Tyler Foster
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Oregon now shields the greater of 75% of your wages or $400 a week from garnishment
Workers in Oregon who earn modest wages gained a stronger shield against creditors on July 1, 2026, when a new tier of garnishment protections took...
Your buy-now-pay-later loans from Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay can now move your credit score
Millions of Americans who split purchases into installments through Klarna, Affirm, and Afterpay are about to see those transactions show up where it counts: on...
Divorced after at least 10 years of marriage? You can claim up to half an ex’s Social Security, and their check isn’t cut
Americans who ended a marriage that lasted at least 10 years can collect up to half of an ex-spouse’s Social Security retirement benefit, and the...
1 in 7 Americans has unclaimed cash sitting with the states, and the average claim tops $1,000
Roughly one in seven people across the United States have money sitting unclaimed in state treasuries, and the average payout when someone files a claim...
Google will pay $68 million over Google Assistant recordings, and owners of its phones and speakers can file by August 27
People who owned Google Pixel phones or Nest smart speakers between 2017 and 2023 now have a shrinking window to claim a share of a...
$30 trillion is Social Security’s new long-term shortfall after the trustees cut birth and immigration forecasts
The Social Security system’s long-term financial hole just grew by trillions of dollars, driven almost entirely by two demographic forces: Americans are having fewer children,...
Social Security will no longer let you change your bank details by phone; verify online or in person now
Millions of Social Security beneficiaries lost the ability to change their bank account details by phone after the Social Security Administration locked down its telephone...
$253 billion is what Americans paid in credit-card interest and fees last year, a record
American households carrying credit-card balances absorbed a record $253 billion in interest charges and fees last year, a sum that exceeded every prior annual total...
283,000 people still get Social Security by paper check as the government ends paper payments
Nearly nine months after federal law required Social Security payments to go electronic, roughly 283,290 beneficiaries still receive paper checks, according to the latest SSA...
Sam’s Club is raising its membership to $60, its first increase in four years
Tens of millions of Sam’s Club members will soon pay more for the privilege of shopping in bulk. The warehouse retailer, owned by Walmart Inc.,...
Medicare’s 2027 deal cuts 15 drugs by 38% to 85%, including Ozempic
Millions of Medicare beneficiaries who rely on some of the most expensive prescription drugs in the United States will pay sharply less starting January 1,...
The Grad PLUS loan program ends July 1, capping what graduate and parent borrowers can get
Graduate students and parents who rely on federal loans to cover tuition face a hard borrowing ceiling starting July 1, 2026, when the Grad PLUS...
Federal student-loan defaults could hit a record 13 million by the end of 2026, up from 8.8 million now
Roughly nine million borrowers now hold $220 billion in defaulted federal student loans, a figure that climbed by about 1.3 million borrowers in the most...
119 people in 36 states are sick in a Salmonella outbreak tied to moringa supplements
Federal health officials are tracking a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 119 people in 36 states, tied to moringa-based supplement powders and capsules. According to...
A bill to cap credit-card interest at 10% has stalled while the average card charges over 21%
Two companion bills that would slash credit-card interest rates by more than half have gone nowhere in Congress, even as the average rate charged by...
A Chicago maker’s headcheese tested positive for the Listeria strain behind a deadly outbreak
Three people in Illinois fell seriously ill after eating headcheese purchased from separate retail locations, and federal inspectors have now confirmed that an unopened sample...