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Federal Dollars Drive Huge Drop in Poverty
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Do or Die Time for Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan
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No Hiring Boom in States That Cut Unemployment Aid
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Fauci’s Billion-Dollar Plan to Fight the Next Pandemic
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Dems Embrace a Budget ‘Gimmick’
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As Millions Face Eviction, Just 6.5% of Emergency Aid Has Been Distributed
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Republicans Tee Up a Debt Ceiling Showdown
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Dems Eye Major Medicare Expansion
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Schumer’s Trillion-Dollar Gamble
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6 Things You Should Know About the New Child Tax Credit
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Schumer Rushes Unwritten Spending Package to a Vote
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Dems' Massive $3.5 Trillion Spending Deal
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Infrastructure Plans Hit Major Roadblock: Deficit Concerns
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Why Biden Fired the Head of Social Security
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Economy Roars in Second Quarter, Recovers Pandemic Losses
With another impressive period of growth in the second quarter, the economy has recouped its recessionary losses and now exceeds its pre-pandemic size, the Commerce Department announced Thursday. But...
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Infrastructure Bill Moves Forward, but Bumpy Road Ahead
Step One is complete. The Senate voted 67-32 Wednesday night to open debate on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, with 17 Republicans joining all Democrats in voting to advance the package. The vote...
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Fed Says Economy Still Improving
The economy continues to strengthen but still has a way to go before hitting the Fed’s employment and inflation targets, Federal Reserve officials said Wednesday. “We’re not there,” Fed Chair Jerome...
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An Infrastructure Deal, for Real This Time
It’s been 34 days since President Joe Biden emerged from the White House flanked by a group of senators and announced that they had a bipartisan deal on an infrastructure package. On Wednesday, after...
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Biden Meets With Sinema as Senators Signal Progress on Snarled Infrastructure Deal
President Joe Biden met Tuesday with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), the lead Democratic negotiator on the teetering bipartisan infrastructure deal, as senators involved in the talks said that they had...
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A $2 Billion Security Deal That Includes Funding for the Capitol Police
On a day when all eyes were on members of the U.S. Capitol Police testifying in Washington, senators from opposite sides of the aisle said they had reached a deal on an emergency security bill that...
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No Hiring Boom in States That Cut Unemployment Benefits Early: Analysis
In an effort to speed jobless workers’ return to employment, 20 Republican-led states reduced unemployment benefits in mid-June. But according to a new analysis, those states did not see a boom in...
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Infrastructure Talks at Risk of Collapse as They Reach ‘Critical Moment’
Today was supposed to be the day. Negotiators scrambling to finalize a bipartisan infrastructure agreement had hoped to settle their remaining differences by Monday. Instead, the talks hit another...