U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) introduced a bill Tuesday with U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) to raise the federal ...

Millions of older Americans get the bulk of their retirement income from Social Security. As a result, many seniors are eager ...

Ultraconservative Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill with Sen. Peter Welch to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Budget cuts might be necessary, but Congress should prioritize raising revenue, too.

Maryland’s new tech tax is the largest source of new, recurring revenue that lawmakers have passed in years. It takes effect ...

"The sum cost to taxpayers is probably over a billion dollars...and if that's government efficiency, then I'm the man in the ...

The Senate’s draft budget bill would cut Medicaid for older adults more deeply than the House version. It would scrap a Biden ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered an even larger number during a June 19 briefing, saying the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers "found that the One Big Beautiful Bill will ...

Arizona House Republicans are attempting to increase their daily expense pay from $35 to $215. This proposed increase is a 514% raise and circumvents voter-approved stipulations on legislative pay ...

The U.S. economy is mostly in good shape but that isn’t saving Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell from a spell of angst.

If the Fed cuts interest rates later this year, savings and CD yields will likely fall too. Here’s what the central bank is ...

The House wants to raise the SALT deduction cap, which would help wealthy Californians pay less in federal taxes. The Senate disagrees.