A new Urban Institute brief finds nearly 20% of working‑age adults used savings not intended for daily expenses to buy groceries in 2025, as credit use rose. The trend highlights growing pressure on household budgets.

Warren Buffett redirected his midyear gift this year, omitting Seattle’s Gates Foundation and sending roughly $6 billion in Berkshire shares to family-run foundations amid a review.

The D.C. nonprofit broke ground on a $30M, 17,000-sq-ft expansion to more than double medically tailored meal production and add private nutrition counseling. The project aims to ease growing demand and keep deliveries running during construction.

One-time $120 benefits and free youth meals are available across DC; application deadline Aug. 23.

A Charles County retiree who calls himself "Mr. Fat Pockets" won $110,000 on THE BIG SPIN scratch-off last week. The ticket was bought in Waldorf and the couple plan to pay bills and shore up savings.

Survivors and lawmakers urged Congress to back community-led recovery and standing HUD funding after storms left neighborhoods without water, power and farms damaged.

A D.C. bill passed the Council in June that would limit hospital collections and shield residents’ credit; Tzedek DC attorney Jennifer Holloway helped lead the push.

D.C.'s Park at 14th will pay $243,350 after the attorney general found workers were denied wages and sick leave. More than 270 employees will receive restitution.

Private payroll gains cooled in June while planned layoffs plunged 53%, producing mixed signals for wages, consumers and policymakers.

National Commander Dan K. Wiley visited Moore’s Post 184 on Tuesday to advance the American Legion’s Be the One suicide‑prevention work and hear veterans’ concerns.

A national MFAN survey of 10,089 military households finds 41.2% report low or very low food security, straining families near Camp Pendleton and nationwide.

A former Facebook policy director sued Meta in federal court, saying the company used arbitration and a gag order to block promotion of her memoir 'Careless People.'

SimplyBe Coffee opened a kiosk inside Purcellville’s Giant Food with a ribbon cutting Thursday. The nonprofit shop will offer training and paid positions for adults with disabilities.