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…
WASHINGTON / WEST PALM BEACH, May 3, 2026 — In back-to-back statements less than 16 hours apart, President Trump suggested Friday night that the United States might be better off not reaching a deal with Iran — then walked that…
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2026 — What Medicare Actually Doesn’t Cover — and Why That Gap Is Dangerous Original Medicare — the federal program consisting of Part A for hospital coverage and Part B for outpatient care — is comprehensive in…
LOUISVILLE, May 2, 2026 — The Race That Stops the Country — and Why 2026 Is Different The Kentucky Derby is America’s oldest continuously held major sporting event — 152 consecutive runnings since 1875, interrupted only by the pandemic in…
NEW YORK, May 2, 2026 — How the S&P 500 Posted Its Best Month Since November 2023 During a War April 2026 should have been a terrible month for equities. Q1 GDP growth came in at just 0.3% — the…
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2026 — President Trump sent a formal notification to Congress on Friday declaring that hostilities with Iran have been “terminated” — a legally significant communication delivered precisely on the 60-day War Powers Resolution deadline — even as…
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2026 — Friday marked a legally significant moment in the U.S.-Israel war against Iran — the 60-day deadline under the War Powers Resolution by which President Trump was required to either end the fighting, obtain congressional authorization…