The article discusses the disastrous rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), highlighting the fact that some college students are still unaware of their aid awards for the fall. The Department of Education’s poor planning has resulted in a failure that may prevent students from receiving financial aid in time for
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In July, consumers displayed growing confidence in the outlook for inflation over the coming years. The New York Federal Reserve report released on Monday revealed that respondents foresee inflation remaining elevated in the next year before receding in the subsequent years. Notably, the three-year perspective from the Survey of Consumer Expectations showed a decrease in
Former President Donald Trump recently took to social media to falsely accuse Vice President Kamala Harris of using AI technology to fabricate images of crowd sizes at her rallies. This unfounded conspiracy theory was an attempt to explain the strong enthusiasm for the new Democratic ticket. Trump’s comments, echoed by some MAGA Republican commentators, not
Barbara Res, the former executive vice president of construction and development for the Trump Organization, recently contradicted former President Donald Trump’s claim that he had once ridden in a helicopter with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown that had to make an emergency landing during the 1990s. The details provided by Res call into question
Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts has recently raised concerns about Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s potential conflicts of interest regarding the use of company resources to benefit his other ventures, such as SpaceX and xAI. Warren believes that the Tesla Board of Directors has not been fulfilling its fiduciary duties to the shareholders by turning a
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently reported that Americans now owe a record $1.14 trillion on their credit cards, with the average balance per consumer standing at $6,329. This represents a 4.8% increase year over year, according to a separate quarterly credit industryinsights report from TransUnion. It is evident that credit card debt
In considering Vice President Kamala Harris’s potential antitrust and regulatory policy if she were to win the presidency, Maryland’s Democratic Governor Wes Moore highlighted the importance of prioritizing small business growth and fostering competition within large industries. This approach, as mentioned by Moore, would aim to support small businesses and facilitate their growth, while also
In a surprising turn of events, OpenAI co-founder John Schulman announced his departure from the Microsoft-backed company to join Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup funded by Amazon. This decision comes on the heels of OpenAI disbanding a superalignment team dedicated to ensuring the control of AI systems that surpass human capabilities in various tasks. Schulman,