Tens of thousands of lower-income people of a certain age rely on federal help for food and housing, among other things.

Congress gave federal workers the right to organize and bargain collectively, finding it in the public interest. Now Trump ...

The plan gets more complicated than that and addresses other issues, but the main point is that the Republican proposal is a ...

After months of contending with the Trump administration’s multipronged effort to downsize the federal workforce, government ...

President Trump wants to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits, but experts say the move could backfire.

Saranac Lake Central School District Board Member Tori Thurston has been advocating for universal free school meals ever since she got on the board in 2022. Every year for the last three years, the ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic lawmakers said they’ll likely return to Albany later this year and reopen the state budget ...

The Fed is still sitting pat on interest rates, and it's unclear what's in store for the rest of 2025. That means you still ...

Despite pressure from President Donald Trump to slash interest rates, the Federal Reserve was expected to stick to its ...

Interest rates for credit cards to mortgages jumped since the Fed began fighting inflation in 2022. Here's where experts ...

The Fed meets eight times a year to assess the health of the US economy and vote on the federal funds rate, the rate banks ...