Inflation and high interest rates are still taking a toll, but more Americans are able to set money aside in an emergency fund, according to a recent report.

Joseph J. Thorndike examines how tariff policy in the 19th century slowed the introduction of the modern income tax.

Hundreds of people protested outside the U.S. Capitol Monday afternoon, criticizing moves made by the President and Elon Musk to downsize and purge the federal ...

Jerome Powell was quickly thrust into the partisan turmoil surrounding Trump's executive orders and the efforts of Elon Musk.

After cutting its key rate a full percentage point in the final three months of last year, with “the economy remaining strong ...

The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively ...

A second judge in Rhode Island has also blocked any federal spending pause in a separate lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen Democratic states. In the Washington lawsuit, several groups reported being ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – All eyes this week are on Elon Musk. President Donald Trump tapped the billionaire to shrink the size of the federal government. At least 20,000 federal workers have ...

According to the slideshow, the federal government owns or leases 33 million square feet of building space in Washington, D.C., but as of 2023, federal agencies only occupy 12% of this space.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was arrested Friday and accused of leaking inside information from the Fed to the Chinese government over a period of several ...

As erosion and floods swallow buildings, Washington's coastal communities strain to adapt Claire Carlson for The Daily Yonder, Julia Tilton for The Daily Yonder Jan 31, 2025 ...