WASHINGTON, May 24, 2026 — Sixty-nine percent of Americans do not have a will. That number, drawn from the most recent national survey of estate planning behavior, has barely moved in a decade despite repeated campaigns by financial advisors, attorneys,…
CHARLOTTE, May 24, 2026 — Kyle Busch, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, the winningest driver in the history of NASCAR’s national series, and the man who made more fans hate him than perhaps any driver in the sport’s modern…
NEW YORK, May 23, 2026 — Key Takeaways: Thursday night in the NBA produced two results that will reshape the rest of the conference finals. The New York Knicks look like a freight train. The Oklahoma City Thunder proved Game…
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2026 — Every year, the financial planning community debates the relative merits of Roth IRAs versus traditional IRAs, 401(k)s versus taxable brokerage accounts, deferred compensation versus immediate income. Almost nobody talks about the account that beats all…
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2026 — Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington Thursday evening for the Memorial Day recess without voting on a $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill they had spent weeks assembling — walking away from Trump’s self-imposed June 1…
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2026 — The retirement income crisis in America has a number attached to it: $461.3 billion. That is how much Americans deposited into annuity contracts in 2025, according to LIMRA, the insurance industry’s primary research organization. It…
LAKELAND, Fla., May 22, 2026 — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its official 2026 Atlantic hurricane season outlook Thursday at its Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida, forecasting a below-normal season driven by the anticipated development of a…
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2026 — Key Takeaways: For years, first-time homebuyers across America have lost bidding wars not to other families but to companies with unlimited cash and no mortgage contingency. In 2025, first-time buyers accounted for just 21% of…
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2026 — Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from a mob on January 6, 2021 — one of whom was pinned against a door as a rioter ripped the mask off his face while the…
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2026 — The United States and Iran are in the final stages of a framework peace negotiation that American officials describe as closer to resolution than any prior round of talks — but no agreement has been…
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2026 — The federal student loan system has been through more consequential changes in the past 18 months than in the previous two decades combined. Courts have intervened. Plans have been killed. A new repayment structure is…
NEW YORK, May 20, 2026 — By the time Jalen Brunson hit his seventh and eighth points of the fourth quarter off James Harden’s hip — a move so automatic it looked choreographed — Madison Square Garden had found its…