WASHINGTON, June 9, 2026 — The Federal Reserve estimates that American homeowners currently hold $34 trillion in home equity — the accumulated difference between what their homes are worth and what they owe on their mortgages. That number is the…
NEW YORK, June 9, 2026 — Victor Wembanyama walked into the most famous arena in sports on Monday night, in front of a capacity crowd that included the President of the United States, and delivered the kind of performance that…
NEW YORK, June 8, 2026 — The FIFA World Cup 2026 officially begins Thursday, June 11 — four days from tonight — and the most consequential sporting event to arrive in the United States since the 1994 World Cup is…
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2026 — The most expensive single purchase most American families make — more than a car, sometimes more than a house — is not something they choose after comparison shopping. It chooses them. A child is born,…
NEW YORK, June 8, 2026 — The New York Knicks won both games in San Antonio and came home to Madison Square Garden with a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals, a 13-game playoff winning streak, and the first Finals…
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2026 — Key Takeaways: Wednesday’s May CPI report is not just an economic data release. It is the piece of information that tells the Federal Reserve what it actually has to work with at its June 16-17…
TOLEDO, Ohio, June 7, 2026 — At least 12 people were shot Saturday evening near the Old West End Festival in Toledo, Ohio — an annual two-day community celebration of live music, home tours, and neighborhood history — when gunfire…
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2026 — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stood at the podium in the Brady Briefing Room on May 28 and held up a mock-up of a $250 bill bearing the face of President Donald Trump. The image spread…
LOS ANGELES, June 7, 2026 — Contract negotiations between the union representing food, beverage, and hospitality workers at SoFi Stadium and the hospitality management company contracted by FIFA broke down Saturday, with union representatives saying they walked away from the…
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2026 — The Social Security Administration pays retirement benefits to more than 68 million Americans. A significant portion of those Americans — spouses, divorced spouses, widows, and widowers — are receiving benefits not on their own earnings…
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2026 — Two events of consequence arrived almost simultaneously on Thursday evening: the United States Senate passed a $170 billion immigration and Homeland Security enforcement package on a party-line vote, and the Pentagon announced that American forces…
WASHINGTON, June 5, 2026 — More than 200 million Americans have a FICO score. Most of them know their score is important. Almost none of them know the specific weights assigned to the five factors that determine it, the precise…