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5 Facts to Know About Your 401(k) 01/16/2024 07:00pm • It's no secret that saving for retirement is important, and one of the best places to stash those savings is your employer's 401(k) plan. These plans offer much higher contribution limits than individual retirement accounts, known as IRAs, and can offer lower cost investments thanks to economies of How Roth IRA Taxes Work 01/16/2024 07:00pm • A Roth IRA allows you to pay the taxes on your retirement savings while you are still working, but there are rules regarding contributions and eligibility for tax-free withdrawals in retirement. If you don't carefully follow the rules, you may have to pay taxes or penalties on the investment earnin France's Macron announces missiles and bombs for Ukraine, suggests he could work with Trump 01/16/2024 06:35pm • PARIS (AP) ��� French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans Tuesday to deliver more long-range cruise missiles as well as bombs to Ukraine and suggested that he'd find ways to work with Donald Trump in the event that he wins another presidency. ���I take the leaders that the people give me,��� t Cocaine residue was found on Hunter Biden's gun pouch in 2018 case, prosecutors say 01/16/2024 06:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Federal prosecutors urged a judge on Tuesday to reject Hunter Biden���s efforts to dismiss the gun charges against him, revealing that investigators last year found cocaine residue on the pouch the president���s son used to hold his gun. In pressing for the case against President Lawmakers announce bipartisan effort to enhance child tax credit, revive tax breaks for businesses 01/16/2024 04:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The chairmen of the top tax policy committees in Congress announced a bipartisan agreement Tuesday to enhance the child tax credit and revive a variety of tax breaks for businesses, a combination designed to attract support from lawmakers of both political parties. The roughly $7 No snow day for the Senate as Congress looks to avert a government shutdown 01/16/2024 04:48pm • Kent Nishimura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) --��The snowstorms pummeling much of the country -- including D.C. -- will keep the majority of the federal government at home Tuesday, but not the Senate, whose members are expected to brave the weather to cast the first in a series of votes that they hope wi Trump leads GOP rightward march and other takeaways from the Iowa caucuses 01/16/2024 03:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Donald Trump���s iron grip on the Republican Party has been clear since the day he announced he would make another run for the White House 14 months ago. It can be seen in the party's ideological shift even further to the right on cultural issues and, especially, on immigration p Gov. Moore plans one-time transportation funding infusion in Maryland to ease pain of cuts 01/16/2024 09:54am • The administration of Gov. Wes Moore (D) is expected Tuesday to announce a one-year infusion of cash meant to ease the initial effects of draconian cuts to transportation projects over the next six years. Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld, in a briefing with reporters, said the sta Virginia senators refuse to send skill game bill to committee that oversees gambling 01/16/2024 09:47am • A proposal to legalize slots-like skill games in gas stations and restaurants got an initial thumbs up Monday in a Virginia Senate committee. But in an unusual move, the bill is being detoured around the Senate panel that usually deals with gambling regulation. Lawmakers raised several concerns M Millennial Money: 4 strategies for using side hustles to fund retirement savings 01/16/2024 09:44am • At the start of 2022, I panicked after realizing I was in my early thirties with only about $4,000 saved for retirement. Once the panic subsided, my solution was to use side hustles to fast-track my retirement savings. Within two years, I was able to use my freelance and 9-to-5 income to grow my ret Rallying in the snow: 'Don't Mute DC' protest arena move outside Capital One Arena 01/16/2024 07:25am • For Don���t Mute DC ��� an activist organization ��� and their partners in Alexandria, taking action on Martin Luther King Jr. Day meant rallying against a proposed new arena in Virginia that would take two of the District's professional sports teams out of D.C. While the rest of the region b Annual Virginia 'Lobby Day' features gun-related rallies and an unusual move on skill games 01/16/2024 05:07am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Hundreds of gun-rights supporters held an annual rally at the Virginia Capitol on Monday, calling on the state's Democratic legislative majority to back down from its push to send GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin bills further restricting firearms. Democratic legislators have filed Editorial Roundup: United States 01/15/2024 07:20pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Jan. 15 The New York Times on the responsibility of Republican voters Iowa Republicans who will gather on Monday to cast the first votes of the 2024 presidential campaign season, and voters in New Hampshire and the states that will fol A surgeon general report once cleared the air about smoking. Is it time for one on vaping? 01/15/2024 07:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America. Today, some public health experts say a similar report could help clear the air about vaping. Many U. How to Manage Someone Else's Money 01/15/2024 07:00pm • When a loved one is dealing with issues that make it difficult to manage their finances, you may see the need to step in. But, how do you go about it? You can become an informal financial caregiver, offering support on an as-needed basis, or move into the position of a formal financial caregiver. He