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Coverage timeline for “hidden states costs”

Monday, May 4, 2026
- Central Asian Migrants Look Beyond Russia, Yet New Destinations Carry Challenges TooMigration Policy Institute•4:16 PM
Thursday, May 7, 2026
- "Semi-Irrational Chase" Sends Futures To Another Record High, Oil Drops On Iran OptimismZeroHedge•12:27 PM
Friday, May 8, 2026
- Maryland Blames Data Centers For $1.6 Billion Power Bill Shock, Omits Green Energy MessZeroHedge•6:00 PM
Sunday, May 10, 2026
- Bolivia’s fuel shortages and ‘junk gasoline’ drive a surge in electric carsAP•4:53 PM
Monday, May 11, 2026
- Young Americans’ job market optimism falls as older adults stay upbeat, new Gallup poll findsAP•7:23 AM
- Democrats vow to fight $1 billion Senate security proposal for White House ballroomAP•9:23 AM
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
- US consumer prices rise 3.8% as Iran war sends energy prices higherAP•12:53 PM
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
- US grocery prices rose in April, but gas spikes weren’t the only reasonAP•6:53 AM
- Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraudAP•7:53 PM
Saturday, May 16, 2026
- Brass bands in Beijing make way for sticker shock at home as Trump returns to escalating inflationAP•1:23 PM
Sunday, May 17, 2026
- As electric bills rise, some states are focusing on the growing profits of utilitiesAP•10:23 AM
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
- Trump’s tough-talk foreign policy is hitting a wall with Iran as it grips Strait of HormuzAP•6:23 AM
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
- South Carolina House backs congressional map favoring GOP but bill faces a more skeptical SenateAP•6:23 AM
Thursday, May 21, 2026
- Trump will ease refrigerant rule in effort to address surging grocery costsAP•2:23 PM
Sunday, May 24, 2026
- German Taxpayers Bled Dry: Mass Migration Cost €40 Billion In 2025ZeroHedge•12:10 PM
Monday, May 25, 2026
- Rubio’s visit to India focuses on US trade tensions, the Quad alliance and sightseeingAP•5:53 AM
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
- Trump gathers Cabinet as he looks to seal deal to end war that some backers worry will embolden IranAP•9:53 AM
- Food Stamp Fraud Pipeline Exposed: U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Groceries Shipped Overseas And Sold For ProfitZeroHedge•3:40 PM
- Iranians are back online after a monthslong shutdown but still face heavy restrictionsAP•5:23 PM
Thursday, May 28, 2026
- Wall Street hangs near its records as profits keep piling up for US companies and oil prices swingAP•2:53 PM
Saturday, May 30, 2026
- Trump plans to appeal order allowing all importers that paid struck-down tariffs to seek refundsAP•5:53 PM
Sunday, May 31, 2026
- Iran war forces farmers to seek fertilizer alternatives from cow dung to compostAP•7:23 AM
Monday, June 1, 2026
- Shutting Down Federal Bee Labs Threatens The US Food SystemZeroHedge•3:20 AM
- Jerome Powell uses JFK award speech to warn against political pressure on Fed, courts and schoolsAP•6:53 AM
- Venezuela’s ruling party unity cracks as Delcy Rodríguez shifts Chávez-era policiesAP•9:53 AM
- US to drastically slash the number of embassies in Africa that can process visasAP•6:53 PM
Thursday, June 4, 2026
- In Iowa, water pollution is a health threat that also disrupts summer funAP•3:53 PM
- In public letter, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls on Putin for direct negotiations in a neutral countryAP•8:53 PM
Friday, June 5, 2026
- US employers likely added 105,000 jobs in May with labor market stable despite costly Iran warAP•6:23 AM
Saturday, June 6, 2026
- Democrat Xavier Becerra advances to general election in race for California governorAP•6:53 AM
- Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AIAP•6:53 AM
- The World Cup poses an unprecedented security challenge at a fraught moment. Is the US ready?AP•1:53 PM
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
- Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will face off in California governor’s raceAP•1:23 AM
- Cuba’s top envoy to US calls Trump’s sanctions on Cuban leaders a ‘pretext’ for military actionAP•1:23 AM
- Graham Platner wins the Democratic primary for US Senate in Maine, will face GOP Sen. Susan CollinsAP•2:23 AM
- Solar power hits new milestones in the US even as Trump boosts coal over clean energyAP•6:23 AM
- Inflation likely reached 3-year high last month as Iran war spikes gas pricesAP•6:23 AM
Thursday, June 11, 2026
- Trump has a new, surprising take on the higher cost of living: ‘I love the inflation’AP•6:23 AM
- Lights! Camera! Cage match! The White House lawn’s Octagon is ready for Trump’s 80th birthday bashAP•3:53 PM
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
- Can $100 million overcome a Trump endorsement? What to watch in Tuesday’s electionsAP•6:23 AM
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
- Takeaways from the G7: Trump’s new attitude toward allies buoyed by their praise for Iran dealAP•8:53 PM
Friday, June 19, 2026
- Vance’s push to get Iran talks started hits an early bump as weekend negotiations are put on holdAP•6:53 AM
- Asian shares retreat in thin holiday trading after a tech-led rally on Wall StAP•6:53 AM
Monday, June 22, 2026
- No Claude Fable 5? No problem: Sakana achieves frontier performance with new Fugu multi-model, auto synthesis systemVentureBeat•4:13 PM
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
- Pentagon seeks $80 billion from Congress for Iran warAP•6:23 AM
- The Strait of Hormuz’s future is unsettled even as more ships venture throughAP•6:23 AM
- Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactorsAP•4:53 PM
Saturday, June 27, 2026
- States seek to lower drug prices by targeting the companies that manage them for health plansAP•9:53 AM
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
- The US Economy In A Nutshell: Privatize The Gains, Socialize The CostsZeroHedge•2:35 AM
- Can We Have Our Humans Back? Companies Rethink AIZeroHedge•11:20 AM
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
- Empire At 250: Can The Principles Of 1776 Survive The American Police State?ZeroHedge•3:25 AM
Thursday, July 9, 2026
- How The Global Economy Became The World's Most Dangerous BattlefieldZeroHedge•3:25 AM
- The hidden costs of low-tax statesAxios•8:50 AM
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
- Today: Congress Votes To Integrate US Military Tech & Supply Chains With IsraelZeroHedge•1:05 PM
Thursday, July 30, 2026
- The End Of Freedom - The Last Breath Of A Dying ContinentZeroHedge•6:00 AM
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
- The Pentagon's Hidden Housing Scandal: Outsourcing Duty Of CareZeroHedge•12:05 AM

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