Money in the News
Trending and breaking stories with a financial angle. This category covers the headlines that affect people’s wallets, from government policy shifts and cost of living changes to corporate upheaval and the financial side of technology. This is what keeps The Money Overview current with the broader news cycle.
Latest in Money in the News
Veterans’ September disability pay lands October 1, paid a month in arrears
September’s VA disability compensation lands on October 1, 2026, because the Department of Veterans Affairs pays this benefit a month behind rather than in the...
SNAP’s 80-hour-a-month work rule reaches more recipients this fall as temporary state waivers expire, putting food aid at risk
SNAP’s requirement that able-bodied adults without dependents log 80 hours a month of work, training, or volunteering to keep their food assistance is landing on...
Record Labor Day gas near $4.14 a gallon squeezes retirees who drive, but relief to about $3.72 is forecast by year-end
The national average price of gasoline hit $4.14 a gallon over Labor Day weekend 2026, the highest the holiday has ever recorded and the first...
Refugees, asylees and other lawfully present immigrants lose federally funded Medicaid on October 1, and six-month eligibility reviews begin in 2027
Beginning October 1, 2026, federal funding for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program stops covering refugees, asylees, and several other categories of lawfully present...
Your 2027 Obamacare out-of-pocket maximum jumps to $12,000, up from $10,600, as expired subsidies drive premiums sharply higher
The most an Affordable Care Act marketplace plan can require an individual to pay out of pocket in 2027 is rising to $12,000, up from...
Walmart is replacing paper price tags with digital screens in every U.S. store by year’s end, and shoppers fear prices could change by the hour
Walmart has started replacing paper price tags with small digital screens across its stores nationwide, a rollout the company says will be complete at every...
About 7 million student-loan borrowers lose their SAVE-plan payment pause by September 29, and anyone who doesn’t pick a new plan is dropped into the most expensive one
About 7 million federal student-loan borrowers still parked in the SAVE plan’s payment pause are set to lose that protection by September 29, 2026, the...
Wartime veterans who need daily help can add hundreds a month to a VA pension through Aid and Attendance
A wartime veteran already collecting a VA pension can add roughly $971 a month — nearly $11,650 a year — simply by documenting that someone...
Combat-injured veterans can receive tax-free special compensation on top of their retirement pay
Military retirees who claim VA disability compensation almost always take a cut on the Pentagon side of their check first: federal law forces a dollar-for-dollar...
A surviving spouse of a veteran who died of a service-connected condition can draw a monthly tax-free payment
A surviving spouse whose husband or wife died from a service-connected injury or illness can draw $1,699.36 a month, tax-free, for the rest of their...
Severely disabled retired veterans can now collect both military retirement pay and VA disability at the same time
Military retirees rated 50 percent or more disabled by the Department of Veterans Affairs can now keep their full retired pay alongside their VA disability...
Eggs have tumbled about 30% this year while beef stays near record highs, splitting the grocery bill in two
Grocery shoppers are living through two opposite price stories in the same cart this year. Egg prices are forecast to fall 30.8 percent in 2026...
Peacock raised the price of every plan, but existing subscribers aren’t charged more until a bill on or after September 17
Every Peacock subscription plan now costs more, with the increase already live for new sign-ups and a second, later date built in for people who...
Oracle’s 30,000 job cuts are the largest of a 2026 layoff wave that has now passed 209,000 workers
Oracle’s decision to eliminate roughly 30,000 positions this year now stands as the single largest job cut of 2026, a reduction equal to nearly one-fifth...
Veterans groups warn a congressional proposal could cut disability benefits for 1.5 million veterans
Disabled American Veterans, the nation’s largest disabled-veterans advocacy organization, is warning that a sweeping congressional package could reduce disability compensation for as many as 1.5...
A stalled bill would add $833 a month to the checks of the most severely disabled veterans
A bill that would add $833.33 a month to the checks of the most severely disabled veterans in the country has been sitting in a...
The new law extends food-stamp work requirements to Americans up to age 65, and the current exemption clock runs out September 30
Americans between the ages of 55 and 64 who receive food stamps without dependent children are now subject to a work requirement that exempted their...
Medicaid’s new 80-hour work rule starts January 1, but pregnant women, caregivers and the medically frail are exempt
Beginning January 1, 2027, adults enrolled in Medicaid through the program’s expansion group will have to document at least 80 hours a month of work,...
Trump has now struck drug-pricing deals with 26 companies, adding nine more this week in exchange for tariff protection
President Donald Trump has now reached most-favored-nation drug-pricing agreements with 26 pharmaceutical manufacturers, after adding nine mid-sized companies this week in deals that carry a...
The White House plans to freeze pay for about 2 million federal workers in 2027 while the military gets a raise of up to 7%
The White House has told Congress it plans to freeze base and locality pay for roughly 2 million civilian federal employees in 2027, canceling an...