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Gaming

Three Subnautica Games, One Top 10 Takeover — and the Math Says Buy the Bundle

Subnautica holds three of Steam's top 10 seller spots right now. The Deep Ocean Bundle saves you roughly a dollar over buying individually — but player counts are already sliding.

Tyler Vincere May 15, 2026

Business

Warsh Inherits a Fed That's Already Behind — and a Bond Market Doing His Job

The 30-year Treasury yield crossed 5% this week. Traders give Kevin Warsh less than a 2% chance of cutting rates. The bond market has already decided — before the new Fed chair even sits down.

Maynard Keys May 14, 2026

Health

Abortion Pill by Mail Survives. The Legal Fight Has Just Begun.

The Supreme Court kept mifepristone flowing through the mail on Thursday — but the order is a stay, not a final ruling, and the case returns to a lower court that has already sided against the FDA.

Carl Sage May 14, 2026

World

Prices Quadrupled, 2 Million Jobless: Inside Iran's War Economy

Two million jobs gone. Prices quadrupled. Seventy-five days without the internet. As Tehran's diplomats plead for condemnation at the BRICS summit, ordinary Iranians are calculating the cost in groceries — and running out of time.

Von Clause May 14, 2026

Health

First Drug to Reduce Alzheimer's Tau and Slow Decline. The Study Failed.

For the first time, a drug has simultaneously reduced Alzheimer's tau pathology and slowed cognitive decline in the same study. Biogen is advancing it to Phase 3 — even though the trial failed its primary endpoint.

Carl Sage May 14, 2026

World

Russia Codifies the Right to Invade as Its Prisons Empty for War

Russia's Duma voted 381 to zero to give Putin legal authority to deploy troops into any country where he decides Russian citizens need protecting. The same week, the prison service revealed the inmate population has fallen 40 percent — drained by recruitment into the war in Ukraine.

Von Clause May 14, 2026

Environment

60% of the US Is in Drought — and It's Not Even Summer Yet

Drought covers 62.78% of the Lower 48 states — the highest spring coverage in 26 years of records. Parts of the Southeast need 20 inches of rain just to break even. Summer hasn't started.

Rae Carlsen May 14, 2026

Politics

Stability Starmer Promised Is Gone: Streeting Walks, Britain's Crisis Begins

Wes Streeting's resignation letter delivered the line that will define this crisis: "Where we need vision, we have a vacuum." Britain may soon have its seventh prime minister since the Brexit vote — confirming that the chaos Starmer promised to end is a permanent condition.

Von Clause May 14, 2026

Gaming

The $60 Price Cut That Made NBA 2K26 Matter

At $69.99, NBA 2K26 couldn't crack Steam's Top Sellers. At $9.79, it's #10 with nearly 45,000 concurrent players. The discount tells you everything about what the game is actually worth.

Tyler Vincere May 14, 2026