Economy
Goodbye to simple face value—collectors pay fortunes for banknotes with printing errors, rare sequences, and repeated numbers that seem like mere coincidences
Social Security crisis—Trump’s cuts leave millions of retirees with delayed checks and offices on the brink of collapse
Confirmed—New York launches an unprecedented platform that lets you check in seconds whether your STAR tax credit check has been sent—a digital revolution that is changing the lives of thousands of families
Confirmed—Ben Shapiro lashes out at Joe Biden and claims that retirement at age 62 is “unsustainable”—calls for raising the retirement age in the US as the Social Security crisis grows
Confirmed—If you were born in 1959, you will NOT retire at 67—and this detail could cost you thousands
Bad news if you apply at age 62—your check could drop by up to 30%; here’s what you need to know so you don’t lose thousands of dollars over your lifetime
It’s official—Social Security projects a 2.7% increase in monthly payments by 2026, benefiting millions of retirees in the United States
Confirmed – receiving SNAP support can slow cognitive decline in older adults and this study proves it
Bad news for millions—your bank can freeze your account without warning for these 6 surprising legal reasons
San Francisco and San Jose top the list of cities with the most expensive rents in the US in 2025, exceeding $3,300 per month—more than the national average
Confirmed by IDAE and IEA—leaving your phone charger plugged in all night makes you spend up to 11% more per year
Starting in 2026, six more states will ban the purchase of junk food with SNAP cards—affecting some 8.5 million people
SSA halts plan to eliminate paper checks, but continues to push for electronic payment as of September
If you retire at age 62 you could receive only $1,342 per month, 30% less than waiting until age 66 or 67
This California city is imposing a historic change and forcing residents to pay for a service that was always free
It’s official – Florida launches its most anticipated tax exemption of the year and these are the purchases that go in
Confirmed – here’s how you can collect Social Security survivors’ benefits in 2025 if your spouse or parent died and contributed enough
Confirmed – Social Security pensions to rise 2.7% in 2026, but the increase could disappear altogether because of Medicare







