This story about the June 2026 CPI inflation report will be updated with further details. Inflation pulled back in June after surging in prior months due to the Iran war’s impact on energy prices throughout the economy.The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said on Tuesday that the consumer price index (CPI)…

As anxiety mounts over the projected 2032 depletion of the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund, a viral online trend is urging Americans to claim their retirement benefits as early as age 62. But personal finance expert and Ramsey Solutions personality George Kamel is pushing back on…

Senator Lindsey Graham was a great American patriot. He was a freedom fighter. He was a throwback to an older Republican party that shunned isolationism and understood that America must never retreat from its friends, its allies, or the cause of freedom. He was a great friend of Israel at…

The Trump administration on Monday released guidance from several financial regulators reminding banks and credit unions about the credit risks posed by lending to borrowers who aren’t authorized to work in the U.S. The guidance said that borrowers who aren’t legally eligible to work in the U.S. pose an elevated…

Homebuyers searching for a bargain have made a Pennsylvania port city one of the hottest housing markets in the country. Erie, Pennsylvania, is situated on Lake Erie and is the home of Pennsylvania’s only Great Lakes port and the community’s affordability and quality of life have helped vault it up…

Volkswagen’s leadership is warning that the company may need to cut an extra 50,000 jobs to stay competitive with auto industry rivals, according to an internal memo sent to staff. The German automaker previously announced plans to cut 50,000 jobs across the company, including at its subsidiaries Porsche and Audi,…

Paramount CEO David Ellison is reportedly being pressured to move his business out of California as the state tries to interfere with a planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.  Ellison’s Paramount is seeking to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a $111 billion deal expected to close during the third quarter…

A new report warns that stronger safeguards against fraud are needed in the Obamacare exchanges to prevent bad actors who serve as agents and brokers in the federal marketplace from making unauthorized plan enrollments and changes to get compensation from health insurance providers. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Monday…

American families are increasingly being pushed past their financial limits at the grocery checkout counter, turning to credit card debt just to keep food on the table, according to a new study. Data released Monday from the Urban Institute found that a cumulative 32% increase in food costs over the…

Meta is expanding its massive data center project in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, making it one of the largest data centers in history, the company announced Monday.  The expansion pushes Meta’s total investment in the region to more than $50 billion, marking one of the…