WASHINGTON, June 11, 2026 — Key Takeaways: The economic framework for the rest of 2026 changed Wednesday night. Not gradually, not through a series of data releases, but through the specific decision to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles into Karaj and…
TEHRAN / WASHINGTON, June 11, 2026 — Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a formal statement Thursday morning declaring that overnight American strikes had effectively rendered the April 8 ceasefire meaningless — the most explicit official acknowledgment yet that the diplomatic framework…
WASHINGTON, June 11, 2026 — Social Security retirement benefits feel like the bedrock of American retirement security. They are inflation-adjusted, guaranteed, and — most people assume — untouchable. Most people are wrong about that last part in one very specific…
WASHINGTON, June 11, 2026 — The United States military launched a major new wave of airstrikes against targets inside Iran on Wednesday evening — hitting ammunition depots, command-and-control nodes, and military warehouses across multiple cities — after President Trump confirmed…
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2026 — The single most invisible expense in most American retirement portfolios is not a fee that appears on any monthly statement or tax form. It is the 1% annual charge that an assets-under-management financial advisor deducts…
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2026 — The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the May Consumer Price Index at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, and the number was worse than the market had feared. Headline CPI rose 4.2% year-over-year in May — up…
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2026 — Key Takeaways: The $100,000 H-1B fee lasted 47 days. It was announced by the Department of Homeland Security in late April as part of the administration’s broader effort to prioritize American workers in the skilled…
DUBAI, June 9, 2026 — A United States Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday evening, sending both crew members into the water off the coast of Oman before a US Navy surface…
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2026 — The Federal Reserve estimates that American homeowners currently hold $34 trillion in home equity — the accumulated difference between what their homes are worth and what they owe on their mortgages. That number is the…
NEW YORK, June 9, 2026 — Victor Wembanyama walked into the most famous arena in sports on Monday night, in front of a capacity crowd that included the President of the United States, and delivered the kind of performance that…
NEW YORK, June 8, 2026 — The FIFA World Cup 2026 officially begins Thursday, June 11 — four days from tonight — and the most consequential sporting event to arrive in the United States since the 1994 World Cup is…
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2026 — The most expensive single purchase most American families make — more than a car, sometimes more than a house — is not something they choose after comparison shopping. It chooses them. A child is born,…