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President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration is working on an overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service and indicated that multiple options were under consideration.

U.S. Treasury yields slipped on Friday, with short-dated notes tallying their biggest one-day drop since January after a fresh batch of data raised questions about the strength of the U.S. economy.

Who says government can’t create wealth? CFIUS, an obscure panel playing an increasing market role, blocked the sale of AppLovin years before a stock-market bonanza.

“A number of decisions are pending … that could drive the oil price in one direction or the other,” one analyst noted.

“All of this is causing a lot of turmoil in the family. Does her will trump the IRA beneficiary?”

Apple’s iPhone 16e, the latest addition to its lower-cost line of smartphones, is priced higher than expected.

I don’t care how many dead people they think they see in the Social Security system — the numbers aren’t there.

Tens of millions of dollars are at stake as European soccer clubs advance to the Champions League tournament’s round of 16.

The data system DOGE wants access to includes people’s bank account information, Social Security numbers — and whether they’re under investigation by the IRS.

‘She blew through her inheritance fast and paid for the down payment on her car with credit cards’

“My husband has two children, who also have a mother and grandparents who have an inheritance to leave them.”

Attempts by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to seek access to the Social Security Administration’s database have sparked concern that it could compromise people’s private financial and medical information and could lead to a disruption in benefits.

MicroStrategy, now doing business as Strategy, has been buying so much bitcoin that it now reports when it didn’t buy any.

GameStop’s store counts in Canada and France have been shrinking for years, and sales in Canada represent just over 5% of the total.

Overpayments can be both costly to the government and to the beneficiaries who face aggressive efforts to claw back the funds, often years after they’ve received them

“My pension after taxes is estimated at $6,500 per month. I’m eligible at age 60 to access $2,400 per month of my husband’s Social Security.”

International stocks have been beating U.S. equities lately amid worries about tariffs under President Donald Trump. Here’s why that recent outperformance may not last over the longer term.