America's Gerontocracy Goes Deeper Than Aging Politicians

Millions Of Student Borrowers Are Defaulting: They Are 40 Years Old On Average The NY Federal published its latest report on Household Debt and Credit for the first quarter: the report showed total household debt increased by $18 billion, just a 0.1% increase, in Q1 2026, to $18.8 trillion.  Some details: Mortgage balances shown on consumer credit reports grew slightly by $21 billion during the first quarter of 2026 and totaled $13.19 trillion at the end of March. Balances on home equity lines of credit (HELOC) rose by $12 billion, marking the 16th...

RFK Jr. Says Hospitals Must Serve Healthier Food Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. health officials on March 30 informed hospitals they must provide patients with more nutritious food. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) stated in a memorandum to hospitals across the country that they must comply with certain conditions to receive federal funding, including making sure that menus and diets meet the nutritional needs of patients. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on Jan. 29, 2026. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Officials noted the January...

IBM Soars On Resurfaced Trump Clip, Barclays Buy Rating As MoMo Rally Accelerates IBM shares jumped as much as 15% in premarket trading after Bloomberg described a recirculated video of President Trump stating that the stock is "going to go up a lot more." The clip, reposted by Polymarket Money on Saturday evening, appears to have fueled another leg higher in what has already been an eye-popping, multi-week rally. In the clip, dated December 10, Trump boasted that IBM CEO Arvind Krishna had "taken the stock from a rather low price to...