Good news for savers in fairly high tax brackets: Yields on municipal bonds are good, comfortably ahead of what you can clear from Treasury bonds. Bad news: This is a treacherous field. It is easy to be gouged buying either individual bonds or high-fee funds. Municipal bonds are worth considering for any fixed-income money you have in taxable accounts. For tax-sheltered accounts like IRAs, munis are inappropriate; there, use this survey of taxable bonds and bond funds. For taxable accounts, munis are a buy. Says Patrick Haskell, who oversees a $182 billion pile of them at BlackRock: “We haven’t had…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Washington Commanders reached an agreement to build a new stadium on the site of the old RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., officials said Monday.Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District of Columbia government and Commanders executives reached a deal to return…
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Prior to launching PlantOGram – an American-made fruit tree gifting company – nearly two decades ago, gardening was solely a backyard hobby for husband-and-wife duo Mickey and Vicky Popat. The newlyweds at the time had purchased their first home, and developed a passion for growing fruit trees in their garden,…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dick Barnett, a Basketball Hall of Famer and an All-Star who won NBA championships with the New York Knicks, has died, the team announced on Sunday. He was 88.The Gary, Indiana, native was the fifth pick in the 1959 Draft out of Tennessee…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Shedeur Sanders media machine arrived in the NFL with a resounding thud this weekend.Sanders’ collapse from potential No. 1 overall pick to 144th marked an unprecedented moment in NFL Draft history, and rocked the nation.President Donald Trump called for Sanders to…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton never needed a quarterback entering the 2025 NFL Draft, which is always a good place to be in. Bo Nix, the team’s first-round draft choice in 2024, showed tremendous promise as a rookie, helping lead Denver into…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The questions about Shedeur Sanders’ NFL draft experience over the last three days that will go a long way toward determining his future are: Has he learned anything? And can he use that to improve?In that regard, the newest addition to the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Shedeur Sanders was not the only person in Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders’ household to have a significant fall during the NFL Draft over the weekend.Shilo Sanders, the defensive back who also played for the Colorado Buffaloes, failed to be…
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A massive power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday, knocking out traffic lights, ATMs and phone lines and forcing the evacuation of subway systems in both countries, reports said. A graph on Spain’s electricity network website showing demand across the country indicated a steep drop around 12:15 p.m. local time…
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is reintroducing legislation Monday that would ban members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks while in office.Hawley introduced the “PELOSI Act” in 2023, but failed to make progress under President Joe Biden’s administration. The proposal has since gained popularity among lawmakers on both sides…
President Donald Trump’s administration has signaled there will be no REAL ID exceptions after Kentucky lawmakers requested a deadline extension. The Trump administration confirmed in a statement to Fox News Digital that states will need to comply by the May 7 deadline, despite Kentucky’s delay request, as a 20-year standoff between…
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are carving out $68.8 billion for President Donald Trump’s border wall and to hire more agents in the field amid talks on a massive bill to advance the commander-in-chief’s agenda.While Trump spent much of his first term focused on a physical barrier between the U.S.…
America’s most notorious federal prison, a terrorist detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, took center stage for a short period in the early days of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, when the administration began sending some of the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens there.Also known as “Gitmo,”…
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Australian model Inka Williams celebrated Channing Tatum’s recent birthday by sharing a gushing tribute to him. Per the Daily Mail, Williams, 25, took to her Instagram Stories on Saturday, April 27, to post a photo collage of the actor, 45, and some heartfelt words. “Happy life to the handsomest, kindest, funniest, stupidest most gorgeous human ever !!!,” Williams wrote a mash-up of nine snaps that showed how close the pair have grown since sparking romance rumors in February. “Merci for making life beautiful and fun.” Williams concluded her tribute with the words, “Jtm trop fort,” which translates to “I love…
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The White House lawn has been lined with dozens of mug shot-style posters brandishing the faces of arrested illegal migrants — and lists of the despicable crimes some have committed. The placards, emblazoned with “ARRESTED,” could be seen lined up along the White House driveway first thing Monday. “White House…
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