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Blonde woman standing in the room while unpacking boxes.Miniseries | E+ | Getty ImagesRent payments don't typically affect your credit — but they can in a few circumstances. The consequences can be significant.Rent doesn't show up in…

Field of wheat in central Kansas is nearly ready for harvest.Ricardo Reitmeyer | Getty ImagesWith a population of about 2,100, Neodesha, Kansas, is roughly 100 miles from Wichita and Topeka in Kansas and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its claim to…

Little Red Hen, a family-owned cafe in Altadena, was destroyed in last month's deadly fires.Courtesy: Shay familyWhen the Los Angeles wildfires swept through Southern California in January, Barbara Shay lost much more than the building…

Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw onstage during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 20, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Trump-appointed…

A customer shops at a Costco store in San Francisco.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesWith sweeping U.S. tariffs going into effect, more Americans are concerned about the cost of goods and the possibility that prices will rise further in the…

Jonathan McKernan, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, sits on the day he testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on…

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conduct a news conference after the Senate Policy luncheons in the Capitol, March 14, 2017.Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call |…

Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty ImagesRenters looking for a better deal may need to rethink the kind of properties they're focused on in their search. As of January, median single-family home rent prices are up about 41% since before the…

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Monday said the U.S. government is inefficient and in need of work as the Trump administration terminates thousands of federal employees and works to dismantle agencies including the Consumer Financial…

There's a lot riding on earnings in 2025. Last year saw double-digit earnings growth in the S & P 500 , and the market is counting on another year of double-digit gains to power stocks higher. Unfortunately, earnings estimates for…