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Medicare’s Drug Price Controls Could Actually Raise Prices In The Long Run

Lawmakers promised that letting Medicare set drug prices would save taxpayers more than $100 billion over a decade. New research suggests the IRA may accomplish the opposite in the long run.

BySally Pipes,

Contributor

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When Prison Mail Became A Security Threat, One Company Had A Solution

TextBehind started off as a company that provided card and mail services for families to stay in touch with inmates. Now, the company has solved a security issue.

ByWalter Pavlo,

Contributor

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Moving Your 401(k)? New IRS Forms Could Make Rollovers Easier

The optional forms aim to standardize direct rollovers, encourage electronic transfers, and take some of the paperwork out of moving retirement savings.

ByKelly Phillips Erb,

Senior Writer

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Dollar/Yen Panic: Another Reminder That ‘Stablecoins’ Are Anything But

Periodic dollar weakness and instability more broadly is not something that gets much attention from the stablecoin crowd.

ByJohn Tamny,

Contributor

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Rising U.S. Wages Is Good News That Compounds To Great News Over Time

Wage gains are an effect of investment, which means those gains beget more of the same.

ByJohn Tamny,

Contributor

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Memo To The DSA: This Is The Real Truth About Sweden’s Socialism

While most Americans, especially those on the left, think Sweden is a socialist country, the truth is that it has become a paragon of free-market capitalism.

BySteve Forbes,

Forbes Staff

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U.S. Trade Will Top $6 Trillion For First Time — If 2nd Half Holds Up

For U.S. trade to reach $6 trillion in 2026, trade in the second half would need to account for 50.28% of the annual total, or about $3.02 trillion.

ByKen Roberts,

Contributor

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A Federal Conviction May Pose Additional Risk To Naturalized Citizens

Once a person goes to prison, their citizenship matters. Now, US prosecutors are looking at whether naturalized citizens violated the law.

ByWalter Pavlo,

Contributor

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Doctors Push Back Against Trump’s Vaccine Order

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the potential impact of Trump’s executive order on vaccines, the healthcare dynamos on Forbes 50 Over 50, a Swiss startup focused on a rare bleeding disorder, and more.

ByAmy Feldman,

Senior Editor

andAlex Knapp,

Senior Editor

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Data Center Moratoriums And The Rise Of Private Grids

The Texas data center moratorium fails to address the rapid emergence of private grids with large gas power plants. New regulatory guardrails are needed for these grids.

ByJohn Kostyack,

Contributor

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How To Help Ukraine Win Its War Against Russian Invasion

Why are we leaving Ukraine open to Putin’s barbaric air attacks?

BySteve Forbes,

Forbes Staff

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2026 Car Imports Are Down 20% Under Trump Tariffs — And So Are Exports

Passenger vehicle imports plummeted 21.08% and exports dropped 21.90% in the first half of 2026 compared to 2024, despite overall trade increases.

ByKen Roberts,

Contributor

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Conservation’s Next Great Opportunity

I see a remarkable source of hope: we are entering the greatest philanthropic opportunity for conservation in history.

ByBill Frist,

Contributor

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U.S. Businesses No Longer Face Corporate Transparency Act Reporting

A final rule from the U.S. Treasury eliminates reporting requirements for U.S. companies and persons under the Corporate Transparency Act, which remains on the books.

ByKelly Phillips Erb,

Senior Writer

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American Immigration Enforcement Needs More Rule Of Law And Less Fury

American immigration enforcement is increasingly seen as fanaticism by those who are being pursued. Even those who support ICE are not happy. What is the right approach?

ByAndy J. Semotiuk,

Contributor

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The U.S. Faces A Mining Crisis: How To Escape Our Dependence On China

It’s our fault that we’re short of copper and a number of other critical minerals.

BySteve Forbes,

Forbes Staff

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Behind AI Investment, U.S. Trade Deficit Grows 4th Consecutive Month

One factor is the continuing multibillion-dollar AI investments by Google parent Alphabet, Facebook parent Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle and others.

ByKen Roberts,

Contributor