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The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

Financial Regulator Proposes Anti-Foreclosure Rules

Published Jul 10, 2024

Phillip Swagel, director of the Congressional Budget office, during an interview in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. The cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts enacted under President Donald Trump has expanded to $3.8 trillion over ten years, putting a massive price tag on what is likely to be a top issue in Washington next year, according to new estimates from Congress's fiscal scorekeeper.

Budget Watchdog: Deficit Is On ‘Daunting’ Trajectory

Published Jul 09, 2024

Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States Jerome Powell speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress at the U.S. Capitol on July 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. Powell in earlier remarks was quoted, âwe want to be more confident that inflation is moving sustainably down toward 2% before we start the process of reducing or loosening policy.â

Fed Chair Powell is Getting Equally Worried About The Job Market And Inflation

Published Jul 09, 2024

President Joe Biden speaks at a science and technology museum in Syracuse, N.Y., in April.

Biden Administration Announces $504M in Funding for 12 'Tech Hubs'

Published Jul 02, 2024

Regulators Fine Silvergate Bank For Misleading Investors in FTX-Linked Case

Taylor Tompkins

Published Jul 01, 2024

US President Joe Biden, right, and former US President Donald Trump during the first presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Thursday, June 27, 2024.

How 4 Key Economic Issues Were Addressed in the First Presidential Debate

Taylor Tompkins

Published Jun 28, 2024

The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.

Supreme Court Limits SEC's Power To Decide on Civil Penalties for Fraud Cases

Mrinalini Krishna

Published Jun 27, 2024

The Federal Reserve building in Washington

Banks Pass Federal Reserve's Stress Test But Aren't As Strong As Last Year

Published Jun 26, 2024

US President Joe Biden speaks about student loan relief at Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 8, 2024

Court Order Partly Blocking SAVE Plan Leaves Student Loan Borrowers In Limbo—Again

Published Jun 25, 2024

Microsoft Teams Bundling May Have Violated Antitrust Law, EU Says

Published Jun 25, 2024

A teacher with children

Biden Administration Moves To Forgive Preschool Teachers' Student Loans

Published Jun 20, 2024

Adobe Charged by Federal Officials With Deceiving Customers

Updated Jun 17, 2024

President Joe Biden in a press conference at the White House, May 2024

What Is Joe Biden's Net Worth?

Hiranmayi Srinivasan

Published Jun 17, 2024

X (Formerly known as Twitter) being shown on a person's iPhone screen among other social media apps

Surgeon General Calls for Social Media Warning Labels to Protect Children

Published Jun 17, 2024

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks on medical debt in the South Court Auditorium of the White House on April 11, 2022, in Washington, D.C

Biden Administration Proposes Wiping Medical Debt from Credit Records

Published Jun 11, 2024

Rohit Chopra, director of the CFPB, testifies during the House Financial Services Committee hearing "The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection," in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

CFPB To Create Public Record of Financial Company Wrongdoing

Published Jun 03, 2024

A couple signing a document

CFPB To Probe Home Sale Closing Costs

Published May 30, 2024

People use IRS Direct File at the Internal Revenue Service Building on April 05, 2024 in Washington, DC.

The IRS Is Offering A Way To File Your Federal Income Taxes For Free, For Real, Forever

Published May 30, 2024

President Donald J. Trump shakes hands with Former vice president Joe Biden as Former president Barack Obama looks on at the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2017.

National Debt Likely to Grow No Matter Who Wins US Presidential Election

Published May 24, 2024

Rows of car at the Changan Automobile Distribution Center in Chongqing, China, on May 19, 2024

China May Impose Tariffs on Car Imports, Business Group Says

Fatima Attarwala

Published May 22, 2024

US President Joe Biden, center, signs orders that increase tariffs on China during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Biden is hiking tariffs on a wide range of Chinese imports, including semiconductors, batteries, solar cells, and critical minerals, in an election-year bid to bolster domestic manufacturing in critical industries.

Biden White House Is on an Economic Regulation Spree

Published May 17, 2024

View of a construction site of a housing project in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province of China.

China Rolls Out Strong Measures To Fix Broken Housing Market

Fatima Attarwala

Published May 17, 2024

Sprinklers water the lawn in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday morning, April 29, 2024.

Government’s Consumer Watchdog Agency Fends Off Supreme Court Challenge

Published May 16, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2024

Biden Levies Sweeping Tariffs on Chinese Chips, Solar Cells, EVs

Fatima Attarwala

Published May 14, 2024

A composite image shows the White House, President Joe Biden and Presidential Candidate Donald Trump looming over the Federal Reserve building.

What Would Happen If The Federal Reserve Answered To The President?

Published May 11, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House.

Biden to Announce $3.3 Billion Microsoft Investment for AI Data Center

Published May 08, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden leaving the White House

Biden Cancels $6.1 Billion in Debt for Students Misled By The Art Institutes

Published May 01, 2024

People use IRS Direct File at the Internal Revenue Service Building on April 05, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Nearly 141,000 People Filed Taxes Online Directly With IRS This Year

Published Apr 26, 2024

Tesla cars in San Bruno, California, on Feb. 2, 2024

Tesla Being Investigated Over Concerns About Autopilot Recall Fix

Published Apr 26, 2024

The Micron Technology offices in San Jose, California, on April 18, 2024

Micron Set to Receive $6.1B in CHIPS Act Funding to Build Plants in New York, Idaho

Fatima Attarwala

Published Apr 25, 2024

FTC headquarters in Washington D.C.

New FTC Rule Bans Employee Non-Compete Clauses In Contracts

Updated Apr 24, 2024

The home page of the social media application TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone on April 24, 2024

Biden Expected To Sign Into Law Bill Forcing Chinese Owner To Sell TikTok or Face Ban

Fatima Attarwala

Published Apr 24, 2024

Customers wait in line to drop baggage off at a Spirit Airlines check-in counter at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on April 10, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

Airline 'Junk Fees' Can No Longer Fly Under the Radar, New Rule Says

Taylor Tompkins

Updated Apr 24, 2024

Gina Raimondo, US commerce secretary, during a trilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden,

Commerce Secretary Raimondo Downplays Huawei’s Latest Phone Chip

Fatima Attarwala

Published Apr 22, 2024

US President of the United States Joe Biden delivers remarks on student debt and lowering costs for Americans at Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin, United States on April 8, 2024.

Biden Administration Forgives $7.4 Billion More in Student Loans

Published Apr 12, 2024

US President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Madison, Wisconsin, US, on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Who Will Get Forgiveness Under Biden's New Student Loan Proposal?

Updated Apr 09, 2024

Janet Yellen

Yellen Says US Will 'Underscore' Need for China to Shift Course

Fatima Attarwala

Published Apr 08, 2024

A screenshot of the IRS Direct File tool.

What's the Early Reaction to the New IRS Free Online Tax Filing Service?

Updated Mar 28, 2024

The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2024. The US House of Representatives voted March 22 to approve a sprawling $1.2 trillion package to fund the government, provoking an angry response from conservatives and kicking off a race against the clock in the Senate to ensure the lights stay on past a midnight deadline.

Nearly Six Months Into Fiscal Year, Congress Approves a Spending Bill

Taylor Tompkins

Published Mar 23, 2024

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building stands on April 15, 2019 in Washington, DC.

IRS Direct File Program Officially Opens For Business

Updated Mar 12, 2024

US President Joe Biden, center, speaks during a State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 7, 2024.

4 Key Economic Takeaways From the State of the Union Address

Updated Mar 08, 2024

President Joe Biden listens to remarks during a meeting with his Competition Council in the State Dining Room of the White House on March 5, 2024.

Biden Calls for $10,000 Tax Credits for First-Time Homebuyers and Starter Home Sellers

Published Mar 07, 2024

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 7, 2024.

Senators Grill Federal Reserve Chair Powell On Interest Rates, Immigration

Published Mar 07, 2024

US President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) inÃÂ Bethesda, Maryland, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14 2023.

Biden Calls On Lawmakers To Lower Cost of Prescription Drugs

Published Mar 06, 2024

A woman taps a credit card at a store counter

Your Credit Card Late Fees May Come Down to $8

Published Mar 05, 2024

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2023.

What Economic Talk To Expect from the State of the Union

Updated Mar 05, 2024

Representative Scott Perry, a Republican from Pennsylvania, left, speaks to members of the media while arriving for a House Republican caucus meeting at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.

Congress Passes Yet Another Stopgap Bill To Avert Government Shutdown

Published Feb 29, 2024

Cars at port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China.

US Opens Probe Into Chinese Smart Cars, Auto Technology on National Security Concerns

Fatima Attarwala

Published Feb 29, 2024

A customer loads his truck after shopping at a Kroger grocery store on September 09, 2022 in Houston, Texas.

FTC Sues To Block $24.6B Kroger-Albertsons Merger

Published Feb 26, 2024

An H & R Block tax preparation office is seen on Flatbush Avenue on February 06, 2024 in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City.

FTC Targets H&R Block For Deleting Customer Tax Prep Data

Published Feb 23, 2024

A man doing taxes

Some Taxpayers Will Get To File Online Directly To The IRS Soon

Published Feb 22, 2024

College students study around a table with laptops.

Student Loan Borrowers With Smaller Loans Have $1.2 Billion In Debts Forgiven

Published Feb 21, 2024

Dr. Elizabeth Maziarka reads a blood pressure gauge during an examination of patient June Mendez at the Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Medicaid Roll Purge Pushes More People to 'Obamacare'

Updated Feb 16, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden speaking at a meeting.

The US Is Investing $5B in Chip R&D—Here's What You Need to Know

Published Feb 09, 2024

A sign for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters

Texting Employees Cost 16 More Financial Firms $81 Million In Fines

Published Feb 09, 2024

Stressed man at a computer

Education Department Sends Staff To Help Colleges Fix FAFSA Mess

Published Feb 05, 2024

US President Joe Biden leaves after speaking about lowering prescription drug costs at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on December 14, 2023.

Medicare To Begin Price Negotiations Over 10 Commonly Prescribed Drugs

Published Feb 01, 2024

Two teenage boys studying together, sitting at a table in a library.

FAFSA Student Aid Timeline Delayed, Complicating College Acceptance Process

Published Jan 31, 2024

A 2022 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee

What Happens Inside the Fed Meetings Where Decisions on US Interest Rates are Made?

Updated Jan 29, 2024

A screenshot of a form on the IRS's new Direct File website currently in testing

Why You Might Want To Wait Until March To File Your Taxes This Year

Published Jan 26, 2024

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at an event.

FTC Opens Inquiry Into Microsoft, Google & Amazon, Over OpenAI & Anthropic Partnerships

Published Jan 25, 2024

A woman shopping online with a card

CFPB Seeks To Prevent Banks From Charging 'Abusive' Fee on Instantly Declined Transactions

Published Jan 24, 2024

A family eating dinner in a greenhouse

What the Proposed Expansion of the Child Tax Credit Means For You

Published Jan 23, 2024

Snow covers the White House grounds January 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. This afternoon, U.S. President Joe Biden will hold an event with bipartisan mayors attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting at the White House.

Biden Signs Deal Funding Government Through March, Averting Shutdown

Published Jan 19, 2024

Biden delivering remarks on student debt cancellation October 4, 2023.

Biden Forgives $4.9 Billion Student Loans for 73,600 Borrowers

Fatima Attarwala

Published Jan 19, 2024

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