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PoliticsThe federal government shed 385,000 employees last year. Now the Trump administration is on a blitz to hire Gen Z workers
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 31, 2026
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EconomyAmerica’s national debt borrowing binge means interest payments will rocket to $2 trillion a year by 2036, CBO says
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 11, 2026
Meet the first CEO of the IRS: A Jamie Dimon protégé facing a $5 trillion test this tax season
EconomyMeet the first CEO of the IRS: A Jamie Dimon protégé facing a $5 trillion test this tax season
By Shawn TullyJanuary 31, 2026
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EconomyAmerica’s $38 trillion national debt is so big the nearly $1 trillion interest payment will be larger than Medicare soon
By Shawn TullyJanuary 15, 2026
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RetailIt’s New Year’s Day 2026. What’s open and closed?
By Dave SmithJanuary 1, 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.
EconomyNo one’s happier about calls for a ‘back-seat’ Fed than Fed insiders who were targeted by the White House this year
By Eleanor PringleDecember 29, 2025
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RetailTrump just declared December 26th a national holiday. What’s open and closed?
By Dave SmithDecember 26, 2025
‘Cruel, unnecessary, and irresponsible’: Advocacy group slams Trump’s plan to garnish wages of student loan borrowers in default
Politics‘Cruel, unnecessary, and irresponsible’: Advocacy group slams Trump’s plan to garnish wages of student loan borrowers in default
By Annie Ma and The Associated PressDecember 23, 2025
Americans enjoy one refuge from inflation: The cheapest gas prices in years
EnergyAmericans enjoy one refuge from inflation: The cheapest gas prices in years
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressDecember 23, 2025
Medicaid paid more than $200 million to dead people, and Trump is rewriting privacy laws to fix it
PoliticsMedicaid paid more than $200 million to dead people, and Trump is rewriting privacy laws to fix it
By Fatima Hussein and The Associated PressDecember 23, 2025
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Big TechYou can make up to $200K working in Trump’s new ‘Tech Force’—and you don’t need a degree or work experience
By Dave SmithDecember 16, 2025
Elon Musk, wearing a black DOGE hat, looks forward. He is standing in the Oval Office.
PoliticsDOGE isn’t dead—it’s been absorbed into the bloodstream of the government, federal employees say
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 12, 2025
More than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’
AIMore than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’
By Nino PaoliDecember 2, 2025
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, appears to be the frontrunner to serve as the next Fed chair.
EconomyLongtime Trump advisor Kevin Hassett emerges as favorite for Fed chair, Bloomberg reports
By Nino PaoliNovember 26, 2025
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CommentaryOur governments have sold AI out to Big Tech
By Alexandra EbertNovember 24, 2025
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