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What Is the Social Security COLA for 2027? 01/12/2026 07:00pm • January marks the first month for increased Social Security payments thanks to the annual cost-of-living adjustment, known as a COLA. The next adjustment won't happen for another year, but financial experts are already making predictions for the amount of the 2027 Social Security COLA. "We're not an The Trevor Project receives $45M from MacKenzie Scott after difficult years and federal funding cuts 01/12/2026 04:31pm • The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, the organization said Monday. The gift is the largest in the organization's history but also a major boon following years of management turmoil, layoffs a Editorial Roundup: United States 01/12/2026 02:41pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 9 The Washington Post on national nutrition guidelines The Trump administration has flipped the national food pyramid as part of its campaign to ���Make America Healthy Again,��� and once again the new dietary guidelines recom Montgomery County proposes funding boost to programs helping seniors 01/12/2026 01:12pm • Citing cuts from the federal government, Montgomery County Council member Laurie-Anne Sayles said she���s proposing a $1 million special funding appropriation to offer an extra boost to programs helping local seniors. Under the proposal being unveiled to the council on Tuesday, the first $450,000 A casino in your pocket? Bill hopes to bring online gambling to Virginia 01/12/2026 11:39am • A casino could be coming to your pocket if you live in Virginia or just drive into the commonwealth. Lawmakers are looking at the possibility of legalizing online casinos. House Bill 161 would allow the five approved retail casinos to open up to three online platforms that would let you play blac Red lines and increasing self-censorship reshape Hong Kong's once freewheeling press scene 01/12/2026 12:02am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� From 18th place to 140th. That's how much Hong Kong's ranking plunged in a global press freedom index over some 20 years. Behind the decline are the shutdown of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, more red lines for journalists and increasing self-censorship across the territory Federal Reserve Chair Powell says DOJ has subpoenaed central bank, threatens criminal indictment 01/11/2026 09:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powellsaid Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed's building renovations. The move represents an unprecedented escalation i 7 Best Money Market Funds to Buy for 2026 01/11/2026 07:00pm • Macroeconomic cycles are often defined by the environments in which certain assets tend to perform best. For example, real assets such as commodities and natural resource stocks have historically held up better during inflationary periods. Since September 2024, however, U.S. markets have been operat Erich von D��niken, Swiss writer who spawned alien archaeology, dies at 90 01/11/2026 09:25am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Erich von D��niken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame among paranormal enthusiasts and scorn from the scientific community, has died. He was 90. Von D��niken's representatives announced on his website Man convicted for carrying Pelosi's podium during US Capitol riot seeks Florida county office 01/10/2026 04:21pm • BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) ��� A man who grabbed then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's podium and posed with it for photographs during the U.S. Capitol riot is running for county office in Florida. Adam Johnson filed to run as a Republican for an at-large seat on the Manatee County Commission on Tuesday. That Maryland Labor Dept. missed chance to recover $760 million in overpaid unemployment, audit says 01/10/2026 01:56pm • Maryland overpaid $807.4 million in unemployment benefits since the COVID-19 pandemic and missed the opportunity to recover $760 million of that amount because it took too long do to so, state auditors said. The report��published Friday by the Office of Legislative Audits covered unemployment benef Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good's killing 01/10/2026 09:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an assertive response as President Donald Trump's aggressive deportation operations spark protests nationwi Brazil soy industry���s exit from moratorium on using Amazon land could spur deforestation 01/10/2026 09:01am • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� For nearly 20 years, Brazil���s largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest ��� the world���s biggest ��� wasn't grown on land cleared from Amazonian forests. The pledge, known as the soy moratorium, has been widely credited with helping curb rainforest loss. That chan GM hit with $6 billion in charges as EV incentives cut and emissions standards fade 01/09/2026 06:33pm • General Motors will be hit with charges of about $6 billion as sales of electric vehicles sputter after the U.S. cut tax incentives to buy them and also eased auto emissions standards. Shares slid almost 3% Friday. The charges that will be recorded in the fourth quarter follow an announcement in O Heritage Foundation calls on US to prioritize marriage and family in new report 01/09/2026 05:44pm • The Heritage Foundation think tank is urging the federal government ���to save and restore the American family,��� kicking off the midterm election year with a call for conservatives to focus on domestic issues. Among its recommendations? A ���marriage bootcamp,��� designed to prepare cohabitating c