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How a 24% Social Security Cut Could Impact Your Retirement in 2032 09/01/2025 08:00pm • For decades, people have been talking about a potential financial shortfall in the Social Security system. While many financial observers believe Congress will take action to address the problem, the program is now just seven years away from running dry, according to one estimate. The Committee for 6 High-Risk Stocks for Aggressive Investors 09/01/2025 08:00pm • Investment risk is often defined in terms of volatility, but that framing is incomplete. Metrics like beta may identify stocks that have historically swung up or down more than the market, yet they underestimate the risk of permanent capital loss. Under that lens, it becomes clear how some retail be Va. among states most affected by job losses from Trump’s cuts, housing and spending slowdowns 09/01/2025 01:12pm • Virginia and New Jersey may be among the states most affected by the hiring slowdown that enraged President Donald Trump when it appeared in an Aug. 1 jobs report showing the United States had 258,000 fewer jobs than initially reported in May and June. Such revisions to earlier reports are base What to know about Indonesia's nationwide unrest over lawmakers' perks 09/01/2025 12:47pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The wave of violent protests that have swept across Indonesia and left seven people dead is being seen as a major test for President Prabowo Subianto. Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing protesters that began in the capital last week quickly spread beyond Jakart From Jackson to McKinley: What Trump’s new choice of presidential hero says about his evolving goals 09/01/2025 12:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first term, Donald Trump's favorite president, other than himself, was Andrew Jackson, the hatchet-faced, self-made populist who relished turning Washington upside down. Now he's partial to the barrel-chested, unfailingly polite William McKinley, a champion of American ex Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa sentenced in Finland to 6 years in prison 09/01/2025 11:58am • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Simon Ekpa, a Nigerian separatist leader, has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Finnish court for terrorism, tax fraud and an ethical violation. Ekpa, who lives in Finland, heads the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Nigeria, which has been allegedly responsible Former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik tapped as UK economic adviser 09/01/2025 11:24am • LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday appointed economist and former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik as his chief economic adviser. It's part of a staff shakeup aimed at strengthening the government’s response to a sluggish economy and a heated political debat Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess 09/01/2025 10:55am • Congressional Republicans scored a massive victory this summer when they passed President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts without a single Democratic vote. But as they return to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats — or ar World shares are mixed as investors watch for further news on Trump's tariffs 09/01/2025 06:24am • BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed on Monday as investors watched for further developments after a U.S. court ruled against President Donald Trump’s sweeping higher tariffs. U.S. markets were to remain closed on Monday for the Labor Day holiday. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow J Trump plans a hefty tax on imported drugs, risking higher prices and shortages 09/01/2025 04:28am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has plastered tariffs on products from almost every country on earth. He’s targeted specific imports including autos, steel and aluminum. But he isn’t done yet. Trump has promised to impose hefty import taxes on pharmaceuticals, a category of products h Will Power's emotional reflection: Is this the end of his time with Team Penske? 08/31/2025 10:28pm • LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Will Power lingered on pit wall long after the IndyCar season finale, speaking to his engineer and reflecting on their time together at Team Penske. His wife, Liz, stood next to him crying, and they eventually made a slow walk from the far end of Nashville Superspeedway's pit Trump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that's a lifeline for many rural communities 08/31/2025 06:06pm • Heather Colley and her two children moved four times over five years as they fled high rents in eastern Tennessee, which, like much of rural America, hasn't been spared from soaring housing costs. A family gift in 2021 of a small plot of land offered a shot at homeownership, but building a house was Indonesian leader pledges to revoke lawmakers' perks after protests leave 6 dead 08/31/2025 12:42pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto on Sunday pledged to revoke lawmakers’ perks and privileges, including a controversial $3,000 housing allowance, in a bid to ease public fury after nationwide protests left six people dead. Flanked by leaders of eight Indonesian Powerball jackpot grows to $1.1 billion after Saturday drawing ends without a winner 08/31/2025 09:46am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball players will get another chance Monday at a jackpot estimated at over $1 billion, after no one won the big prize Saturday night. No one has matched all six numbers since May 31, allowing the jackpot to swell to $1.1 billion, which would be the fifth-largest prize Powerball jackpot jumps to $1.1 billion after no winning tickets Saturday 08/31/2025 08:07am • â–¶ Watch Video: Powerball numbers drawn for Saturday's $1 billion jackpot The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $1.1 billion, the fifth-largest ever in the game's history, after there were no winning tickets for Saturday night's $1 billion grand prize. Saturday's winning numbe