What we learned from Biden, Harris tax returns, according to experts

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris after Biden signed H.R. 55, the “Emmett Till Antilynching Act,” in Washingtonon March 29, 2022. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images...

Investing Can Help You Combat Your Debts

getty Key Takeaways According to New York Federal Reserve data, consumers ended 2021 with a record $15.6 trillion in debt The average household now owes $155,622, including balances on mortgages, cred...

Biden Reportedly Planning Another $800 Million In Military Aid To Ukraine

Topline President Joe Biden is planning to announce a new military aid package for Ukraine roughly the same size as the $800 million package approved last week, boosting total U.S. military assistance...

Federal Workers Can’t Sue Over Biden’s Vaccine Mandate, Appeals Court Says

Topline Federal workers who want to challenge President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate should turn to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), an agency created to protect the rights of federa...

More Democrats Criticize Biden For Plan To End Trump-Era Border Restrictions

Topline Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) on Monday became the latest Democrat to question President Joe Biden’s plan to phase out Title 42, a Trump-era public health policy that lets border agents rapidly e...

Nelson Peltz hosted Joe Manchin for fundraiser featuring Republican megadonors

Nelson Peltz, left, and Joe Manchin CNBC; Reuters Wall Street veteran Nelson Peltz hosted a $5,000 a plate fundraiser for Sen. Joe Manchin at the billionaire’s sprawling Florida estate last mont...

Biden’s Revival Of Oil Leasing Program Plays To Mixed Reviews

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 08: U.S. President Joe Biden hands a pen to Secretary of the Interior Deb … [+] Haaland after signing an executive order to expand the areas of three national monu...

‘We Are Not Sending The President To Ukraine’

Topline White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said there are no plans to send President Joe Biden to Ukraine, following speculation a senior U.S. official may visit the European country after other tr...

Biden to nominate Michael Barr as Fed bank regulator

President Joe Biden will nominate Michael Barr to be the Federal Reserve’s top regulator in charge of big banks. Barr, who served as assistant Treasury secretary for financial institutions durin...

How The Feds Are Causing High Gas Prices At The Pump

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 11: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily press … [+] briefing at the White House April 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. Psaki spoke about Preside...

White House focused on imposing Russia sanctions, Biden security advisor Sullivan says

Jake Sullivan, White House national security adviser, speaks during an interview at an Economic Club of Washington event in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | ...

How companies like Amazon, Nike and FedEx avoid paying federal taxes

The current United States tax code allows some of the biggest company names in the country to not pay any federal corporate income tax. In fact, at least 55 of the largest corporations in America paid...

Uninsured face testing, hospital bills after pandemic aid runs out

Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (...

Biden Accuses Russia Of Committing ‘Genocide’ In Ukraine For First Time

Topline President Joe Biden called Russia’s actions in Ukraine a “genocide” during a speech in Iowa on Tuesday, an allegation he reiterated while speaking to the media later that day, marking the firs...

Ex-Roger Stone Aide Reportedly Called On Extremists To ‘Descend On The Capitol’ Before Jan. 6

Topline Jason Sullivan, a right-wing communications specialist and former associate of Republican political consultant Roger Stone, held a call one week before the January 6 Capitol storming in which ...

Huge undersea cables to give UK, Germany first ever energy link

Onshore wind turbines in Germany. The NeuConnect project says the interconnector will enable Britain to “tap into the vast energy infrastructure in Germany, including its significant renewable e...

White House expects big price hikes in March CPI report

White House press secretary Jen Psaki answers questions during the daily briefing on March 09, 2022 in Washington, DC. Psaki answered a range of questions related primarily to Russia’s invasion ...

U.S. inflation could affect 2022 Senate midterms in Georgia, Arizona

Republican activists seek drivers’ attention as they work to register voters to their party at a gas station in Garden Grove, California, U.S., March 29, 2022.  Mike Blake | Reuters Matthew Rice...

There’s a growing interest in wealth taxes on the super-rich

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing on Feb. 23, 2021. Greg Nash | Pool | Reuters Americans increasingly favor a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. But despit...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has Covid, stood next to Biden

US President Joe Biden signs H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2022. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Ge...

Biden administration to launch long Covid research plan

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before receiving a second COVID-19 booster vaccination in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditor...

Climate change could cost U.S. $2 trillion each year by 2100: OMB

Dry cracked earth is visible in an area of Lake Powell that was previously underwater on March 28, 2022 in Page, Arizona. As severe drought grips parts of the Western United States, water levels at La...

Arizona farmers are slammed by water cuts in the West amid drought

Farmer Nancy Caywood stands in what once was an alfalfa field. The land is now fallow after her farm was cut off from accessing water from the San Carlos reservoir. Emma Newburger | CNBC CASA GRANDE, ...

As Oil Briefly Dips Below $100, Russia and Europe Play a Game of Chicken

U.S. oil prices briefly dipped below $100 barrel Friday, as President Joe Biden’s plan to release one million barrels a day of reserves began to have the desired effect. But it’s premature to start th...

Here’s where the jobs are for March 2022 — in one chart

As Covid restrictions eased, rebounds in the leisure and hospitality and business sectors helped to drive a strong March jobs report. The U.S. economy added more than 400,000 jobs in the final month o...

Approving Keystone pipeline won’t lower oil prices, says NEC Director Brian Deese

President Joe Biden‘s top economic advisor suggested Friday the White House is not rethinking its decision to cancel the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline in response to elevated crude and ...

Amid Spiking Gas Prices, Biden & California Democrats Propose Tax Hikes On Energy Suppliers

U.S. US President Joe Biden speaks at Long Beach City College. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times via … [+] Getty Images) Los Angeles Times via Getty Images High gas prices have prompted governor...

Biden to invoke Defense Production Act for EV battery materials

U.S. President Joe Biden announces the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as part of administration efforts to lower gasolin...

Why Biden’s billionaire minimum income tax may be a tough sell

Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., talks to reporters in Washington, Nov. 4, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Joe Biden has proposed a new tax on the ultra-wealthy as part of his 2023 federal budget, ...

How hackers and geopolitics could derail the planned energy transition

This image shows an onshore wind turbine in the Netherlands. Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images Discussions about the energy transition, what it means and whether it’s actually underwa...

Biden’s budget proposes tax hike on married filers over $450,000

President Joe Biden introduces his budget request for fiscal year 2023 on March 28, 2022 in Washington. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images President Joe Biden released his 2023 federal budget request on M...

Biden discusses proposed tax on ultra-rich and defense spending in 2023 budget

[The stream is slated to start at 2:45 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is scheduled to unveil his 2023 federal budget on Monday aft...