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Trump fired the top jobs data official after a weak report. What does that mean for facts and the future of public trust?
Trump’s “big beautiful bill” aims to boost the economy, but experts say it could have the opposite effect in many places.
Indiana lost 2,600 factory jobs since tariffs began. Trump's response? Fire the statistician who reported the bad news.
The Central Database of Civil Service Federal Integrated Board (CDCFIB) has revealed a staggering 1,910,539 applications for ...
Congress defunded adult education programs in July then reversed course two weeks later. But that money still has not reached ...
The Federal Reserve resisted pressure from the White House on July 30 and left its policy rate unchanged. It was the right ...
The cost of living in America is projected to rise because of President Trump’s latest round of tariffs and that’s a political problem for the president and Republican lawmakers in Washington, who ...
Americans' primary oversight entities—rather than rooting out waste and misconduct—now are poised to be rubber stamps for whatever administration is in power.
The dollar edged lower but stuck within a tight trading range as investors await U.S. CPI inflation data on Tuesday.
U.S. stock futures climbed on Monday ahead of a busy week filled with important economic reports that could shape the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions in the months ahead. Meanwhile, ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics needs to turn to real-time information as its surveys increasingly go unanswered.
The odds that the Federal Reserve will issue its first rate cut in several months at their next meeting are looking pretty good right now.