Retirement

CBS News reports that a severe labor shortage is expected to develop over the next decade. The report links the projected shortage primarily to a wave of baby boomer...

The Senior Citizens League estimates a 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of about 3.9%, up from earlier projections of 2–3%, based on recent infl...

Judge Pauline Newman, age 98 and a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit since 1984, has been sidelined for roughly three years while her court...

Eleanor Holmes Norton, the long-serving delegate for Washington, D.C. in Congress and a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, has filed paperwork to end her reelecti...

Since U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran began, oil prices have risen and U.S. stock indexes have declined — the Dow is about 9% below its February high. Financia...

The article explains the rise and growing pains of the private credit industry — a roughly $3 trillion, fast-growing segment where non-bank lenders (often private-eq...

The article discusses the growing trend of building single-family homes specifically for rent instead of sale in the United States, a response to the nation’s housin...

The U.S. Postal Service announced it will suspend its employer contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to conserve cash, citing a looming “ca...

The article warns that turning 65 often becomes a ‘targeting event’ because data brokers flag people approaching Medicare eligibility and sell lists that attract ins...

CBS News (May 18, 2026) reports that rising living costs, credit card balances, and medical bills have increased debt and collection activity against some retirees. ...

The article explains federal legal protections that generally prevent private creditors from garnishing, levying, attaching, or assigning Social Security benefits to...

Americans are increasingly using generative AI chatbots for financial advice; studies cited put chatbot use for financial advice at about 20% (Pearl) and show worker...