Medicaid's new 80-hour work rule sounds universal, but the federal regulation quietly carves out entire categories of people for whom compliance is never required and it covers more situations than most enrollees realize.
UFC CEO Dana White sits inside Meta's boardroom and calls Mark Zuckerberg the biggest killer he has ever met. What he witnessed there explains why Meta is now placing a bet that dwarfs anything…
Donald Trump's fortune is split between two very different businesses. One trades on Wall Street and lurches with the price of Bitcoin. The other is built from clubhouses, fairways, and resort suites. Over the…
Donald Trump’s personal fortune has staged a striking comeback. As of early 2026, Forbes estimates the president’s net worth at $6.5 billion, up from $2.4 billion when he left the White House in 2021.…
For generations, the blueprint for American retirement felt fixed: work in the high-cost Northeast, build home equity, then migrate south to Florida for the golden years under the palms. In 2026, that pipeline is…
On June 16, Yum Brands agreed to sell Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion in a transaction that splits the chain between two buyers. LongRange Capital, a private equity firm based in Stamford, Connecticut, is…
J. André Lavoie left SpaceX more than ten years ago and retired to a quiet town in the Italian Alps. His old stock just turned into a fortune, and he is spending it on…
Two corners of the Middle East lie in ruins after a war. In one, the money to rebuild was promised by governments and has barely moved. In the other, it is being put up…
President Trump says the deal he just struck with Iran contains no $300 billion fund to rebuild it. His own vice president, and a growing trail of reporting, suggest otherwise. The disagreement sits at…
Kevin Warsh took over the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. Two government reports in the past week made that much harder, just days before his first meeting in charge. Kevin Warsh stepped into…
Annual inflation hit 4.2% in May, the highest reading since 2023, as gas prices surged. But eggs have tumbled back to around $2.25 a dozen from a peak near $6. The federal government’s main…
Apple is walking on stage next week for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), and it isn’t just showcasing routine software updates—it is quietly preparing a major ecosystem upgrade that could spell disaster for…
The retirement conversation usually circles the same handful of questions. How big is the nest egg? When should you claim Social Security? How much can you safely pull out each year without running dry?…
Two of the world’s largest companies are walking on stage over the next two weeks, and they aren’t just showcasing new tech, they are quietly building execution docks for independent software applications. CNBC’s Dominic…
You walk into a dealership in 2026 and the salesperson hands you two quotes for the same vehicle: a lease at $489 a month with $3,000 down, or a five-year loan at $689 a…
On NerdWallet’s Smart Money Podcast episode How to Put $200K to Work and The Truth About Generational Spending, the guest framed the retirement healthcare problem in one line that should reshape how people approaching…
Adam Grossman has a contrarian message for retirees and income-focused investors who reach for gold or Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities when prices start climbing: the better hedge has been sitting in their equity portfolios all…
Your kid is choosing a major, finishing one, or starting their first job. You have read the headlines about AI wiping out entry-level coding, paralegal, marketing, and analyst roles. You are quietly wondering if…
On a recent episode of the Retire SMART Podcast titled Bond Vigilantes, the host took aim at one of the most reflexively defended pieces of retirement advice: park older clients in a laddered bond…
On her podcast Women & Money, Suze Orman fielded a question from a listener named Jennifer, whose term life policies were expiring just as retirement began. Jennifer and her spouse had saved several million…
