Happy Tuesday! Six states are holding primary elections today: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania. One of the most closely watched races is the most expensive House primary ...

The annual inflation rate jumped to 3.8% in April as soaring fuel prices began to work their way through the U.S. economy, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Tuesday. The annual ...

The cost of the war with Iran has risen to about $29 billion, a top Pentagon official told Congress Tuesday at House and Senate hearings on the Defense budget. The estimate, provided by acting ...

McDonald's just reported its first quarter financial results on April 20. The global fast food chain generated $6.54 billion during the period and delivered earnings per share of $1.23. Global ...

Standing behind a podium in the Rose Garden, President Bill Clinton delivered a bold prediction 20 years ago. “Well ahead of the most ambitious schedule, America has balanced the budget,” he declared.

Opinions about tax policy are divided in the U.S. along fairly predictable partisan lines, with Republicans typically expressing preferences for lower taxes compared to Democrats, but how do those ...

To compile this Fiscal Health Index, we looked at 116 U.S. cities with populations greater than 200,000, using data from 2015 financial reports issued by the cities themselves. Our scoring system is ...

The Trump administration has redirected $1.25 billion from the State Department to President Trump’s Board of Peace, according to a report in Semafor Thursday. The money was intended to fund disaster ...

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation. I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign ...

The Pentagon has announced that it is providing financial assistance to defense contractors who have been hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, Defense One reports. The Defense Department said this week ...

President Obama vetoed a bill last week that would have limited the taxpayer money spent on expense accounts for former presidents. The bill, titled the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act and ...

Americans feel worse about the economy than they have in more than 70 years. The University of Michigan said Friday that its measure of consumer sentiment sank about 11% this month to reach the lowest ...