NEW YORK, APRIL 9, 2026 — Key Takeaways Wall Street had its best day in over a year on Wednesday. The announcement that the United States and Iran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire — ending an acute phase of…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 9, 2026 — Key Takeaways For the first time in 40 days, American drivers have reason to believe the pain at the pump is about to ease. Oil markets moved decisively Wednesday after the US and Iran announced…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 9, 2026 — Bill Gates is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee on June 10 for a closed-door transcribed interview about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — the same day that former Attorney…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 9, 2026 — Key Takeaways The retirement savings decision most Americans agonize over is whether to open a Roth IRA or a Traditional IRA — and whether to choose Roth 401(k) or pre-tax 401(k) contributions at work. The…
MADISON, APRIL 9, 2026 — Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday by approximately 20 percentage points — an emphatic margin in a battleground state that handed Donald Trump its electoral votes just 17…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 8, 2026 — Key Takeaways More than 92% of Americans have some form of health insurance — but a 2025 Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that nearly half could not correctly define the term “deductible,” and more than…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 8, 2026 — Hours after President Trump threatened that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire — the first…
BOSTON, APRIL 7, 2026 — Key Takeaways ALS — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease — is one of the cruelest diagnoses in medicine. The disease destroys the motor neurons that control movement, speech, swallowing, and eventually breathing.…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 7, 2026 — Key Takeaways More than 400,000 veterans hold VA-backed mortgages that are currently in some stage of distress — ranging from missed payments to active foreclosure proceedings. The rate of foreclosure on VA loans has risen…
NEW YORK, APRIL 7, 2026 — Savannah Guthrie returned to the anchor desk of NBC’s Today show on Monday morning — her first broadcast appearance since her 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona home on the night…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 7, 2026 — Key Takeaways More than 7.4 million Americans currently receive Social Security Disability Insurance. Millions more are eligible but either do not know it, have been denied and given up, or are waiting years in a…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 7, 2026 — The White House’s TrumpRx prescription drug program expanded Monday with the addition of two major pharmaceutical companies — AbbVie and Genentech — bringing the total number of drugs available at steep discounts to more than…