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
The fraud-detection rebuild Social Security abandoned had already cost $34.4 million
The Social Security Administration spent $34.4 million between fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2022 on a rebuilt integrity review process called rCIRP, then put it on...
Leslie’s closed 76 stores and filed for bankruptcy, cancelling its shareholders
Leslie’s, Inc., the pool and spa supplies retailer, filed voluntary prearranged Chapter 11 petitions on September 30, 2026 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the...
Amazon’s Prime refunds keep going out through April 2027, from a $1.5 billion pot
Amazon is still sending automatic Prime refunds, and the Federal Trade Commission says the payments will continue through April 2027 under a revised settlement order....
A judge still has to approve Deere’s repair settlement at a Jan. 19 hearing
A federal judge has not yet approved the settlement of the farm-equipment repair antitrust case against Deere & Company. According to the settlement administrator’s website,...
A court pushed the deadline to claim from Deere’s repair settlement to Dec. 31
The deadline to file a claim in the $99 million John Deere repair settlement is now December 31, 2026, after an amended preliminary-approval order replaced...
Living organ donors can now claim up to $6,000, including elder care and lost wages
The Health Resources and Services Administration has finalized new eligibility guidelines for its Living Organ Donation Reimbursement Program, widening the list of costs a living...
Home energy aid is frozen at last year’s funding, and Iowa’s 60-and-older window opened Oct. 1
Congress has kept the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program at last year’s funding level, and Iowa began taking its first LIHEAP applications on Oct....
Brokers who first registered to sell Obamacare plans in 2026 break the rules three times as often
Insurance agents and brokers who first registered for plan year 2026 break Exchange conduct rules about three times as often as longer-registered peers, a finding...
New mileage rules take effect Nov. 30 and set a 2031 fleet target near 34.9 mpg
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finalized a rule resetting federal fuel economy standards for model years 2022 through 2031, and it takes effect...
Canadian dairy, liquor and large motorcycles were barred from entry at 12:01 a.m. Sept. 29
Certain Canadian dairy products, alcoholic beverages and motorcycles with engines above 800 cc were barred from entering the United States at 12:01 a.m. eastern time...
Oil-heated homes face about $878 more this winter, near $2,627 in all
The National Energy Assistance Directors Association projects that households heating with oil will pay about $878 more this winter, lifting the average bill to about...
Automatic enrollment in Trump Accounts began Oct. 1 and covers 73 million children in 44 million families
The Treasury Department began creating Trump Accounts for children automatically on October 1, 2026, under temporary regulations that took effect the day before. The Internal...
Household natural gas prices are forecast to fall to $14.08 per thousand cubic feet in 2027 from $15.93 this year, EIA says
The average household natural gas price is forecast to fall to $14.08 per thousand cubic feet in 2027 from $15.93 this year, the U.S. Energy...
Electricity prices rose in 44 states and D.C. in July from a year earlier, with Hawaii up 25.4% and Ohio up 15.2%, EIA says
Electricity cost more per kilowatt-hour in July than a year earlier in 44 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported,...
The IRS replaced IRS2Go with a free app showing refunds, balances and notices
IRS2Go, the agency’s mobile app for more than a decade, was replaced on Sept. 25 by a single app simply called the IRS app, which...
Whole soybeans were left off China’s tariff-cut list in Trump’s trade deal and still face a 10% tariff
China’s tariff-cut list under the new U.S.-China trade framework covers soybean seed, flour, oil cake and residues, but it leaves out the whole soybeans that...
The White House says Medicare enrollment will move to America.gov later this year under Trump’s new order
The executive order itself never mentions Medicare. The White House fact sheet does: it says later this year Americans will be able to complete tasks...
The stopgap Trump signed keeps the government open through Dec. 11
Federal agencies start fiscal year 2027 on Thursday, Oct. 1, with funding already in place, because President Trump signed H.R. 6500 on Sept. 2 to...
Consumers who paid for any of 197 generic drugs from 2009 to 2019 have until Nov. 9 to claim from a price-fixing settlement
Consumers who bought certain prescription generics between May 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2019, have until Nov. 9, 2026, to file a claim in a...
Fertility, orphan and gene-therapy drugs from 19 trading partners became tariff-free Sept. 29 under Trump’s drug tariff rules
At 12:01 a.m. Eastern on Sept. 29, imported specialty drugs from 19 eligible trading partners and jurisdictions became tariff-free under Commerce Department guidance, a carve-out...