Congress should immediately act to preserve the Fed’s independence. Even waiting for this to play out in the courts will be ...

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point at its Wednesday meeting, the first rate cut this year, out of concern over the U.S.

In June of 2025, President Donald J. Trump directed US aircraft to drop 30,000 pound bombs on nuclear facilities in Iran. Some legislators in Congress and some media complained that this was a ...

The framers of the U.S. Constitution lived in an age of muskets and messengers, when war moved slowly and left time for Congress and the president to confer. But by giving Congress the power to ...

That's not a satellite? Reports of UAP (or UFOs) have been reported in the U.S. and around the world. We look at recent accounts.

Each week, in our Ask the Editor series, Joy Taylor, The Kiplinger Tax Letter Editor, answers questions on topics submitted by readers. This week, she’s looking at questions on what Congress will do ...

During the 2024 presidential campaign, “no taxes on tips” was the rare policy proposal that both Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump supported. Following yesterday’s ...

A government shutdown happens when Congress fails to pass funding bills or a stopgap measure to keep federal agencies operating.

The effect of that, in terms of the message it sends to the public, is that there are no costs involved in electing ...

Having rebranded the Department of Defense as the Department of War, the president is going on offense with the US military.

Congress is considering several bills that would provide more regulatory clarity to the emerging cryptocurrency industry and give investors more certainty about putting some of their portfolio into ...