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August Social Security direct payment worth $967 goes out today

By Anna Giaritelli, BABACAR DIONERUKMINI CALLIMACHI, Benjamin Payne, Daniel Halper and Susan Ferrechio March 2, 2026 5:10 am

In this June 15, 2018, file photo, cash is fanned out from a wallet in North Andover, Massachusetts.

First round of August Social Security payments goes out in 12 days

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting

Don’t expect big interest rate cuts immediately after Powell is replaced at Fed

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Most Americans not getting COVID-19 booster this fall, survey says

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell arrives before a Senate Committee on Banking hearing, Wednesday, June 25, 2025,

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Wall Street benefits from Trump trade war with record-breaking revenue surge

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RFK Jr. fires two top aides at HHS

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A truck drives by shipping containers at the port of the port of New York & New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., Monday May 12, 2025

Inflation fell to 2.3% in June in producer price index

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Moscow mocks Trump’s ‘theatrical ultimatum,’ while Trump tells Ukraine to pull its punches

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Second round of July Social Security payments goes out today

By Asher Notheis July 16, 2025 7:00 am

An employee shows U.S. dollars banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 10, 2025.

August Social Security direct payment worth $967 goes out in 16 days

By Asher Notheis July 16, 2025 7:00 am

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. President-elect Donald Trump will choose Sean Curran, right, as Secret Service Director.

Secret Service compliant with nearly half of congressional reform requests

By Anna Giaritelli July 16, 2025 7:00 am

Planned Parenthood signage is displayed outside of a health care clinic in Los Angeles, California on May 16, 2023.

Planned Parenthood mystery: Why megabill defunding was shortened to just a year

By Gabrielle M. Etzel July 16, 2025 6:00 am

Former DOE official presses GOP for release of over $40B in loans

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Farming lobbyists fight to keep pesticides in food amid MAHA push

By Mia Cathell July 16, 2025 5:00 am

Trump withdraws roughly 2,000 National Guard members from Los Angeles

By Brady Knox July 15, 2025 8:35 pm