Social Security 3.6% COLA increase accelerates date when benefits will fall 25%
Nearly 72 million Social Security recipients will see a 3.6% increase in their monthly checks starting in January 2027, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday, giving retirees their largest benefit boost since 2023 while accelerating long-term solvency pressures on the program’s trust funds. The annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will raise the average retiree benefit…
Health costs dominate midterm as voters favor Democrats and Trump promotes NJ Republicans
With less than a month until Election Day, a new KFF poll finds health care affordability is a leading financial concern, while looming GOP Medicaid cuts and rising insurance premiums threaten to become major election liabilities as President Donald Trump is promising voters taxpayer-funded bribes if they support Republican candidates. On the day Trump endorsed…
Bennett’s portfolio draws scrutiny as stock trading fight heats up in NJ-07
Rebecca Bennett has made congressional stock trading a line of attack against Rep. Tom Kean Jr. Now, her own investment history is part of the fight in the three-way November 3 election. Incumbent Congressman Tom Kean Jr. is the Republican nominee; former Texas Republican Rebecca Bennett is the Democratic nominee; and Democrat Seamus OToole, a…
Suicide deaths in the United States rose in 2025, following Trump’s return to power
Suicide deaths in the United States rose slightly in 2025, provisional federal data show, following a two-year decline that had offered cautious hope to public health officials. The increase of nearly 250 deaths comes as Americans report historic levels of dissatisfaction with the nation’s direction and deep frustration with the cost of living, according to…
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