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Topline About one in nine Americans take a GLP-1 medication for weight loss, results from a new Gallup poll released on Tuesday found—a staggering rise over the past two years as the obesity rate in the U.S. continues to decline from a record high in 2022. A new Gallup poll found about 11% of Americans were taking a GLP-1 medication for weight loss. UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Key Facts A record high 11% of Americans are taking a GLP-1 medication for weight loss, according to Gallup, up 3% from 2024. At the same time, Gallup points out the obesity rate among Americans fell to 36.4% in 2026, down from a record high of 39.9% in 2022, the year after GLP-1 medication Wegovy was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat weight loss. The diabetes rate has also remained flat for the past few years, according to Gallup’s data. 68% of GLP-1 users reported taking a name br
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Stellantis plans to offer the Fiat Topolino, an all-electric quadricycle vehicle, in the U.S. Stellantis DETROIT — Chrysler parent Stellantis on Tuesday said it has opened ordering for its small Fiat Topolino electric vehicle in the U.S., starting at $13,995. While the Topolino resembles a small car such as the Fiat 500, the EV is actually a quadricycle that functions more like a golf cart. Stellantis said the Topolino is capable of going 19 mph, with an electric range of up to 46 miles. A “Low Speed Vehicle” conversion kit can boost the top speed to 25 mph to make it street legal on roads with speed limits of 35 mph or less, according to the trans-Atlantic automaker. A Stallantis spokeswoman said there will be no charge for the conversion kit but confirmed a mandatory destination fee will add $990 to the base price, bringing the customer price to $14,985. The Topolino, which tra
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Sixteen months after President Donald Trump ordered his administration to build a federal bitcoin reserve, the White House says it is still working out how the fund should be structured, and a dispute between two departments has slowed the effort, according to recent reporting from Bloomberg. Trump signed an executive order in March 2025 to create what he called a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, along with a separate U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile for other cryptocurrencies. The order directed the Treasury and Commerce departments to develop budget-neutral methods for acquiring bitcoin, ones that would not draw on taxpayer money. The reserve was to be funded in large part with bitcoin the government already holds through criminal and civil forfeitures. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve obstacles According to Bloomberg, the plan has run into two obstacles. Treasury and Commerce
Overall, investment in U.S. and Canadian startups totaled a staggering $392 billion for the first half of 2026, per Crunchbase data, dwarfing anything we’ve seen before.
Bitcoin is catching a macro bid after softer U.S. jobs data strengthened the market’s view that the Federal Reserve has more room to cut rates.
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Citi has slashed its 12-month price targets for the top two crypto assets, Bitcoin and Ethereum. The cuts reflect negative ETF flows and stalled U.S. crypto legislation, reports Reuters. Bitcoin’s target dropped to $82,000 from $112,000. Ether’s forecast was trimmed to $2,240 from $3,175. Bitcoin ETF flows are down about $3.3 billion so far this […]
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President Trump is rejecting modest economic targets and insisting the U.S. can achieve explosive double-digit GDP growth instead of settling for 4%. In a new interview with CNBC, Trump challenges the idea that U.S. growth is capped at conventional levels. “There’s no reason we should stop at 4%. We should be at 12% and 13% […]
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