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‎Young professionals from Generation Z are entering employment during an especially difficult hiring environment. As companies cut spending and increase automation through artificial intelligence, beginner job opportunities are becoming less common. This has left many new graduates submitting hundreds of job applications without success. ‎ ‎Facing shrinking entry-level roles and AI-driven workplace changes, Gen Z graduates are urged to begin working immediately, focus on networking, and remain adaptable to long-term career success. ‎Roy Rochlin/Getty Images ‎For Dana Perino, uncertainty in career development is nothing new. Her professional journey included roles in journalism, government work, public relations, and college radio before she eventually reached senior government and media leadership roles. From her experience, she believes obsessing over a perfectly planned career can prevent people from noticing real opportunities already available to them. ‎ ‎She has explai...

‎Policies tied to Donald Trump are expected to remove roughly 2.4 million people from the labor pool, with the administration placing significant confidence in artificial intelligence to compensate for the shortage. ‎ ‎The working-age population in the United States is approaching a steep decline, a trend that has intensified over the past year partly because of stricter immigration rules implemented by the administration. ‎ ‎Immigration restrictions linked to Donald Trump may reduce the U.S. workforce by millions, while artificial intelligence is projected to support productivity and economic growth. ‎Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images ‎Employment participation among American adults was already projected to fall over the coming decade as the population ages. However, lower birth rates combined with tighter immigration enforcement from the White House are expected to deepen the labor shortfall, creating a gap exceeding two million workers in the future labor mar...

‎For much of the 20th century, earning an MBA or law degree was widely regarded as a fast track to a stable office career and the American Dream. But in the 21st century, those traditional career paths face a looming threat: automation by AI. ‎ ‎Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns that AI will soon automate most professional tasks, transforming industries like law, accounting, and marketing within 18 months. ‎Stephen Brashear/Getty Images ‎ ‎Microsoft AI’s CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, recently shared with the Financial Times a stark prediction: within the next 18 months, AI could achieve human-level performance across the majority of professional tasks. Jobs that involve “sitting at a computer,” he said, including accounting, legal work, marketing, and project management, are particularly at risk. Suleyman’s outlook echoes the warning in a viral essay by AI researcher Matt Shumer, who compared this turning point to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020—but pote...

‎The United States entered fiscal year 2026 with significant financial pressure, based on new projections released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Early data indicates that government borrowing remained extremely high during the first four months of the fiscal calendar. ‎ The United States borrowed $696 billion in the first four months of FY2026, with debt interest payments projected to exceed $1 trillion for the year as national debt surpasses $38.5 trillion. ‎Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images ‎ ‎According to the CBO’s latest report, covering the first third of FY2026—which began in October—the federal government ran a deficit that required borrowing $696 billion. January alone accounted for $94 billion of that figure. When averaged across the 16 weeks within those four months, borrowing reached roughly $43.5 billion each week. ‎ ‎Government spending continues to exceed revenue generation, and the financial strain is worsened by rising interest payments ...

‎Elon Musk has set a new global benchmark for personal wealth, becoming the first individual ever valued at $800 billion or more. The milestone follows a major transaction in which SpaceX, Musk’s private rocket company, acquired his artificial intelligence and social media business, xAI. According to Forbes, the merger values the combined enterprise at $1.25 trillion and added an estimated $84 billion to Musk’s fortune, lifting his net worth to an unprecedented $852 billion. ‎ ‎Elon Musk’s net worth surges to a record $852 billion after SpaceX acquires xAI in a deal valuing the combined company at $1.25 trillion, according to Forbes. Andrew Harnik/‎Getty Images ‎ ‎Before the deal was finalized, Musk’s ownership structure included a 42% stake in SpaceX, valued at $336 billion. That valuation stemmed from a December tender offer that priced the privately held aerospace firm at $800 billion. Musk also held an estimated 49% of xAI, a stake worth $122 billion based on a recent p...

‎Economists are cautioning that President Donald Trump may be pushing negotiations too far over Greenland, after the White House warned of new tariffs on European Union nations if they failed to support America’s bid to buy the territory. ‎ ‎Over the weekend, Trump announced on Truth Social, the platform he owns, that beginning February 1, 2026, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would face a 10% tariff on all goods exported to the United States. ‎ ‎Deutsche Bank cautions that President Trump’s Greenland tariff threat could backfire, exposing the U.S.’s massive debt and financial vulnerabilities amid rising tensions with Europe. ‎Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images ‎ ‎He added that the levy would rise to 25% on June 1, 2026, and would remain in force until a deal was struck for what he described as the “complete and total purchase of Greenland.” ‎ ‎Trump has argued that the U.S. needs to acquire Gree...