Social Security has lasted as long as it has thanks to the bipartisan deal that President Ronald Reagan and congressional leaders hammered out in 1983. AP Photo/Ed ReinkeEvery year, the panel overseeing the trust fund for Social Security and Medicare publishes its annual financial report.
A 16-ounce beer at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia costs over $11.
Beyond the well-known names, Jeffrey Epstein's network of contacts had infiltrated the boardrooms of hundreds of major U.S. companies, with clear consequences for corporate conduct.
Even though the Fed cut interest rates in 2024 and 2025, mortgage rates have stayed high, frustrating many would-be homebuyers. AP Photo/Jenny KaneU.S. homebuyers can’t get a break.
Colorado ranks 12th in the nation for the highest average credit card debt with more than $7,000. Oscar Wong/Getty ImagesColorado’s breathtaking landscapes are increasingly overshadowed by breathtaking bills.
U.S. host cities are concerned that predictions for attendance and spending at the 2026 World Cup may not materialize. DeFodi Images/DeFodi Images via Getty ImagesWhen the U.S. last hosted the World Cup in 1994, the event drew unexpectedly large crowds.
Although they're often called 'mobile,' it's hard and costly to relocate manufactured homes. Julia Robertson/Photodisc via Getty ImagesRoughly 20 million Americans live in manufactured houses, which are homes made in factories.
Hybrid work can create unexpected problems and less certainty to workers' routines than if they go either fully remote or fully in-office. LYCS Architecture on Unsplash, CC BYA truce of sorts has quelled the return-to-office wars that have raged in the post-pandemic workplace.
The fate of a person's debts after they die depends in part on what they owned. MicroStockHub/iStock via Getty Images Plus
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The agency has cut more than 13% of its workforce. AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhA rapid series of administrative, staffing and policy changes the Social Security Administration underwent early on in the second Trump administration are making it much harder to get disability benefits that millions of Americans rely on to make ends meet.
