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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

Asher Notheis Mar 2, 2026

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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In this July 8, 2019, photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain a man during an operation in Escondido, Calif.

Debunking the ICE ‘kidnapping’ hoaxes

By Mia Cathell July 28, 2025 5:00 am

US officials to assist in ceasefire talks between Thailand and Cambodia, Rubio says

By Zach LaChance July 27, 2025 11:46 pm

Dr. Raymond Lynch, head of the Organ Transplant Branch at the Health Resources and Services Administration, testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, July 22, 2025.

Overseer of national organ transplant network has a history of reform

By Gabrielle M. Etzel July 27, 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 five days

By Asher Notheis July 27, 2025 7:00 am

First round of August Social Security payments issued in 17 days

By Asher Notheis July 27, 2025 7:00 am

Unusual DOD deal to take stake in rare earth supplier seen as key to China competition

By Maydeen Merino July 27, 2025 5:00 am

FILE - Republican U.S. Sen.-elect and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt delivers a victory speech, Nov. 8, 2022, in Maryland Heights, Mo. On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, a judge prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech.” Schmitt, who was the Missouri attorney general when the lawsuit was filed, said on Twitter that the ruling was “a huge win for the First Amendment and a blow to censorship.” (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Mexican president ‘desperate’ to avoid US tax on remittances, GOP senator says

By Anna Giaritelli July 27, 2025 5:00 am

Trump leverages trade in effort to end Cambodia-Thailand conflict

By Brady Knox July 26, 2025 2:46 pm

This image provided by the Somerset County, Maine, Sheriff’s Office, shows a rural home that was converted into a sophisticated marijuana grow operation on May 17, 2024, in Norridgewock, Maine. A Maine utility wants to assist investigators by proactively providing electrical usage data to police.

Chinese are funding illegal marijuana operations across Maine, Collins charges

By Anna Giaritelli July 26, 2025 8:00 am

Data centers are in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. The centers house the computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, including artificial intelligence. The county is home to the world's largest concentration of data centers. Tech companies like to place the centers here, partly because the region's proximity to the nation's traditional internet backbone allows the servers in those data centers to save nanoseconds crucial to support financial transactions, gaming technology and other time-sensitive applications.

Massive Virginia data center development drives debate about price of technological advancement

By Emily Hallas July 26, 2025 7:00 am

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

By Asher Notheis July 26, 2025 7:00 am

First round of August Social Security payments issued in 18 days

By Asher Notheis July 26, 2025 7:00 am