The stock market closed to books on a winning year on Friday despite earlier recession fears. “2023 may go down in history as the year that defied all odds,” Kelly Milligan, co-founder of Quorum Private Wealth, told The Hill. “At the end of 2022, nearly every expert at the major banks predicted a recession and/or...

The Houthi rebel group in Yemen has almost completely shut down a key shipping route in the Red Sea, costing the global economy and setting up a huge challenge for the White House. The relentless Houthi attacks on merchant vessels and commercial boats pushed several of the world’s largest shipping companies to cancel transits through the Red Sea. Oil-producing...

Political winners were hard to come by in 2023. At home, congressional dysfunction and toxic partisanship dominated. Overseas, in Ukraine and the Middle East, grave conflicts posed big challenges to the United States. The signature political accomplishments, such as they were, tended to be centered on the avoidance of disaster. A U.S. default was headed...

California Senate candidate and MLB legend Steve Garvey is looking to represent everyone and bring stability to a "dysfunctional Washington" while brushing off his opposition.

The year 2023 was not short of political drama. Here is a look back at some of the most prominent scandals that rocked Washington, D.C., and the country.

Former President Trump is forced to tackle competing calendars in the 2024 presidential election with critical early state primary election days and trial dates.

Embattled former Biden administration official Sam Brinton is ending 2023 without having to serve any jail time despite numerous charges of baggage thefts.

Next year is a presidential election year, but this year was consequential too. Many of the storylines of 2023 will have a huge impact on 2024. Below, we have compiled the top 10 editorials of the year gone by to help you remember what has set the stage for the year to come.

NEW YORK (AP) — The confetti has been tested for airiness. The giant numerals – 2 0 2 4 – are in place. And the luminous ball, bedazzled with 2,688 crystal triangles, is fixed to the pole from which it makes its 60-second descent at 11:59 p.m. With throngs of revelers set to usher in the new year under...