Wealthier consumers, boosted by strong gains in income, home equity and stock market wealth, have increasingly driven the ...

Military spending not only has national and global impacts, it affects the economy too. The United States spends more on the ...

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: Rising cooperation among ...

With only weeks before the November 5 election, here's how top economists assess the health of the U.S. economy.

The Federal Reserve (the Fed), an independent agency of the United States government, wields immense power over the nation's ...

The United States on Friday reported a budget deficit of $1.8 trillion for the past year, widening from 2023's level on ...

But Trump’s desire for high tariffs has been consistent. In an interview on Tuesday at the Economic Club of Chicago, he said, ...

Donald Trump has pledged to remove all undocumented immigrants from the U.S.—but such a policy could have a slew of ...

The Hill's recent battleground state surveys show a tight race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President ...

The candidates in the U.S. Senate race in Texas exchanged barbs during a debate Oct. 15, only weeks before the election. Here ...