WASHINGTON, May 5, 2026 — What the Earnings Test Actually Does — and Why It Exists The Social Security retirement earnings test is one of the most misunderstood provisions in the entire program. Most Americans know they can claim Social…
WASHINGTON / STRAIT OF HORMUZ, May 5, 2026 — The first direct military exchange between U.S. and Iranian forces since Trump’s ceasefire declaration occurred Monday in the Strait of Hormuz, as American naval vessels escorting commercial ships under “Project Freedom”…
NEW YORK, May 4, 2026 — Fashion’s biggest night of the year is happening tonight at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — and the story is not the outfits. It is the empty seats where some of the most prominent…
OAKLAND, May 4, 2026 — The Case in One Paragraph Elon Musk helped found OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit committed to developing artificial intelligence safely for the benefit of humanity. He donated approximately $38 million. He left the board…
NEW YORK / WASHINGTON, May 4, 2026 — Why This Jobs Report Is Different From Every Other This Year The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the April nonfarm payrolls report at 8:30 AM Eastern on Friday. Every month, that release…
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2026 — President Trump announced Sunday that the United States will begin helping stranded commercial vessels navigate through the Strait of Hormuz starting Monday morning — a statement that has sent shipping companies, insurance underwriters, and oil…
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2026 — Why Your Premium Jumped — the Two Forces Hitting at Once The 2026 premium surge is not one problem. It is two separate problems landing simultaneously, compounding each other in ways that are particularly painful…
WASHINGTON / MUSCAT, May 4, 2026 — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a direct telephone conversation Sunday — the first direct diplomatic contact between a U.S. Secretary of State and an Iranian Foreign…
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2026 — A viral online movement called looksmaxxing — which pushes boys and young men to optimize their physical appearance through increasingly extreme measures — has moved from the fringes of the internet into mainstream social media…
LOUISVILLE, May 3, 2026 — The Stretch Run That Nobody Saw Coming With a quarter mile to run in the 152nd Kentucky Derby, Golden Tempo was not in contention. He was not near the back of the pack. He was…
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2026 — Why the Political Map Has Shifted in Six Months At the start of 2026, Republicans held the House by a margin of eight seats and the Senate with a working majority. The political environment was…
FORT LAUDERDALE / NEW YORK, May 3, 2026 — Spirit Airlines ceased all operations at 3 AM Eastern on Saturday, canceling every flight it had scheduled, shutting down its customer service lines, and locking its ticket counters — ending 34…