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Trump declared the Iran war “terminated” to dodge the War Powers clock — the Navy is still blockading ports and gas hasn’t dropped a cent
The letter was two pages long and arrived on the last possible day. On May 1, 2026, the Trump administration notified Congress that the war...
Mortgage rates settled at 6.20% this weekend after a spring dip to 6.02% — oil-driven inflation is the reason they won’t fall further
Mortgage rates settled at 6.20% this weekend after a spring dip to 6.02% — oil-driven inflation is the reason they won’t fall further. The brief...
Palantir reports Monday with 74% revenue growth expected — Wall Street is calling May 5 a “make-or-break” day for the $200 billion AI stock
Palantir Technologies will report first-quarter 2026 earnings after U.S. markets close on Monday, May 4, with a live executive webcast scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET....
Energy costs just tied housing as Americans’ second-biggest financial worry — at the highest level since 2008
When Lisa Moreno opens her electric bill each month in her three-bedroom house outside Houston, she braces. The number has climbed every billing cycle since...
Student loan borrowers have 59 days to pick a new repayment plan — RAP launches July 1 with a $10 minimum payment and a 30-year forgiveness timeline
Starting July 1, 2026, every new federal student loan will come with repayment rules that break sharply from the system borrowers have known for decades....
The new student loan repayment plan launches July 1 — it requires a $10 minimum payment, takes 30 years to forgive, and replaces every IDR plan you’ve heard of
On July 1, 2026, the federal government will stop offering borrowers a choice among income-driven repayment plans. No more PAYE. No more REPAYE. No more...
The S&P 500 just closed above 7,200 for the first time — Bloomberg says it might be a “melt-up” that evaporates fast
On May 1, 2026, the S&P 500 closed at 7,230.12, sailing past the 7,200 mark for the first time after a week of better-than-expected corporate...
56 million Americans don’t have a 401(k) at work — Trump just signed an executive order creating TrumpIRA.gov to fix that
About one in three private-sector workers in the United States has no access to a 401(k), a pension, or any employer-sponsored retirement plan. For a...
Gas hit $4.43 a gallon today — up 47% since the Iran war started — and the average household is now spending $380/month on fuel, up from $250 pre-war
Maria Delgado used to fill her Honda CR-V for about $38 at the Shell station on East Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio. On June 2,...
Credit card debt crossed $1.33 trillion while the savings rate hit 3.6% — both numbers haven’t been this bad since 2008
The last time Americans were saving this little and borrowing this much on credit cards, Lehman Brothers still had a stock ticker. Federal Reserve G.19...
Bitcoin is at $78,174 with 58.5% market dominance — but the entire April rally was driven by futures, not actual buying
Bitcoin is at $78,174 with 58.5% market dominance – but the entire April rally was driven by futures, not actual buying Bitcoin sits at $78,174...
Semiconductor stocks surged 35.2% in April alone — the biggest one-month gain for chip stocks since the AI rally began in 2023
In just 22 trading days, semiconductor stocks added more than a third to their total value. The PHLX Semiconductor Net Total Return Index, the broadest...
Exxon’s CEO says “more to come” on oil price spikes — while Exxon and Chevron both reported profits down 45% and 36% because their own hedges backfired
ExxonMobil and Chevron, the two largest publicly traded oil companies in the United States, reported first-quarter 2026 earnings in early May that stunned Wall Street:...
Jobless claims fell to 189,000 — the lowest since 1969 — while 169,000 workers have received WARN Act layoff notices this year
A number not seen in more than half a century The last time weekly unemployment filings were this low, Neil Armstrong had been on the...
Trump told Congress the Iran war is “terminated” — the Navy is still blockading Iran’s ports and gas just hit $4.43
The same week U.S. Marines boarded a foreign cargo ship in the Persian Gulf to check whether it was heading to an Iranian port, President...
The Fed held rates for the third straight meeting with the most dissents since 1992 — and zero rate cuts are now priced in for all of 2026
Four Federal Reserve officials broke ranks at the April 29 policy meeting, producing the largest number of dissents at a single FOMC gathering since September...