The Federal Reserve is projecting a single interest rate cut of a quarter-percent this year, down from three quarter-point cuts as predicted in March, according to the central bank’s latest summary of economic projections. The Fed's expected annual inflation rate for 2024 rose to 2.6 percent from 2.4 percent as core inflation — which removes...

  Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  Trump, GOP make inroads in Silicon Valley Former President Trump took to the Democratic bastion of San Francisco last week to meet with a growing cohort of conservative technology executives, as the GOP appears to be making inroads in traditionally deep...

Spending in the retail and airline sectors saw a boost last month as inflation hit a plateau and consumer prices evened out, according to a new analysis. According to the U.S. Mastercard SpendingPulse report for May, published Wednesday, U.S. total retail sales — not including auto — grew online by 7.8 percent and in store...

Women under 50 with mental health issues are nearly twice as likely to develop cardiovascular risk factors.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates at a 23-year high Wednesday as its battle to bring down inflation drags deeper into 2024. The announcement follows a two-day meeting of the central bank’s monetary policy committee, which raised borrowing rates from near zero in March 2022 to a range of 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent as...

As opposed to another temporary, short-term patch, the committee is interested in reforms that create long-term stability for Medicare. 

Culture war amendments that could be added to the House’s mammoth annual defense bill threaten to turn the normally bipartisan measure into a partisan one, potentially complicating its path to final approval and creating headaches for GOP leaders down the line. The House will vote this week on whether to attach those amendments to the...

Children who are in residential treatment facilities are at risk for sexual and emotional abuse, physical restraint and overmedication, a new Senate report found. The report, conducted by the Senate Committee on Finance and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, was created after an investigation examined allegations of abuse and neglect at...

U.S. Park Police say they are investigating “criminal activity" after thousands of anti-Israel agitators descended on Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square over the weekend.

FOX Business' Hillary Vaughn confronted Democratic lawmakers about the eight ISIS-linked suspects arrested after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.