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…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 29, 2026 — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two consolidated immigration cases that could give the Trump administration the authority to strip Temporary Protected Status from more than 350,000 Haitians and roughly 6,000 Syrians living…