First round of June Social Security payments goes out today 

Leslie Stahl, the veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent who recently announced her intention to stay with the program as it undergoes sweeping editorial changes, told colleagues this week she was given assurances the news magazine show would remain independent under its corporate ownership. Stahl held a champagne toast in the "60 Minutes" newsroom on Monday and...

The annual inflation rate increased to its highest point in three years as the cost of energy and other goods rose due to the Iran war, according to data released by the Department of Labor on Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI), a popular gauge of inflation, rose 4.2 percent over the past 12 months...

Inflation rose four-tenths of a percentage point to 4.2% for the year ending in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in an update to the consumer price index Wednesday, as high energy prices from the Iran war pushed up the headline number. The inflation reading for May was the highest since April 2023. SOARING […]

President Trump on Wednesday said Iran "will have to pay the price" for stalled peace negotiations and after the U.S. launched renewed strikes against Iran after a U.S. helicopter was shot down and Tehran retaliated. "Iran’s Military is a complete and total mess," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Much of it, like their Navy and...