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The Daily Money

ALL THE MONEY NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Mon Mar 23 2026

 

Daniel de Visé Personal Finance Reporter

Good morning! It's Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.

If you read my regular stories for USA TODAY, you know I don't usually write in the first person. I am not a columnist, and that is a good thing. I'd run out of ideas by the second week.

Here's a story I did write in the first person. It isn't a column, but rather a personal account of how I attained the elusive personal-finance goal of perfect credit. . . and how I lost it again.

Can Elon Musk pay TSA salaries?

Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, wants to step in and pay the salaries of TSA workers who have toiled without pay amid a partial government shutdown. Can he even do that?

Amid rising costs, Americans are delaying health care

And here's a story about how some Americans are putting off important medical procedures until they qualify for Medicare, citing rising costs of care .

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Daniel de Visé covers personal finance for USA TODAY. The Daily Money breaks down complex consumer and financial news. Subscribe here.

Equifax and other credit bureaus maintain credit reports on American consumers.

I clicked on one of those credit update links and beheld the magical digits: 850. Here's how I got there, and how the scores work.

CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, businessman Elon Musk speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 22, 2026. T
 

Elon Musk offers to pay TSA salaries as partial shutdown stretches on

TSA workers have been going without paychecks as the partial shutdown stretches on. Security lines at airports have stretched for hours.

Tax the rich advocates make their pitch in RI amid budget negotiations
 

Waiting for Medicare: Steeper costs push some adults to delay care

Adults ages 50 through 64 saw health care costs skyrocket after Obamacare subsidies faded. Now some are delaying care until Medicare kicks in.

Amarante, a small town in the Tâmega e Sousa subregion of northern Portugal.
 

For Americans living abroad, these small towns deliver

There's a lot for American ex-pats to like in international small towns, which may fly under the radar compared to bigger, more popular metros.

ICE agents walk through a long line of travelers at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on March 23, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. The travel disruptions continue as hundreds of TSA agents quit or work without pay during a partial government shutdown. President Donald Trump said ICE agents will be deployed to airports on Monday, with border czar Tom Homan in charge of the effort.
 

ICE agents deployed to US airports to ease long lines

The partial shutdown has left tens of thousands of workers without pay after funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on Feb. 13.

Debris hangs from a damaged Air Canada Express jet that had collided with a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., March 23, 2026.
 

Pilot, co-pilot killed after passenger jet hits truck at LaGuardia

The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional jet were killed after it collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia airport.

Research shows these full-body tests often find something, but much less often find actual disease.
 

This full-body MRI company is upping the ante

Prenuvo is launching a new bloodwork component to complement its full-body MRIs. Here's what to know.

The IRS said it expects to receive about 164 million individual income tax returns in 2026, with most taxpayers filing electronically.
 

Where's my refund? More Americans are relying on tax windfalls.

Nearly half of American taxpayers are counting on an IRS refund to help with bills and debts in 2026. Here's how to get yours.

Debris hangs from a damaged Air Canada Express jet that had collided with a ground vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, March 23, 2026.
 

Air Canada crash at LaGuardia disrupts travel at busy airport

Scenes from LaGuardia show damage and emergency response following the fatal Air Canada crash at the airport on Sunday night.

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