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An advance payment of $943 from Social Security is approaching

On December 31, 2024, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will issue an advance payment to a select group of Social Security beneficiaries. This initiative aims to provide financial support to those in need, ensuring stability and security for eligible individuals.
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I’m inheriting my elderly parents’ $680,000 investment portfolio — it’s managed by a long-time adviser with a 1.75% fee. Should I fire the manager for taking too high a cut or stick with him?

This is one of the bigger financial decisions you’ll make.
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7 simple money-saving hacks that will boost your finances in 2025

Small habits can mean big savings.
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‘Wild that we do have billionaires’: Bill Gates, worth $100-plus billion, would be happy to ‘take away 62% of what I have’ — and says the rich in America ‘should pay more’ in taxes

Would other ultra-wealthy Americans be willing to give up as much?
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‘Who is right?’: ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ author Robert Kiyosaki claimed that being over $1 billion in debt is better than ‘friend’ Dave Ramsey’s mantra of living debt-free

The personal finance celebrity uses debt ‘to invest.’
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Watch: In a first, Israel uses America’s THAAD system to intercept Houthi missile

Israel, for the first time, used the US THAAD missile defence system to intercept a Houthi projectile from Yemen. Uncertainty lingers over its success, as the analysis to determine it is underway.
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Heavy rain and the potential for severe storms increases tonight

Today is a Storm Alert Weather Day. The current time frame for severe weather and heavy rain is between midnight and 7:00 AM EST Sunday.
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Opinion | Vivek Ramaswamy says the U.S. can’t compete globally because our sitcoms were bad

The DOGE co-chair blames 1990s-era sitcom depictions of “cool” and “nerdy” kids for what he considers the country’s engineering shortage.
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Steve Bannon mocks Elon Musk in H-1B visa war: ‘Toddler’

The past few days have seen fierce rows within Trump’s MAGA movement over H-1B migrant worker visas.
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Florida county rep abandons House Democrats and joins Republican supermajority

Broward County Rep. Hillary Cassel announced Friday her decision to leave the Democrats and join the GOP, becoming the second state lawmaker to do so this month. Cassel, who ran unopposed for her second term in November, in a post on X bashed the Democratic Party over what she called a lack of support for Israel and said she believes Republicans of…