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.…
AUSTIN, May 27, 2026 — Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who was impeached by his own party’s supermajority in the state House of Representatives, acquitted by a Republican Senate that chose not to convict him, indicted on federal securities…
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2026 — The most expensive financial mistake most American households are making right now costs them nothing in fees, requires no action to continue, and produces no statement line that makes the loss visible. It is the…
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2026 — After three months of war, five rounds of failed negotiations, and a weekend in which the gap between what Trump declared and what Iran confirmed threatened to collapse the talks entirely, both sides have acknowledged…
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2026 — The most expensive financial event in most American retirements is not a market crash, a medical emergency, or even the loss of a spouse. It is the cost of long-term care. And it is the…
WASHINGTON, May 26, 2026 — Social Security Disability Insurance is the program that stands between a disabling medical condition and financial catastrophe for 8.4 million Americans. It is not welfare. It is an insurance program funded by the payroll taxes…
GARDEN GROVE, Calif., May 26, 2026 — The catastrophic explosion threat at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California ended Monday morning when emergency crews confirmed the tank holding 34,000 gallons of a highly flammable, toxic chemical had cracked…
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2026 — Key Takeaways: The unofficial start of the American summer arrived Saturday on the back of a set of economic numbers that would have been difficult to imagine twelve weeks ago. Consumer sentiment has now broken…
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2026 — President Donald Trump announced Saturday morning that a peace agreement with Iran to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is “largely negotiated” and will be announced shortly — a declaration that sent…