If you hadn't yet heard of Temu, chances are you would have soon. Consider it a wannabe Amazon, another morally questionable online retailer with prices so low you can understand why an inflation-plagued consumer would want to take…
Standing in the shadow of China's spiraling economy, President Biden had a clear and concise message for anyone wondering whether his frenetic trip through Southeast Asia this weekend was aimed at sending a message to Beijing: "I don't…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will convene a panel next week to re-evaluate the effectiveness of oral phenylephrine, a common ingredient found in numerous over-the-counter decongestants. The panel is slated meet Monday and Tuesday…
"Bad news: your car is a spy," Gizmodo reported, citing new research from the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation that found new cars to be the worst category for privacy of any product it had ever reviewed since 2017. "If your vehicle was made…
Fall has yet to begin, which might make it feel premature to start thinking about your financial goals for the new year. But as we approach the final quarter of 2023, it's the perfect time to check in, especially if you missed the midyear…
Texas recently got rid of the so-called tampon tax, a sales tax on menstrual-cycle-related products like tampons and pads, making it the 25th state to do so, according to Kiplinger. But even if women in some states are no longer paying the…
Wisconsin Republicans are already thinking of impeachment for the state's newest Supreme Court justice, Insider reported. Janet Protasiewicz handily won her seat in April on a platform heavily focused on abortion rights, giving the court a…
The Biden administration this week said it would bar oil drilling on millions of acres on Alaska's North Slope and cancel oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, stepping up its effort to protect sensitive federal land.
Disney and Charter Communications, one of the country's biggest cable TV providers, are locked in an intense battle over carriage fees, a fight that CNN reported "could lead to the dismantling — or revolution — of the cable television…
Cannabis may be on its way to being less restricted in the U.S. after a recent recommendation from the Health and Human Services Department to reschedule the drug's classification. Last week, the HHS recommended that the U.S. Drug…
Given the ubiquitous profile that Google — and its evolved corporate umbrella entity Alphabet — enjoys across multiple industries today, it can be easy to forget that the company whose very name has become synonymous with the act of…
When federal judge Brantley Starr ordered Southwest Airlines to reinstate former flight attendant Charlene Carter, he wryly noted in his ruling that "bags fly free with Southwest. But free speech didn't fly at all with Southwest in this…
China's president, Xi Jinping, has decided not to attend the two-day Group of 20 summit starting Sept. 9 in India. Xi attended the 2020 and 2021 meetings virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, but this will be the first time a Chinese…
Here are three of the week's top pieces of financial insight, gathered from around the web:; The 1% down mortgage Forget 20%. Zillow is offering some homebuyers a 1% down payment, said Matthew Fox in Business Insider. For now, the hefty…
It's been more than fifty years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act into law, lauding the "technological miracles in our transportation" with "one great exception." In spite of "airplanes which…
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas released his annual financial disclosure on Thursday, acknowledging a series of trips on private jets paid for by billionaire GOP donor Harlan Crow.
Could Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes soon take center stage in another criminal case involving former President Donald Trump? Mayes' office is reportedly investigating an alleged "fake elector" scheme to support Trump in 2020,…
The Biden administration has named the first 10 prescription medicines subject to price negotiations by Medicare under last year's Inflation Reduction Act. The list is made up of some of Medicare's most costly drugs, including popular…
In the second quarter of 2023, credit card debt among Americans topped $1 trillion. Further, card balances "were more than 16% higher in the second three months of this year compared with a year earlier," according to The New York…
If you've built up home equity, it's possible to tap it for cash. There are two popular ways to do so — home equity loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) — and in recent years, these borrowing options have blown up in popularity. …
Is it time for your household to rein in its spending? The Washington Post reported that American consumers are increasingly falling behind on car loan and credit card payments, a "troubling signal of consumer stress" that is "most acute…
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Wednesday that federal health officials had delivered "a scheduling recommendation for marijuana" to the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Senate Democrats confirmed that HHS's…
Be honest — what good is an autumnal equinox without some new tuneage? Below, we've rounded up 10 of the most buzzed-about upcoming albums to get you excited for the cooler temps and hotter coffees ahead.
For some, the environmentally conscious adage "think globally, act locally" includes eating locally. Purchasing and consuming "more locally grown produce and other foods from farmers and producers in your community," per Healthline, is a…
Speaking on Wednesday with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo, Glenn Youngkin tried his best to play it coy. "I've said over and over again how humbling it is to even talk about my name" in the context of a potential 2024 presidential run, the…
Workers at Detroit's "Big Three" automakers may soon hit the picket line. The Detroit Free Press reported that the 150,000 members of the United Auto Workers have "have given union leadership the OK to strike" against General Motors, Ford…
The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations, promising billions of dollars in savings for the federal government and the nine million Medicare beneficiaries taking at least one of…