Personal finance reporter at CNBC.https://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lswaadz5q22sTrump’s “big beautiful” bill could enact broad changes to household finances. Here's what the provisions could mean for your money https://www.cnbc.com/guide/the-big-beautiful-bill-act-senate-republican/01 Jul 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lswaadz5q22shttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lmabqzjttc2n'This is the Trump recession,' CEOs say, with tariff price increases, job losses coming: CNBC survey https://cnb.cx/423xsMu07 Apr 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmabqzjttc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3ll5r5n4fxk2uTomorrow, Trump's pick to lead the Social Security Administration, Frank Bisignano, will sit before the Senate. One question he's likely to be asked is what his views are on privatizing the agency https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/senators-press-trump-social-security-nominee-on-privatizing-the-agency.html24 Mar 2025 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5r5n4fxk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lkyag2vohk24Update: A federal judge reprimanded Social Security Administration acting commissioner Lee Dudek on Friday for “making threats about shutting down operations” at the agency. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Mar 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkyag2vohk24https://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lkwej4tcbs22Social Security Administration acting commissioner Lee Dudek reversed his stance late Friday after telling multiple media outlets a court order may force him to halt the agency’s operations https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/21/social-securitys-lee-dudek-raises-concerns-following-judges-restraining-order.html21 Mar 2025 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkwej4tcbs22https://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lkswibckdk2tThe Social Security numbers and other private information of more than 200 former congressional staffers and others were made public in unredacted files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/03/19/personal-information-jfk-files-social-security-numbers20 Mar 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkswibckdk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3li3qin3rlk26A new law, the Social Security Fairness Act, provides benefit increases for more than 3.2 million individuals including certain teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public servants. Yet it may take more than a year to implement the benefit increases, including lump sum back payments. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/13/why-benefit-increases-from-social-security-fairness-act-may-take-time.html13 Feb 2025 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3qin3rlk26https://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lhkbs4mmqc23Many databases from the U.S. Census Bureau appeared to be unavailable to the public on Thursday https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/06/some-census-bureau-data-now-appears-to-be-unavailable-to-the-public.html06 Feb 2025 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhkbs4mmqc23https://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lggclohlok2rNew from President Donald Trump: “I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately ... And likewise, they should be dropping all over the world. Interest rates should follow us all over.” https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/23/president-donald-trump-says-hell-demand-that-interest-rates-drop-immediately.html23 Jan 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggclohlok2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lgeblmqgm22eThe share of active credit card holders just making minimum payments rose to 10.75% in the third quarter of 2024, the highest ever in data going back to 2012 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/22/minimum-payments-on-credit-cards-hit-record-level-as-delinquencies-also-rise.html22 Jan 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgeblmqgm22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lfujusfhxs27So many Americans are turning 65 it's been called a "silver tsunami." And that now includes R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe. "There is something about this particular rock star becoming eligible for Medicare that sticks in one’s gullet," writes Will Leitch. The band may help teach us to age gracefully. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/michael-stipe-65-birthday-rem-band16 Jan 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfujusfhxs27https://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lfpoa742j22mBig news from @rjleung7.bsky.social: The CFPB is suing Capital One for “cheating” customers out of more than $2 billion in interest. The agency said the banking giant used deceptive marketing to obscure differences in interest rates between two of its savings-account options. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/14/cfpb-sues-capital-one-alleges-it-misled-consumers-on-savings-rates.html14 Jan 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpoa742j22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3ldovj27ups2rAs the Senate wraps up its final legislative days for the year, it is expected to vote on a bill that would increase Social Security benefits for about 3 million people https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/19/senate-to-hold-final-vote-on-social-security-bill-what-leaders-are-saying.html19 Dec 2024 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldovj27ups2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3ldoqhmf3dk2lKey House Republicans said Thursday afternoon that they had reached a short-term government funding deal designed to avert a shutdown https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/19/house-republicans-say-they-have-deal-to-avert-government-shutdown.html19 Dec 2024 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldoqhmf3dk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3ld4jztfas22nIf President-elect Donald Trump is going to push inflation back down to a more tolerable level, he will need help from housing costs, an area where federal policymakers have only a limited amount of influence https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/11/if-trump-wants-to-kill-inflation-the-first-thing-he-needs-to-do-is-get-more-homes-built.html12 Dec 2024 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4jztfas22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3ld25wcwm6c2nConsumers saw inflation pick up slightly in November, as price increases in categories like groceries, gasoline and new cars outweighed a deceleration in others like shelter during the month https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/11/inflation-cpi-bls-november-2024-in-one-chart.html11 Dec 2024 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld25wcwm6c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lcy6ao3u7s26A key economic report coming Wednesday is expected to show that progress has stalled in bringing down the inflation rate, though not so much that the Federal Reserve won’t lower interest rates next week https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/10/the-cpi-report-wednesday-is-expected-to-show-progress-on-inflation-has-hit-a-wall.html10 Dec 2024 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcy6ao3u7s26https://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lcxpb6zhms23In a new letter, seven Democratic lawmakers probed "Dr. Oz" on his past support for putting all seniors in Medicare Advantage and questioned whether he has conflicts of interest https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-demand-answers-trump-pick-mehmet-oz-medicare-privatization-rcna18351410 Dec 2024 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxpb6zhms23https://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lcxlvy6tqs2uWith spot bitcoin ETFs now accounting for more than $100 billion in assets, bitcoin is now about 1% of the assets under management of the entire ETF universe https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/10/etfs-holding-bitcoin-are-now-the-cryptos-largest-holders-surpassing-creator-satoshi-nakamoto.html10 Dec 2024 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxlvy6tqs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lcvzu6jqy226The family of American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria more than a decade ago, said Monday that they have information he is alive and believe it's only a matter of time until they are reunited https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/austin-tices-family-says-still-alive-12-years-missing-syria-rcna18335110 Dec 2024 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvzu6jqy226https://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lcvytoaqwk24A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change his family’s trust to consolidate his eldest son Lachlan’s control of his media empire and lock in Fox News’s right-wing editorial slant https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/business/media/rupert-lachlan-murdoch-family-trust.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gU4.6DUt.wUVgdQ6YAwRq&smid=bs-share10 Dec 2024 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvytoaqwk24https://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lcvqatsj7k2jHouseholds expecting their financial situation to be better a year from now jumped to 37.6%, the highest since before the Covid pandemic, a New York Fed survey shows https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/09/household-finance-outlook-hits-highest-since-february-2020-following-trump-win.html09 Dec 2024 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvqatsj7k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lclm7cz6cc2zFor many Americans, finding affordable long-term care is a challenge. One congressman wants to create a federal program to help families cope with those costs https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/05/many-people-cant-afford-long-term-care-how-a-federal-program-may-help.html05 Dec 2024 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclm7cz6cc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lclksl3v2c2zThe Los Angeles Times’ owner Patrick Soon-Shiong has been working “behind the scenes” to create a “bias meter” for every article that comes out of the newspaper. The new tool, which will be backed by artificial intelligence, may be released by January. https://nypost.com/2024/12/05/media/la-times-owner-patrick-soon-shiong-to-release-bias-meter/05 Dec 2024 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclksl3v2c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lcknn434dk24Global food prices recently rose to an 18-month high, with some food baskets expected to continue climbing https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/05/food-prices-are-at-a-one-year-high-heres-what-may-get-more-expensive.html05 Dec 2024 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcknn434dk24https://bsky.app/profile/loriekonish.bsky.social/post/3lcjkobzkic22President-elect Donald J. Trump has picked Frank Bisignano, CEO of data processing company Fiserv, to be the next commissioner of the Social Security Administration https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/04/us/trump-news05 Dec 2024 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:gn3hggaor2vxucuudh6sscc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcjkobzkic22