Water quality expert Bob Bowcock tests a creek for cancer-causing PFAS “forever chemicals” at a property in Dalton, Ga., on June 12, 2025. Issam Ahmed/AFP/Getty via Inside Climate News Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published

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If Bill Gates had never sold a single Microsoft share since 1999, his net worth today would likely dwarf even the wildest “world’s richest person” estimates, and his influence over Big Tech and philanthropy would look completely different. 1999: The Moment Gates Started Letting Go In 1999, at the peak of the dot‑com boom, Bill

Donald Trump changed the channel from Iran to the western hemisphere on Saturday, convening a gathering of Latin American leaders at his Miami-area golf club to discuss regional interests and establishing what he called a “counter-cartel coalition”. “Just as we formed a coalition to eradicate Isis, we now need a coalition to eradicate the cartels,”

Bill Gates believes that building confidence at a young age is essential because it provides the “courage to overcome obstacles” in the long run and serves as a catalyst for discovering one’s true path early. Gates Says Support Systems Spark Confidence Gates said he benefited from that kind of support and found his passion for

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos once had what he considered a “brilliant” idea to save the company’s early productivity. It turns out an employee had a much better one. Speaking at the Academy of Achievement Summit in 2001, Bezos looked back at 1995, when Amazon was operating out of a 2,000-square-foot basement warehouse in Seattle. There

Canadians hold an “Elbows Up” protest against U.S. tariffs and other policies by U.S. President Donald Trump, at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 22, 2025. Carlos Osorio | Reuters For Lisa Mcbean, buying American-made snacks and traveling to the U.S. was second nature. That changed for the Ontario resident starting in early

Robert Lighthizer, former US trade representative, speaks during an event with former US President Donald Trump, not pictured, at Precision Components Group in York, Pennsylvania, US, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.  Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former United States trade representative Robert Lighthizer resigned from Trump Media & Technology’s board of directors, effective

Terry Smith, founder and chief executive of British investment management company Fundsmith, is often compared to Warren Buffett because he’s a fan of simple investment rules for success. The Oracle of Omaha also liked to keep things as simple as possible throughout his tenure as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He said Berkshire’s strategy is to

When the United States launched Operation Epic Fury last Saturday, the Trump administration had a major communications question to figure out: how to explain to the American public, Congress, and the world why it had just started a war with Iran. During war time, talking points and propaganda reflexively fly in every direction, but the

Donald Trump ordered the launch of the war on Iran last Friday afternoon while on board Air Force One, as the presidential plane made its descent towards Corpus Christi, Texas. Trump was on his way to the port city to give a speech titled American Energy Dominance and had spent the three-hour flight chatting to

Donald Trump will welcome the leaders of at least 10 Latin American countries to a palm-dotted golf resort in Miami on Saturday as the president continues his quest to transform the US’s standing in the region and outmuscle China. Since returning to power last year, Trump has launched a dramatic – and at times deadly

In early 2026, “The Wizard of the Kremlin” — the long-anticipated film about Vladimir Putin and his inner circle — hit theaters. Directed by French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, the drama revolves around the Russian president and a fictional political strategist named Vadim Baranov, based on the former Kremlin ideologue Vladislav Surkov. Jude Law plays Putin, and Paul Dano plays Baranov.

The war with Iran could be on the brink of further escalation. President Donald Trump privately expressed interest in sending U.S. troops into Iran, according to several current and former officials who spoke to NBC News. The idea came up in conversations with aides and Republican officials, where the president is said to have discussed

WASHINGTON – On the agenda at the White House Friday: tackling problems in college sports. What we know: President Trump hosted a “Saving College Sports Roundtable,” which included former coaches like Nick Saban and Urban Meyer, as well as dozens of elected officials, commissioners, athletic directors, and more. The group discussed problems that they believe

President Trump predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly — something some sports leaders who joined him Friday at a White House summit agreed could only happen by raising more money to pay players.    Trump suggested he would write an “all-encompassing”