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Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to national stage

Former President Joe Biden returns to the national stage Tuesday to elevate liberal concerns that President Donald Trump's agenda is threatening the health of Social Security. The 82-year-old Democrat has...

Harvard’s president rejected Trump’s demands. Here’s how other university leaders have responded to the White House

Tensions between Harvard University and President Donald Trump’s administration grew Monday as the federal government froze over $2 billion in multi-year grants and $60 million in...

America’s most valuable company is about to be crippled by Trump

Tariffs were supposed to bring manufacturing back into the American heartlands. They would create hundreds of thousands of skilled, well-paid jobs. And they would...

5.2 magnitude earthquake near San Diego rattles parts of LA and Orange counties

Parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties were jolted Monday morning by a strong earthquake near San Diego. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 and...

Gold is having a moment as tariffs make investors nervous

When Illinois resident Terry Stanton retired, most of his investments were in stocks. But he took the advice of a friend after the presidential...

A bigger hole: Trump has already spent $155bn more than Biden. Musk now claims DOGE only saved $150bn

The Trump administration has already spent $155 billion more than former President Joe Biden did over the same period of time after their inaugurations, according to Treasury...
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A British billionaire funded therapeutic food production amid USAID ‘craziness.’ It won’t be enough

This “yo-yo” of a year continues for America's nutritional peanut paste manufacturers, nonprofits that have found their lifesaving food packets disrupted by the U.S....

The No. 1 Best Way To Spend Your Tax Refund, According to Budgeting Experts

Tax season is here and if you’re lucky enough to receive a refund, you’re probably thinking about how to make the most of it. Whether it’s a...

Xi’s Vietnam trip aiming to ‘screw’ US, says Trump

China's President Xi Jinping paid tribute to Vietnam's late revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh on Tuesday, his last day of a trip to Hanoi...

A Venezuelan man was tackled in a New Hampshire courthouse and sent by ICE to Texas

A Venezuelan man facing misdemeanor charges in New Hampshire was apprehended in a courthouse by federal agents who also knocked over a bystander as...

Billionaire hedge fund leader warns US facing something ‘worse than a recession’

The U.S. is perilously close to entering a formal economic recession and could well be facing something much worse on the horizon, a billionaire investing expert warned Sunday. Ray Dalio, founder...

Is the Supreme Court Trump 2.0’s friend or foe? A week that offered clues

Will the Supreme Court be the Trump administration's friend or foe as it faces a flurry of legal challenges to the president's earliest policies? Several conservative Supreme Court justices appear to...
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Trump has tariffs, taxes, and the debt ceiling on a collision course for this summer

Market watchers may want to keep their summer plans loose. The action in Washington this past week did little to clarify the endgame for President...

A federal worker was months away from a full pension when DOGE laid her off. Now she’ll get $3,000 less per month.

Katherine Ann Reniers' abrupt layoff from USAID will cut her monthly pension earnings. She joins many Americans who are worried about having enough money to...

Is Converting $150k Annually From My $1.5M IRA to a Roth a Smart Move at 62?

A 62-year-old with $1.5 million in a traditional IRA may be wise to consider converting $150,000 per year to a Roth IRA to avoid required minimum distributions (RMDs)....

How To Earn $500 A Month From Goldman Sachs Stock Ahead Of Q1 Earnings

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) will release earnings results for the first quarter, before the opening bell on Monday, April 14. Analysts expect the bank to report...

The dead in upstate New York plane crash included 2022 NCAA woman of the year and family members

A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying six members of a close-knit family of physicians and distinguished...

How China went from courting Trump to ‘never yield’ tariff defiance

China has put civilian government officials in Beijing on “wartime footing” and ordered a diplomatic charm offensive aimed at encouraging other countries to push...
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Speaker Mike Johnson says he’s no ‘big fan’ of rumored idea to raise top tax rate

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is no "big fan" of hiking the tax rate for America's wealthiest to 40%, an idea reportedly being mulled by Republicans to...

Peter Navarro denies tensions with Elon Musk after Musk calls him a ‘moron’

Top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro denied Sunday that there are tensions between him and tech mogul Elon Musk, another senior Trump adviser,...

Zelenskyy slams Russia as ballistic missiles strike Sumy killing dozens of civilians

Zelenskyy slams Russia as “filthy scum” after the Kremlin launched two ballistic missiles on the Ukrainian city of Sumy. The attacks killed close to...

Artificial intelligence transforms patient care and reduces burnout, physician says

Artificial intelligence is quietly transforming how doctors interact with patients — and it might already be in use during your next visit to the doctor’s...

DOGE Goons Physically Drag Social Security Worker From Desk

A senior executive at the Social Security Administration was physically dragged from his office this week after clashing with the Department of Government Efficiency...

FBI analyst targeted in Kash Patel’s book placed on leave

The FBI has placed an analyst on leave whose name was on a list of alleged "deep state" actors in a book written by...
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Trump Administration May Offer Annual $10K Checks for Every Greenlander if U.S. Can Annex Island: Report

President Donald Trump is working on a new strategy to claim Greenland for the United States, according to a new report. Trump has repeatedly stated his desire to annex the island...

Millions in the U.S. take this drug. Tariffs might complicate their care.

Thousands of miles from a manufacturing plant in China, where the key active ingredient in heparin is sourced, Wanda Crowell receives a daily infusion...

Wisconsin teen allegedly killed parents in extremist plot to assassinate Trump, FBI says

A Wisconsin teen allegedly killed his parents to "obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary" to kill President Donald Trump and overthrow the U.S. government, federal...

Elon Musk Wants To ‘Delete’ Agency That Returned $19B in Stolen Funds To Americans — Here’s Why

The transition from the Biden administration to the second Trump administration has been nothing short of unprecedented. As of April 10, President Donald Trump...

Tax tips for recently married couples and first-time parents

Taxes may not be the first thing on your mind when you celebrate a joyous occasion like a marriage or a new baby. But...

Social Security myths on social media: How they could hurt you when paper checks end

Unfortunately, we live in a time where oddball financial advice crops up on social media — as a way to cope, perhaps, with all...
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Bill Gates Reveals How Much of His Over $100 Billion Net Worth His 3 Kids Will Inherit When He Dies — Here’s the Shocking...

Bill Gates revealed the amount of money his kids will inherit after his death on a recent podcast episode The Microsoft co-founder is currently the...

Intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support

An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain-link fence while he was holding a knife...

Bernie Sanders rally in LA draws thousands to protest Trump: ‘We can’t just let this happen’

The Vermont senator Bernie Sanders drew a record-breaking crowd at his rally in Los Angeles on Saturday, which included musical acts from Joan Baez and Neil...

Washington, DC, faces budget crisis after House leaves $1.1 billion hole in city coffers

When the House of Representatives adjourned for a two-week recess Thursday, it left Washington, D.C., elected officials scrambling to fill a $1.1 billion hole in the...

Trump says he ‘got every answer right’ during cognitive portion of physical exam

President Donald Trump told reporters he "got every answer right," on a cognitive test during his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical...