WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to issue $500 Affordable Care Act refund checks to roughly one million Americans, according to officials familiar with the developing policy. The payments stem from what federal agencies describe as premium overcharges and subsidy reconciliation adjustments within ACA marketplace plans. The refunds, expected...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to issue $500 Affordable Care Act refund checks to roughly one million Americans, according to officials familiar with the developing policy. The payments stem from what federal agencies describe as premium overcharges...

NEW YORK, NY — In an economy long reshaped by globalization, the United States has shifted much of its industrial base to Asia, emerging instead as a nation defined by services, finance, and the technologies that orbit them. Yet even after that transformation, the country entered 2026 with a $30.77 trillion GDP, retaining its position as the world’s largest economy. That success, however, comes with vulnerabilities. Analysts have noted that a system so heavily reliant on markets and capital flows is particularly sensitive to geopolitical shocks. And in recent weeks, the conflict between the United States and Iran has become exactly the kind of shock investors fear. The New York Stock...

Kyle Cheney and Chris Marquette Tue, September 29, 2026 at 5:18 PM EDT It started with a pledge to expose a Biden-era conspiracy to take down President Donald Trump. It ended with a botched attack over basketball tickets. Armed with subpoena Armed with subpoena power in Congress and a friendly Justice Department on their side, Republican lawmakers have spent two years promising to expose former special counsel Jack Smith as the leader of an anti-Trump witch hunt that morphed into a full-blown attempt to take down the Republican establishment. Smith's appearance Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee — his third time testifying under oath on Capitol Hill, the second time in public — was...