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
Airfare, utilities and medical care are climbing fast enough to eat part of this year’s Social Security raise
The 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment that raised Social Security checks starting in January 2026 was calculated using inflation data from a full year earlier, and several...
Businesses have clawed back more than $128 billion in struck-down Trump tariffs while shoppers see little
More than $128 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional is moving through a federal refund pipeline, but the money is going almost entirely...
A property-tax “circuit breaker” refunds seniors whose taxes outrun their income
A property-tax break used in roughly half the states, known as a circuit breaker, refunds or credits homeowners once their tax bill climbs past a...
Shoppers are buying fewer groceries as high prices, weight-loss drugs and smaller food aid shrink the cart
Grocery shoppers bought fewer items in the second half of 2025, and the decline became more pronounced by February 2026, according to retail data tracking...
Store-brand grocery sales hit a record as families trade down to fight food inflation
Private-label grocery sales climbed to a record $282.8 billion in 2025, as households increasingly swapped name-brand staples for store-brand versions to soften years of elevated...
Electricity bills are set to rise across 13 states after a regional power auction cleared at its price cap
Electricity bills are working their way higher across a swath of the eastern United States after the grid operator PJM Interconnection’s latest capacity auction cleared...
Kroger is slashing prices across thousands of items to chase Walmart and Costco
Kroger has cut prices by about 2% across its stores as new CEO Greg Foran pushes what the company is calling its biggest round of...
The VA locked in $10.4 billion in drug-price cuts for veterans
A veteran filling a 30-day prescription at a VA pharmacy pays a flat copay — as little as $5, capped at $700 total for the...
Lapsed Obamacare subsidies could push 2027 benchmark premiums about 8% higher
Millions of Americans who buy their own health coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplace are bracing for a second straight year of steep premium...
Medicaid work-rule notices are landing now; the mandate starts January 1
States that plan to enforce Medicaid’s new work requirement starting January 1 faced a legal deadline of their own this summer: mail every affected enrollee...
SNAP’s three-year work-rule clock closes September 30, putting food aid at risk for anyone who fell short since March
For adults classified as able-bodied without dependents, known in SNAP shorthand as ABAWDs, food assistance pays out for only three months in any 36-month stretch...
The new Medicaid work rule lets a $580-a-month income record stand in for 80 work hours, and Nebraska is already enforcing it
Nebraska began enforcing Medicaid’s new work requirement on May 1, more than eight months before every other state faces the same federal deadline, and its...
Trump’s TrumpRx plan will sell a Wegovy weight-loss pill for about $149 a month, far below the $1,000-plus injectables once cost
A new federal drug marketplace launched by the Trump administration is now selling an oral version of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy for about $149...
Record August gas prices are quietly swallowing much of this year’s Social Security raise for retirees who drive
The national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was running about $4.09 in the final week of August, and the Energy Information Administration’s...
The typical American driver now pays about $194 a month for car insurance
The typical American driver now pays $1,162 for a six-month car insurance policy, or $194 a month, a national premium that has risen 18% in...
Homeowners insurance is projected to average $3,057 this year
The average annual homeowners insurance premium is projected to climb another 4 percent this year, reaching $3,057 by the end of 2026, according to a...
Obamacare insurers are proposing double-digit premium increases again for 2027
ACA Marketplace insurers filed preliminary 2027 rate requests calling for a median premium increase of 15 percent, based on filings covering 276 companies across every...
The VA is taking about 78 days on average to finish a disability claim
The Veterans Benefits Administration is now completing an average disability compensation decision in about 78 days, according to the agency’s own performance data released this...
Veterans’ disability pay rose 2.8% for 2026, the same raise Social Security recipients received
Two federal agencies applied the exact same 2.8 percent adjustment to benefit checks for 2026, but the number lands very differently depending on which program...
About 600,000 households are getting smaller food-stamp benefits because of a change in how utility bills are counted
The federal government has changed the formula many states use to calculate part of a household’s monthly food-stamp benefit, and the shift is expected to...