Wednesday 08 April 2026 2:05 am | Updated: Tuesday 07 April 2026 5:23 pm Barclays revealed its big return to the high street. (Image: PA) In Westminster, the news cycle is never short of drama over U-turns. Subtle tweaks or direct bait-and-switches on policy are batted away by government spokespeople as mere “pivots” as opposed
President Donald Trump is putting Social Security in danger, a Democratic and Republican experts agree — although they arrive at that conclusion from different vantage points. “In the post-Cold War era, our ability to do deficit spending is used to prop up Social Security and Medicare, which are too costly to be sustained through current
Tuesday 07 April 2026 12:25 am | Updated: Tuesday 07 April 2026 2:14 pm Trump pretended to aim a sniper gun during a press conference. (Image: PA) Donald Trump has dialled up his threats on Iran warning a “whole civilisation will die tonight” ahead of his latest looming deadline for Iran. The chaotic sentiment has
Just as President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress were warned would happen, close to 100,000 US veterans are currently behind on their mortgage payments or are in the process of foreclosure as a result of the White House’s decision to shut down a Department of Veterans Affairs program that helped people with VA-backed home
Hungarian car owners paid HUF 56,000, on average, for their annual compulsory vehicle insurance premiums in Q4, 1.7% less than a year earlier, a report by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) shows. Motorists in Budapest paid higher premiums: an average HUF 80,700, practically level with the same period a year earlier. The average premium
Economic and labor reporter Steven Greenhouse is warning folks not to buy into President Donald Trump’s new “affordability” claims. During the first year of his second term, Trump has claimed that the affordability crisis is a “Democrat hoax,” he’s claimed, “Energy has come down incredibly. Prices are all coming down.” Trump’s own officials are echoing
The Budapest Court of Appeals reports that the end of COVID‑era payment moratoriums led to a rise in bankruptcy cases, which first surged at the trial‑court level and later appeared in second‑instance proceedings. Civil case filings also increased during the period of economic uncertainty, while administrative cases grew unevenly due to ongoing structural changes. In
Hungary’s average gross earnings surged to HUF 840,600 in January 2026, marking a sharp year-on-year increase largely driven by a one-off payment to armed forces and law enforcement personnel. According to newly released data by the Central Statistical Office (KSH), full-time employees’ average net earnings reached HUF 585,700 during the month, while real earnings rose
As President Donald Trump’s war on Iran moves into its second month, former White House and Department of Defense official Ilan Goldenberg is worried that “a short war now seems unlikely…Instead, we may be staring at something far worse: A war with no clear endpoint.” Post on X, Goldenberg — who has worked on war
President Harry Truman famously declared that “the buck stops here,” meaning the responsibility for what happens to the country ultimately lands in the Oval Office. But now, with gas prices skyrocketing due to the disastrous war on Iran, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett tried to pass the buck from current President Donald Trump to