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.
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VA disability pay starts at $180.42 a month for a 10% rating in 2026
A veteran with a service-connected condition rated at 10 percent disabling receives $180.42 a month from the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2026, the entry...
A bill would let about 50,000 combat-injured veterans draw both military retirement and disability pay, roughly $1,200 more a month
A long-stalled bill in Congress would end a rule that forces many combat-injured veterans to give up part of their military retirement pay for every...
Trump’s proposed $2,000 tariff-dividend checks lost their legal footing after the tariff authority behind them expired in July
President Trump’s pitch to mail nearly every American a $2,000 “tariff dividend” has run into a problem that no rally speech can fix: the legal...
A home health aide now runs a median $35 an hour, so full-time in-home care can top a nursing home’s cost
The national median price of a home health aide reached $35 an hour in 2025, and that single figure quietly reshapes one of the biggest...
Assisted living averages about $6,200 a month, but Medicaid pays only for care, not room and board
Assisted living now runs about $6,200 a month on average nationwide, or roughly $74,400 a year, a figure that catches many families flat-footed when a...
Illinois raised its senior property-tax-freeze income limit to $75,000 for 2026
Illinois has lifted the income ceiling for its senior property-tax freeze to $75,000 for the 2026 tax year, up from $65,000, opening one of the...
Homeowners 65 and older can cut property taxes with a state circuit-breaker rebate
Older homeowners in about 30 states can claw back part of their property tax bill through a relief program many have never heard of, often...
A federal program helps pay part of a low-income household’s summer cooling bill
Help with a summer electric bill is one of the least-known corners of the federal safety net, even though the program that provides it reaches...
Anyone on SNAP or Medicaid can cut $9.25 a month off a phone or internet bill through federal Lifeline
A standing federal discount can shave up to $9.25 a month off a phone or internet bill, yet many of the households that qualify never...
A bipartisan bill would let SSI recipients keep $10,000 in savings, up from a $2,000 cap frozen since 1989
A bipartisan bill in Congress would let recipients of Supplemental Security Income hold up to $10,000 in savings without losing their benefits, a fivefold increase...
ACA insurers propose another 15% premium increase for 2027, a second double-digit jump
Health insurers selling Affordable Care Act marketplace plans are asking regulators to raise premiums by a median of about 15 percent for 2027, a second...
Seniors 60 and older can deduct medical costs over $35 to boost food-stamp benefits
Older Americans on food assistance often leave money on the table because they never report their medical bills. Federal SNAP rules let a household with...
Wartime veterans and surviving spouses may qualify for an Aid and Attendance pension up to about $2,900 a month
A wartime veteran or a surviving spouse who needs help with the daily tasks of living, bathing, dressing, or managing medications, may qualify for a...
Seventeen drugmakers agreed to cut Medicaid and cash drug prices toward the lowest any wealthy nation pays
The Trump administration has now signed most-favored-nation pricing agreements with seventeen drug manufacturers, deals built to pull the prices those companies charge in the United...
New Jersey seniors can stack three programs for thousands in property-tax relief
New Jersey has some of the highest property taxes in the country, but its seniors now have an unusually powerful counterweight: three separate relief programs...
New federal rules just stripped the food-stamp work exemption from veterans and caregivers
A federal law now taking effect has quietly erased the food-stamp protections that shielded two groups from work rules: military veterans and parents caring for...
Owners of Pixel phones, Nest Hubs and Google Home speakers can claim up to $56 from a $68 million privacy settlement by August 27
Owners of Google-made devices have less than two weeks to claim a slice of a $68 million privacy settlement, and for many the payout requires...
Trump’s proposed $2,000 tariff-dividend checks would cost about $450 billion, roughly double what his tariffs raise this year
President Trump’s pitch to mail nearly every American a $2,000 “tariff dividend” check carries a price tag that dwarfs the revenue meant to pay for...
Shoppers are suing Costco and Amazon over tariff markups, but the government is refunding importers, not customers
Shoppers who paid tariff-inflated prices at Costco and Amazon are turning to the courts, filing class-action lawsuits that accuse the retailers of keeping government tariff...
Grocery prices actually slipped in July, with eggs, meat and lettuce leading the drop
For the first time in months, the grocery aisle offered a measure of relief instead of another increase. The index that tracks food bought to...