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This problem is actually temporary because members of the the massive baby boom generation are now largely retired, and their numbers will gradually diminish in the years ahead.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

On Friday, the show was cleared to go ahead after a judge rejected a federal lawsuit alleging the event would break American law.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

President Donald Trump called the US World Cup squad ahead of their debut match against Paraguay, the team said Friday.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The U.S. is “very far ahead, I’d say, in the high-end technology. We are woefully far behind on the speed to develop, the capacity, and the cost,” Mr. Hargis says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Rattling, jostling wagons, ahead of us and beside us, threaten to crash and trample.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes