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…
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2026 — What Mifepristone Is — and Why the Mailing Pathway Matters Mifepristone is a synthetic steroid that works by blocking progesterone — a hormone essential for maintaining a pregnancy. It is used in combination with misoprostol…
WASHINGTON / LONDON, May 1, 2026 — Brent crude oil surged past $126 a barrel in early trading Thursday — the highest price since July 2022 — as the Iran war entered its tenth week with no ceasefire extension in…
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2026 — What Changed — and Why It Took This Long For most of Medicare’s history, weight-loss drugs were explicitly excluded from coverage. Congress wrote that exclusion into law when Medicare Part D was created in 2003.…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 30, 2026 — The number that landed Wednesday morning — a 0.3% annualized contraction in US gross domestic product for the first quarter of 2026 — is simultaneously the most alarming economic headline in three years and a…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 30, 2026 — The Supreme Court delivered one of the most consequential voting rights decisions in a generation Wednesday, striking a new blow to the Voting Rights Act in a 6-3 ruling along partisan lines that legal scholars…
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2026 — Every Limit That Changed — Side by Side Account Type 2025 Limit 2026 Limit Change Traditional IRA (under 50) $7,000 $7,500 +$500 Traditional IRA (50 and older) $8,000 $8,600 +$600 Roth IRA (under 50) $7,000…
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2026 — The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday in what may have been Chair Jerome Powell’s final meeting at the helm — but the vote was anything but routine. In what officials described…
NEW YORK, APRIL 29, 2026 — Tuesday’s NBA playoff triple-header was the best single night of basketball since the playoffs began. Three games, three distinct storylines — a dynasty in the making getting its first series win, a historic comeback…