What it costs you, and who decided.
Premiums, prices, wages and fees: the number, the decision behind it, and the source.
- Explainer Medicare's $0 Generic Copay Is Law. It Doesn't Start Until 2028.Who qualifies, what changes today, and why Tuesday's CMS proposal is not the final word
- Analysis USDA's $8 Billion Harvest Fuel Relief Will Pay Farmers by the Acre, With No New Vote in CongressDiesel is up about $2.51 a gallon in a year. The administration's answer is a one-time payment drawn from a USDA account, with rates still unannounced.
- News Treasury Blocks Beijing Startup Investor MiraclePlus Under the Trade Secret Theft LawFive Chinese entities tied to the MiraclePlus accelerator were cut off from U.S. banks, dollars and American investors on Monday under a 2022 law built for stolen trade secrets.
- News Cost Ledger: The Forever Stamp Is 82 Cents. Holiday Shipping Costs More Until Jan. 17.What went up at the Post Office, who set it, and what is still pending for January.
- News 23 States Asked to Ban Soda From SNAP. A Judge Stopped Five. Nebraska's Second Try Takes Comments Until Nov. 2.The full list from USDA's own records: who restricts what, when it starts, and the comment periods that opened after most of the bans were already approved.
- News Social Security Checks Rise $75 in January. Medicare Has Not Said What It Will Take Back.The 2027 raise is 3.6%. The Part B premium that comes out of most checks will be announced later, and last year it rose $17.90.
- Explainer Obamacare Sign-Up Opens Nov. 1. The Average Enrollee Already Pays $65 More a Month Than Last Year.The extra federal help ended with 2025. Insurers want another 15% for 2027. Here are the dates, the numbers and what they mean for your bill.
- News Five Super PACs Have Spent $461 Million on This Midterm. Here Is Whose Money It Is.Federal filings show the biggest outside spenders of 2026, and the first names on their donor lists are not people. They are groups that do not have to say who funds them.