WASHINGTON, June 15, 2026 — President Trump announced Sunday that a ceasefire deal with Iran has been agreed upon and that toll-free shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will now begin, ending a conflict that has rattled global oil markets,…
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2026 — The increase showed up quietly, deducted straight from your Social Security check before you ever saw the money. Medicare Part B premiums rose to $202.90 per month in 2026 — up $17.90 from the $185…
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2026 — Key Takeaways: The most important financial event of the coming week is not an earnings report, not a data release, and not a geopolitical development. It is a press conference in Washington on Wednesday afternoon,…
NEW YORK, June 12, 2026 — The New York Knicks completed the largest comeback in NBA Finals history on Wednesday night, erasing a 29-point third-quarter deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 107-106 at Madison Square Garden, and taking a…
NEW YORK, June 13, 2026 — The number that defines the morning in American finance is $75 billion. That is how much money SpaceX raised when its shares began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange Friday under the ticker symbol…
LOS ANGELES, June 12, 2026 — The United States men’s national soccer team opened its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign in Los Angeles on Friday evening with a commanding 3-0 victory over Paraguay at SoFi Stadium — the same 70,000-seat…
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…