Matt Sedensky

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  • Jimmy KimmelArts & Entertainment

    Kimmel’s return to ABC will be dark on dozens of stations, with ‘tension’ between Hollywood and the heartland on display

    By Mae Anderson, Matt Sedensky, and others
  • familyEconomy

    Meet the 40-something self-made ‘everyday millionaires’ who say they still don’t feel rich

    By Matt Sedensky, Ashley Lutz, and others
  • Resident Eugene Preslier, right, is accompanied by his private certified nursing aid Miriam Louis as he returns from a meal to his apartment in the independent living facility at the Toby and Leon Cooperman Sinai Residences, July 4, 2025, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Politics

    Nursing homes struggle to recruit staff as Trump attacks sources of immigrant workers: ‘We feel completely beat up right now’

    By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump walks with workers as he tours U.S. Steel Corporation’s Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Politics

    Spike in steel tariffs could imperil Trump promise of lower grocery prices

    By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
  • Linda Hilton, a 76-year-old retired office worker, sits in front of her home as she packs up to move Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Apache Junction, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)Personal Finance

    Retired child welfare worker, 73, about to be hit again with 40-year-old student loan debt—’They said, ‘Move to a cheaper state”

    By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
  • Michael Montgomery poses at his home in Huntington Woods, Mich., Friday, April 18, 2025.Economy

    ‘I’m not looking’ — Americans close to retirement are afraid to check their account balances

    By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Elon Musk speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Politics

    Elon Musk’s DOGE is claiming victory after uncovering $382 million in unemployment fraud—but the government already found it years ago: ‘I don’t think it’s news to anyone’

    By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
  • Shoppers visit Economy Candy in New York’s Lower East Side, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Finance

    A third-generation NYC candy shop owner says Trump’s historic tariffs will devastate his business—and fears ‘hyperinflation’

    By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
  • This photo provided by Kristin Jenn shows her in her National Park Service ranger uniform in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska in October 2024, while she was a seasonal worker for the NPS. (Kristin Jenn via AP)Politics

    Fired federal workers say their own relatives are cheering on Trump and DOGE’s job cuts

    By The Associated Press and Matt Sedensky
  • Pregnant woman looking out windowPolitics

    Six months pregnant and laid off by DOGE, former CFPB employee and other workers scramble to find employment

    By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
  • PRODUCTION – 31 July 2023, Berlin: During a home visit, nurse Ramona Rössner hands her patient, 97-year-old senior Brigitte Richter, who is in need of care, a glass of hot coffee with a straw in it. (to dpa-KORR “You drink, I drink” – How heat endangers old people) Photo: Monika Skolimowska/dpa (Photo by Monika Skolimowska/picture alliance via Getty Images)Health

    Nursing home staffing to be regulated for the first time so facilities can’t sacrifice resident safety ‘just to add some dollars to their bottom line’

    By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
  • A burnt out car lies in the driveway of charred apartment complex in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 12, 2023. Hawaii’s Attorney General, Anne Lopez, said August 11, she was opening a probe into the handling of devastating wildfires that killed at least 80 people in the state this week, as criticism grows of the official response. The announcement and increased death toll came as residents of Lahaina were allowed back into the town for the first time. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)Health

    ‘It was like a war’: Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices about how to flee the approaching inferno

    By Claire Rush, Claire Galofaro, and others
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    ‘New York turned on him’: Donald Trump’s unconquerable Manhattan dream turns to nightmare

    By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
  • WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 04: Radio personality Rush Limbaugh and wife Kathryn (L) attend the State of the Union address with First Lady Melania Trump in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump delivers his third State of the Union to the nation the night before the U.S. Senate is set to vote in his impeachment trial. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Politics

    Rush Limbaugh, ‘voice of American conservatism,’ has died

    By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
  • Protests Continue Over Death Of George Floyd, Killed In Police Custody In MinneapolisPolitics

    All four former Minneapolis officers involved in George Floyd’s death are now facing charges

    By Tim Sullivan, Matt Sedensky, and others