COMING SOON,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X last month, “the first TRILLION dollar @DeptofDefense budget.” Thank ...

While there is no official count of how many workers have been laid off, it could surpass 100,000 workers, as USA TODAY previously reported. Who are the 3 million federal employees and what jobs ...

To underline the point, the chart below outlines changes in the Fed's projections (for both 2025 and 2026) from September to December. Policymakers have moved little in their projections for ...

Simply sign up to the US interest rates myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Federal Reserve is set to lower interest rates this week even as it charts a more gradual pace of cuts ...

Here’s a look at how some key economic indicators are faring: The mighty US consumer ... Last week, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s real-time GDP forecast projected the economy could ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has made it a top priority to dismantle and reorganize the federal Education Department. Simultaneously, he has promised time and again to keep the programs ...

Jasmine Laws is a US News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on health insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid, but she also writes about U.S. politics ...

The US stock market’s reaction to the Federal Reserve’s half-point interest rate cut suggests that all-time high fatigue is still in play. The S&P 500 Index failed to keep its gains after the ...