Social Security’s Payroll Tax Stops For The Rich — But Not For You

A civil engineer earning $176,100 in 2025 per year looks the same as Elon Musk in the eyes of the Social Security system.
The CPA Journal

The Windfall Elimination Program Repeal

On January 5, 2025, President Biden signed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-273), to repeal ...
THE WEEK

Received a windfall? Here is what to do next.

What if overnight, your financial situation meaningfully changed? For some of us, this can and does happen, whether due to an inheritance, a generous gift or a successful investment. When cash like ...
WTVO

Grocery tax repeal, gun storage rules, safeguards for noncitizen students among new Illinois laws starting Jan. 1, 2026

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — The elimination of Illinois’ statewide grocery tax, gun storage laws aimed at preventing shootings and suicides, rules protecting undocumented students, and a ban on ...
Wall Street Journal

New Class of Warship to Be Named After Trump

President Trump said the U.S. Navy would build a new ‘Trump-class’ battleship, with construction of the first ship to begin almost immediately. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press President Trump ...
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Millions to receive refund windfall from Trump's new tax law (will you be one?)

The One Big Beautiful Bill signed in 2025 could leave taxpayers with larger refunds in 2026. Here’s who benefits most and what to watch for before filing. GOP members face backlash after defying Trump ...
Cleveland.com

What to do with a financial windfall

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The Atlantic

Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back

Last July, while on his way to his job as a security guard at a cannabis farm in California, George Retes was tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed, and arrested by federal agents conducting an immigration raid ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Prop 4 repeal signatures are rolling in. Here’s where the GOP effort against the redistricting law stands.

The Utah Republican Party’s bid to repeal a 2018 ballot initiative — which created an independent redistricting commission and banned partisan gerrymandering — got its first status check this week, ...
NBC4 Columbus

Ohio governor signs bill eliminating absentee ballot grace period

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Friday afternoon that changes state rules on mail-in voting and voter registration. Senate Bill 293 eliminates a grace period for ...
Los Angeles Times

Syria welcomes the permanent repeal of sweeping U.S. sanctions

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump signed off on the permanent repeal of Caesar Act sanctions on Syria, ending penalties imposed in 2019 to ...