York City toward the end of that year, USA Today reported."We are deeply grateful to our teams, our members and customers, and […]

The long and the short of the U.S.-China fisticuffs is that no trade barriers are coming down, and no new trade openings are popping up. China has gone rogue by putting export controls for rare earths and other commodities on the entire world. And of course, the U.S. has got to punch back. Scott Bessent is right, China is a command-and-control economy, and our allies will neither be commanded nor […]

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is standing by his proposal to raise taxes on the city’s wealthiest residents and corporations to fund free buses and universal childcare.Under Mamdani’s plan, the personal income tax rate on the city's wealthiest 1% would rise by 2 percentage points, while the corporate tax rate would increase to match New Jersey’s 11.5% rate, he told Martha MacCallum on Wednesday on Fox News' "The […]