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Mortgage Applications Decreased in Week Ending July 11

Washington, DC, July 16, 2025-Mortgage applications decreased 10% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the ...

Working for Social Security is hard. Working without pay during the government shutdown is even harder.

HANOVER — Even before employees started working without pay, morale wasn’t great at the Social Security office in this South ...

Can I still register to vote in Oregon for the upcoming 2025 election? See deadlines

No. The deadline to register to vote in the 2025 Special Election in Oregon was Tuesday, Oct. 14. Oregon does not allow ...

15 Social Security Tasks You Can Do Online

Important: If you created a Social Security username before September 18, 2021, you may have noticed that the sign-in process has changed. As of July 2025, you now need a new Logi ...
The Observer

Giangeruso, Melham and Pronti urge residents to apply for tax relief … before it’s too late

With the Oct. 31 deadline quickly approaching, the mayors of North Arlington, Belleville and Lyndhurst are urging residents, particularly senior citizens, to apply for New Jersey’s three major ...
The Atlantic

ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Sign up for Trump’s Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency. President Donald Trump’s plan to double the size of the ICE workforce ...
The New York Times

Dispute Over Indiana College Newspaper Draws Censorship Accusations

The administration at Indiana University Bloomington fired the adviser to the paper and barred the publication from putting out a print edition. By Katie Robertson Visuals by Jon Cherry Newsstands for ...
The Boston Globe

Social Security cost-of-living increase announcement delayed by government shutdown

WASHINGTON — The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries. Originally scheduled for ...
Washington Examiner

Second round of October Social Security payments goes out in four days

Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive their payments on Oct. 15. The first round of payments went out on Oct. 8 for retirees born between the first and 10th of a month, while ...
smartcitiesdive

This small Texas town has a housing affordability problem. Can it print its way out?

A company that builds homes using 3D-printing technology is building a nine-home community in Marfa, Texas, and an 80-home development in Houston. “HiveASMBLD’s presence in Marfa is catering to a need ...
KCCI Des Moines

See full cover letter, resume Ian Roberts provided in application for Des Moines superintendent

ONLINE. ALSO BREAKING AT NOON. DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAYS IT’S SUING A FIRM HIRED TO HELP WITH ITS SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH A FEW YEARS AGO. IT LED TO THE HIRING OF NOW FORMER SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR ...