(InvestigateTV) — From credit card balances to daily expenses, millions of Americans are struggling to stay ahead off their debt.

But Matt Schulz, chief consumer finance analyst with LendingTree, said it’s never too late to take action.

He said one strategy worth considering is debt consolidation.

“Debt consolidation can be a really big deal because not only can it streamline things for you, making it to where you only have to make one payment instead of several each month,” Schultz noted. “It can also really save you a significant amount of interest and even really shorten the amount of time it takes to really pay off that debt.”

He said consolidation can make sense for those able to qualify for a lower interest rate than what…

Originally appeared on E! Online

Bruno Mars isn’t above trolling himself online.

After the “Die With a Smile” singer made a surprise appearance onstage during Blackpink’s Deadline World Tour show in Los Angeles on July 13, where he joined group member Rosé to perform their duet “Apt.,” he posted about the moment on social media with a playful callback to a wild internet rumor about his finances.

“Almost out of debt BehhhhhBehhhhh!!!” he wrote in a post on Instagram July 14 alongside video from the performance. “Preciate You ROSAAAAYYYYYY!!!!”

The caption appears to be a reference to a report which originally circulated in March 2024, alleging that the 39-year-old had accrued a whopping $50…

When the debts you owe start controlling your life instead of the other way around, debt relief companies suddenly seem like they’re everywhere, promising quick fixes and financial freedom. Their ads fill your inbox, pop up on social media and flood radio waves with testimonials that sound too good to be true. And often, they are.

The reality is that the debt relief industry…

Despite vowing to make government more “efficient,” Donald Trump’s new administration has made it less effective and more expensive in countless ways.

Worse still, with his One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump has ushered in tax policies that are projected to drive up the nation’s ever-climbing debt. The total amount that Trump has ballooned the debt is unclear, although most estimates put it in the trillions. In his first term, Trump oversaw a deficit spike of nearly $8 trillion, according to one analysis, and some project that an additional $3.4 trillion has been added by the recent bill.

With that in mind, I guess it’s as good a time as any to remind everybody that there’s actually a…

The US Treasury Department is now accepting Venmo and PayPal payments from those who want to donate money to reduce the nation’s ballooning $36.7 trillion debt.

The digital payment platforms can be used after accessing the “Gifts to Reduce the Public Debt” page on Pay.gov, NPR’s Jack Corbett noted.

The expansion of payment options comes amid growing public concern over the debt, which has surged from $19.59 trillion in 2010 to its current level, an increase of 87%, according to the Treasury Department.

The donation program has existed since 1996, with a total of $67.3 million contributed — an amount that remains negligible compared to the federal debt.

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Kochi bench of Madhu Sinha (Member Technical) and Vinay Goel (Member Judicial) has held that past liabilities incurred before the execution of the Agreement of Guarantee cannot be included in it unless an explicit clause covering such liabilities are explicitly incorporated in the Agreement.

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Facebook App: Open links in External Browser

There is a specific issue with the Facebook in-app browser intermittently making requests to websites without cookies that had previously been set. This appears to be a defect in the browser which should be addressed soon. The simplest approach to avoid this problem is to continue to use the Facebook app but not use the in-app browser.

This can be done through the following steps:

1. Open the settings menu by clicking the hamburger menu in the top right

2. Choose “App Settings” from the menu

3. Turn on the option “Links Open Externally” (This will use…