Americans’ views of the economy worsened in September, according to recent data from Gallup. The survey giant found that only 20 percent of U.S. adults say economic conditions are “excellent” or “good.” Thirty-two percent said they are “only fair” and 48 percent say they are “poor.” Last month, 23 percent of respondents called economic conditions...

Young Americans increasingly need help to climb the first rung of the housing ladder. A graduated-payment mortgage is no solution to our housing crisis, but every little bit helps. 

The Biden administration intends to offer up just three chances for oil companies to bid for the right to drill offshore over the next several years — the fewest offshore lease sales in the history of the program. It announced the details of its long awaited offshore drilling plan for the years 2024 through 2029...

The White House warned on Friday that small businesses would miss out on $100 million a day in loans if there is a shutdown because Congress is unable to fund the government before a weekend deadline. Administration officials argued in a memo that a shutdown would have “devastating consequences for small businesses and needlessly undermine...

House Republicans on early Friday rolled out their new plan for a short-term spending bill that would stave off a government shutdown. The plan, dubbed the Spending Reduction and Border Security Act, would extend funding through the end of October, but impose across the board cuts of about 30 percent – with exemptions for national defense, the...

Iran barred one-third of all International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors from its nuclear facilities.

Former President Trump said late Thursday the Republican National Committee (RNC) should stop hosting debates and focus on combating "Election Interference & the Pennsylvania Voter Registration Scam." “I’m up 56 Points, so the Debates would seem to be a complete waste of time,” Trump, who skipped the first two GOP debates and reportedly plans to...

This wouldn’t have happened if the K-12 system had taken a more gradual approach to honing core skills.

A government shutdown is looking inevitable as Congress heads into the weekend without a funding plan lined up. Ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline, GOP opponents of the Senate’s bipartisan stopgap bill — which the chamber voted 76-22 Thursday to advance — are seeking to drag out the process beyond Sunday. Critics of the measure...

Lawmakers still have time – but not much – to avoid a government shutdown.