The Trump hush money agreement was not standard procedure because it was to benefit a campaign, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker has testified.
A sweeping White House move on China tariffs that is expected to be unveiled early next week "reflects lessons learned," according to a former official who was involved in the process.
An annual government report offered a glimmer of good news for Social Security and a jolt of good news for Medicare even as both programs continue to be on pace to run dry next decade.
China may be outspending the US when it comes to industrial policy in sectors like electric vehicles and semiconductors, but America is winning on innovation where it can’t on price, according to one China expert.
Jay Powell’s colleagues spent the last week backing a stance the central bank chair hammered home at his last press conference: Interest rates will be staying higher for longer.
Washington is spending another $61 billion to help Ukraine. But most of the money will flow through the US economy first.
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumes Monday in Manhattan, where the prosecution will continue presenting its case.
Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari said interest rates will likely stay at current levels for an "extended period" and didn't rule out a hike if inflation stalls near 3%.
Donald Trump and his allies have made new tariffs a centerpiece of his potential second-term economic agenda. They are openly exploring legally untested options for making them a reality.
Test your knowledge of the policy positions of third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Americans are in a gloomy mood, but new research points out that a lot of imortant things are going right.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a social media post Sunday that the University of Texas would not meet the demands of student protesters.
The typical rules would suggest the former president should choose someone unlike himself to round out his ticket, but typical rules rarely apply to Trump.
Pro-Palestinian protests and encampments are springing up at numerous colleges, leading to arrests and heightened security concerns. Here’s what's happening.
Former President Donald Trump’s former campaign aide and White House communications director Hope Hicks testified Friday about her efforts to knock down negative stories about her boss during the 2016 campaign.
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumes Monday in Manhattan, where the prosecution will continue presenting its case.
It's the 10th day of the hush money trial.
The Federal Communications Commission made its official vote Thursday to reinstate net neutrality, which bars broadband providers from slowing or even blocking internet traffic to some sites while improving access to others that pay extra fees. With some changes and protections, passing the order titled Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet restores rules passed back during the Obama administration in 2015 and rolled back in 2017, after Donald Trump was elected president. Since the FCC announced in September that it would be pursuing this as a policy goal, it was more or less a fait accompli; there was no real reason why the Commission, split 3-2 in favor of the Democrats, would vote against it.
Up next: Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia, which are holding primaries on May 14, followed by Kentucky and Oregon on May 21.
Certain active-duty service members, veterans, and surviving spouses qualify for a VA funding fee exemption on their VA home loans. Find out if you’re exempt.
As India kicks off the world's biggest election, which starts on April 19 and runs through June 1, the electoral landscape is overshadowed by misinformation. The country -- which has more than 830 million internet users and is home to the largest user base for social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram -- is already at the highest risk of misinformation and disinformation, according to the World Economic Forum. Misinformation is not just a problem for election fairness -- it can have deadly effects, including violence on the ground and increase hatred for minorities.