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
Trump’s voided tariffs face 27 consumer lawsuits, and none has a claim process
Twenty-seven consumer lawsuits now accuse retailers and manufacturers of passing along President Trump’s tariffs and then keeping the refunds, and not one of them has...
Trump’s forced-labor tariffs on 60 trading partners stay in force for now
Tariffs of 10 percent or 12.5 percent on imports from 60 trading partners remain in force while the Court of International Trade weighs a challenge...
Trump’s worldwide surcharge, in force February 24 to July 24, still has no court-ordered refunds for importers after an appeal stay froze a May ruling that it was unlawful
President Trump’s 10 percent worldwide tariff, in force from February 24 to July 24, has produced no court-ordered refunds for importers. A May ruling that...
Trump’s struck-down emergency tariffs now have a certified class of importers who never sued, after a trade court’s October 8 order aimed at refunds for all of them
The U.S. Court of International Trade has certified a class of importers who paid President Trump’s emergency tariffs and never filed suit to get the...
Patients who used Tenet Healthcare hospital websites or patient portals from 2017 to 2023 can claim $16 and two years of privacy monitoring by March 15, 2027
A class settlement over tracking pixels on Tenet Healthcare’s web pages lets people who used its hospital websites or patient portals between Jan. 1, 2017,...
Ohio Medicaid expansion adults 19 to 64 must show 80 hours of work or activities, or qualifying income, monthly from January 1, 2027, and renew every six months
About 774,000 Ohioans are enrolled in Medicaid as working-age expansion adults, and the Ohio Department of Medicaid expects roughly 62,000 of them to lose eligibility...
SNAP’s automatic work-rule exemption for about 1,310 adults in seven rural Oregon counties without a WorkSource center runs only through December, the state says
About 1,310 Oregonians on SNAP in seven rural counties do not have to meet the program’s work rule right now, and the state says that...
Trump’s October 16 order puts the new Russia and Iran sanctions law into effect but waives the law’s added import duties for now, the White House says
President Trump signed an executive order on October 16 that carries out the new sanctions law aimed at Russia and Iran, then switched off its...
Dollar Tree shoppers allege in a federal lawsuit that the chain raised prices over Trump’s tariffs, then kept about $369 million in refunds after the tariffs were struck down
Shoppers have sued Dollar Tree in federal court, alleging the discount chain raised shelf prices to cover President Trump’s tariffs and then kept roughly $369...
Wisconsin FoodShare members have 10 days to request replacement benefits for food lost in a storm or outage, and nearly 6,000 QUEST cards lost their PINs
Wisconsin FoodShare members who lose groceries to a storm or a power outage can ask the state to replace the benefits, but only within 10...
Black Hills Energy’s Arkansas gas customers now pay about $6 a month more
Black Hills Energy’s residential gas customers in Arkansas started paying higher rates on October 12. The company says the average household will see its total...
The Trump administration awarded New Hampshire more than $11 million for rural EMS
New Hampshire is getting more than $11 million to strengthen rural ambulance and emergency medical services, the Trump administration announced on October 16. Gov. Kelly...
Medicare Advantage insurers would have to check provider directories every 90 days, CMS proposes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing that Medicare Advantage insurers verify and update their provider directories at least every 90 days. The...
The Trump administration is sending Ohio $92 million for rural health care
The Trump administration is sending Ohio $92 million to reshape rural health care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced on October 16. The...
Seniors on both Medicare and Medicaid with the lowest incomes would owe nothing for generic drugs starting in 2028 under a CMS proposal released October 16
The $1 copay for generic drugs would drop to $0 for the lowest-income people who have both Medicare and Medicaid, beginning with plan years that...
Social Security’s yearly raise would be based on whichever is higher, the current CPI-W or a new index of older Americans’ costs, under a Senate bill
A Senate bill would change how Social Security’s yearly raise is figured, so that it follows whichever is higher: the current index, known as the...
The VA disability pay raise still needs an act of Congress, and the House COLA bill has not passed either chamber
Veterans’ disability pay does not rise on its own each December. A law has to say so, and this year the bill that would do...
Trump signs a law changing how employee stock ownership plans value private company shares
President Trump signed the Retire through Ownership Act on Thursday, October 15, writing into federal law a new way for employee stock ownership plans to...
Following President Trump’s diesel executive order, the IRS waives dyed-diesel highway penalties retroactive to October 1
The IRS said on October 14 that it will not penalize anyone who sells dyed diesel fuel for highway use or uses it on highways,...
CMS is taking comments through November 8 on Georgia’s bid for a higher federal match for its Pathways Medicaid work program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is accepting public comments through November 8, 2026, on Georgia’s request for a higher federal share of the...