WASHINGTON, June 2, 2026 — Iran suspended all communications with the United States through mediators on Monday, halting the ceasefire negotiations that had been the only path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending a war now in its…
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2026 — The mortgage denial that blindsides most applicants is not the credit score problem they worried about or the down payment shortfall they expected. It is the debt-to-income ratio — a calculation so straightforward that most…
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2026 — Key Takeaways: The American labor market has been the stubborn holdout in an economy that has deteriorated across nearly every other measure. Consumer sentiment is at an all-time record low. Real wages fell year-over-year in…
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2026 — Three months after American and Israeli forces struck Iran’s nuclear facilities, ninety-four days after the Strait of Hormuz closed to commercial shipping, and fifty-five days after Pakistan arranged a conditional two-week ceasefire that has been…
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2026 — Key Takeaways: Two of the most consequential economic policy changes in a generation are happening at the same time, to the same Americans, in the same households. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act restructured the…
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2026 — Three days after Trump convened his entire Cabinet at Camp David to make a final determination on the Iran deal, the United States still has no signed agreement. Vice President JD Vance told reporters Friday…
NEW YORK, May 30, 2026 — For most of this season, the Oklahoma City Thunder were not just good. They were inevitable. They won the championship last year. They won their third consecutive No. 1 seed in the Western Conference…
NEW YORK, May 30, 2026 — Key Takeaways: There are games. And then there are games. Tonight in Oklahoma City, when Victor Wembanyama and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander walk onto the Paycom Center floor for Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals,…
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2026 — Key Takeaways: Three months ago, regular gasoline averaged $2.98 per gallon across the United States. On Friday, it averaged $4.55. That $1.57 difference, multiplied across the 290 million gallons of gasoline Americans consume every day,…
CAMP DAVID, Md., May 30, 2026 — President Donald Trump convened his full Cabinet at Camp David on Friday for what the White House described as a high-stakes meeting to weigh the path forward on the Iran war — a…
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2026 — The most common mistake in retirement tax planning is not paying too much in taxes on a single transaction. It is failing to see that the years between retirement and the start of Required Minimum…
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2026 — President Donald Trump convened a two-hour meeting in the Situation Room on Friday evening to make what the White House described as a final determination on the Iran deal — and emerged without an announcement.…