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President Donald Trump said tax refunds this year will be substantially larger than ever before because of his signature “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which was passed last year. Trump took to Truth Social to promote the expected refunds ahead of the 2026 filing season, arguing that some taxpayers could see…
Buffalo Wild Wings can keep calling its menu item “boneless wings,” a federal judge ruled Tuesday, dismissing a lawsuit that claimed the name amounted to false advertising. U.S. District Judge John Tharp in Illinois issued a 10-page ruling allowing the sports bar chain to continue calling its menu item “boneless…
Federal regulators warned Friday that a multistate outbreak of a highly drug-resistant salmonella infection has been linked to moringa powder, a nutrient-dense plant supplement that has recently surged in popularity as a trendy “superfood.” The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducting a traceback investigation said the outbreak has been linked…
The Austin, Texas, region has seen its population grow rapidly over the last decade, with new data showing it added households at about four-times the pace of the nation as a whole. Data from the National Association of Realtors showed that the metropolitan area encompassing Austin, Round Rock and San Marcos…
Americans set a new record for domestic air travel in 2025 even as travel patterns shifted, a new analysis found. AAA Northeast examined several years of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint data and found that over 904 million travelers went through a TSA checkpoint last year, an increase of 2.57 million…
Major fast-fashion retailer Shein has been officially banned from the University of Texas at Austin, one of the nation’s largest college campuses. The move follows Gov. Greg Abbott’s January expansion of a 2022 directive, which now prohibits roughly 50 Chinese-affiliated companies, including Alibaba and Temu, from state devices due to…
Trumponomics is booming right now in America and as the president reminds us, we are the hottest economy and the hottest country in the world. We’re growing by 4 percent or even more. We’ve got booming productivity, vast AI and their data centers. Our advanced chips are the best in…
Warehouse club Costco is issuing a recall for certain gift cards sold at its locations nationwide. The retailer said in a letter to members that customers who purchased Synergy restaurant gift cards between Oct. 27, 2025, and Jan. 26, 2026, are eligible for a refund for the remaining card balance.The…
Hyatt Hotels Executive Chairman Thomas Pritzker announced Monday that he is stepping down effective immediately after documents released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The executive, 75, told the company’s board that he will not seek re-election at Hyatt’s stockholder meeting…
A critical trust fund that helps finance Social Security benefits is on track to reach insolvency in 2032, when automatic benefit cuts would occur without action from Congress, a new report finds. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 10-year budget and economic outlook which projected that Social Security’s Old-Age…














