Beware of these tax scams as the filing deadline approaches, Congress warns
The bipartisan leaders of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee are sounding the alarm about tax season scams that fraudsters may look to use on unsuspecting taxpayers as filing season winds down. Taxpayers have until Wednesday, April 15, to file their 2025 tax returns or request an extension, and scammers may take advantage of the approaching deadline […]
American Airlines joins wave of carriers hiking checked bag fees as jet fuel prices skyrocket
American Airlines on Thursday announced it’s raising fees for checked bags as the company and other airlines face rising fuel costs. The airline is raising its bag fee for flights within the U.S., Canada and short-haul international flights by $10 to $50 for the first bag and $60 for the second bag. Customers will also […]
Famous holdout home next to Augusta National stays in family as 2026 Masters kicks off
Augusta National Golf Club, home of the prestigious Masters Tournament, has spent years and more than $200 million expanding its footprint in Augusta, Georgia. The club is buying up hundreds of acres of surrounding land for future development. But one property, long considered a holdout, remains firmly in the hands of the family of its […]
Property tax burden on Americans climbs as home values dip, new data shows
American homeowners around the country are feeling the squeeze of higher property taxes, with new data showing that the property tax burden rose last year. Data from analytics firm ATTOM showed that the effective tax rate for single-family homes was 0.9% in 2025, up from 0.86% in 2024 and the highest level since 2020 when […]
LARRY KUDLOW: Low taxes are making the American middle class richer
Let’s take a break from the war and follow up on an important economic story, and that is the continued mobility of the great American middle class. There’s a lot more prosperity here than left-wing populist tax-and-spend Democrats would have anyone believe. Scott Winship of the American Enterprise Institute has a new study showing how […]
USPS halts pension contributions after warning of looming cash crisis
The United States Postal Service is suspending employer pension contributions for workers beginning Friday, citing a looming cash shortfall, the agency announced Thursday. The move, which affects the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), comes just weeks after the Postal Service warned Congress it could run out of cash in under a year without significant reforms, […]
Bissell steamers recalled in response to dozens of ‘serious’ burn injuries
Bissell is recalling nearly 2 million of its home steam cleaners in response to over 100 reports of serious burn injuries from one of its attachments, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The brand’s Steam Shot OmniReach and Steam Shot Omni Steam Cleaners are specifically affected by the recall, and the CPSC report […]
Southwest Airlines limits passengers to 1 portable charger per person over fire concerns
Southwest Airlines is rolling out stricter rules on portable chargers as concerns over lithium battery fires continue to rise on commercial flights. In an internal message sent to employees Tuesday and reviewed by FOX Business, the Dallas-based carrier announced that beginning April 20, passengers will be limited to one lithium-powered portable charger per person. Each […]
LARRY KUDLOW: Once again President Trump outwits the defeatist Democrats
One of the many faults with today’s Democratic party is they don’t know how to win. They are defeatists. They find themselves on the wrong side of all kinds of 80-20 issues, like open borders, defending illegal criminals, waste, fraud, and abuse corruption, tax hikes, and men in women’s locker rooms. Now, here they go […]
Ryanair welcomes jail sentence for unruly passenger as airline enforces zero-tolerance misconduct policy
Unruly passengers flying with Ryanair could now face jail time, as the Ireland-based budget airline continues to crack down on disruptive behavior it says has risen in recent years. A 61-year-old man from Wales was sentenced to 10 months in a United Kingdom court after his actions — including threatening and verbally abusing a crew […]