Happy Friday! Or maybe not so happy, given the shockingly weak July jobs report out this morning, which added to questions about the state of the economy. We've got details on that below, but first we ...

Appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the war with Iran has cost an estimated $37.5 billion so far, though he provided few details ...

A federal judge on Monday ruled that President Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the illegal release of his personal tax records was an improper attempt to manipulate the legal process ...

The Trump administration is imposing new tariffs ranging from 10% to 12.5% on 60 major trading partners, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced Thursday. The tariffs will take effect at 12 ...

The federal government issued $49.2 billion in tariff refunds in June, the Treasury Department reported in its monthly statement released Monday. The refunds issued surpassed the $23.6 billion in ...

Buoyed by lower gas prices, U.S. consumer sentiment rose to a five-month high in early July, according to a popular survey from the University of Michigan. The preliminary reading of the Index of ...

House Republicans on Wednesday released their blueprint for a $95 billion party-line package they hope to pass this summer to fund the military and farm aid. The 47-page plan, a first step in ...

A sweeping veterans’ benefits bill was pulled from the House floor on Thursday before it could be brought to a vote. The Take Care of America’s Veterans Act includes more than 60 individual measures, ...

President Trump slapped tariffs of 50% on some Canadian goods Monday, just days after threatening to punish the country for allowing heavy wildfire smoke to drift into the United States. “Our air has ...

In rare testimony before the House and Senate appropriations committees, Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett told lawmakers Tuesday that they need millions more in funding for ...

Speaker Mike Johnson chalked up a series of wins on Wednesday as House Republicans skirted intraparty blowups and managed to pass a series of bills, including a $95 billion party-line budget blueprint ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death this weekend at age 71 has shocked official Washington and, combined with the prolonged absence of fellow Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell due to health problems, ...