Social Security sets its 2026 COLA increase at 2.8%. Here's what that means for your benefits.

Social Security sets its 2026 COLA increase at 2.8%. Here’s what that means for your benefits.

The Social Security Administration on Friday announced a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment for 2026, an increase that will automatically boost monthly payments for the program’s roughly 75 million beneficiaries starting early next year. The increase represents an uptick from the last year’s cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, which set the 2025 increase at 2.5%. Inflation has edged higher…

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Fossils reveal dinosaurs were thriving in North America just before being wiped out by asteroid strike, study shows

Fossils reveal dinosaurs were thriving in North America just before being wiped out by asteroid strike, study shows

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. New research suggests dinosaur populations were still thriving in North America before the asteroid strike, but it’s only one piece of the global picture, independent experts say. “Dinosaurs were quite diverse and now we…

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N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James set to plead not guilty to bank fraud charges in federal court

N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James set to plead not guilty to bank fraud charges in federal court

Norfolk, Virginia — New York Attorney General Letitia James will be appearing in court Friday for her arraignment on federal charges of bank fraud in Norfolk, Virginia, after the Justice Department indicted her earlier this month. U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker, appointed to the federal bench by former President Joe Biden, is presiding over the…

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2 top House Democrats ask for records on Trump's request for $230 million from DOJ

Trump says he’s cutting off all trade talks with Canada over anti-tariff ad

President Trump said late Thursday he’s ending trade talks with Canada, citing an anti-tariff ad campaign by the province of Ontario that uses late President Ronald Reagan’s voice. “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,” the president wrote on Truth Social. The president appeared to be referencing an ad…

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