BOSTON, APRIL 7, 2026 — Key Takeaways ALS — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease — is one of the cruelest diagnoses in medicine. The disease destroys the motor neurons that control movement, speech, swallowing, and eventually breathing.…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 7, 2026 — Key Takeaways More than 400,000 veterans hold VA-backed mortgages that are currently in some stage of distress — ranging from missed payments to active foreclosure proceedings. The rate of foreclosure on VA loans has risen…
NEW YORK, APRIL 7, 2026 — Savannah Guthrie returned to the anchor desk of NBC’s Today show on Monday morning — her first broadcast appearance since her 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona home on the night…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 7, 2026 — Key Takeaways More than 7.4 million Americans currently receive Social Security Disability Insurance. Millions more are eligible but either do not know it, have been denied and given up, or are waiting years in a…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 7, 2026 — The White House’s TrumpRx prescription drug program expanded Monday with the addition of two major pharmaceutical companies — AbbVie and Genentech — bringing the total number of drugs available at steep discounts to more than…
HOUSTON, APRIL 6, 2026 — Key Takeaways At 1:46 PM Eastern time on Monday, April 6, 2026, four human beings became the most distant from Earth that any member of our species has ever been. Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 6, 2026 — Key Takeaways The American housing market was already struggling before the Iran war. Home prices remained elevated after the pandemic-era surge. Inventory in most cities was still well below historical norms. Affordability, by almost every…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 6, 2026 — WASHINGTON, APRIL 6, 2026 — Six weeks into a war most Americans never asked for, President Trump’s political standing has reached a new low — and the erosion is happening inside his own coalition. Multiple…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 6, 2026 — Key Takeaways More than 400,000 Americans file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy every year. For many, it is the most powerful legal tool available for escaping debt that has become mathematically impossible to repay — especially…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 6, 2026 — President Trump’s April 6 deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz expires tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern — and before it has even passed, Trump has already issued a new threat targeting Tuesday…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 5, 2026 — Key Takeaways More than 67 million Americans are enrolled in Medicare. Yet surveys consistently find that the majority of beneficiaries cannot accurately explain what their plan covers — or explain the difference between Part A…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 5, 2026 — In one of the most dangerous and complex rescue missions in the history of American special operations, U.S. forces extracted the missing weapons systems officer from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle out of deep inside…