Government And Institutions

The European Union's anti-trust watchdog has launched a probe into whether Luxembourg might have broken state aid rules by giving tax breaks to French electricity group GDF Suez, which is now known as Engie.

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into possible antitrust violations by Chesapeake Energy Corp.

The Latest on a legislative hearing on New Jersey Transit following last month's fatal train crash (all times local): 11:20 a.m.

"Ask Brianna" is a Q&A column from NerdWallet for 20-somethings or anyone else starting out.

"Ask Brianna" is a Q&A column from NerdWallet for 20-somethings or anyone else starting out.

The federal government began its fiscal year with a deficit of $44.2 billion in October, a decrease from a year ago because the month started on a weekend.

President Donald Trump Monday formally pulled the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 12-nation trade agreement that was negotiated by Barack Obama and became a lightning rod for criticism in the 2016 election.

Stay in business for yourself or go back to working for someone else? That's the choice some small business owners and freelancers are worried they may have to make, depending on what changes Congress makes in the health care law.

President Trump delivered his first speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress, detailing his budget blueprint for the coming fiscal year which includes a $54 billion increase in defense spending, a large cut in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency -- and "no changes" to Social Security and Medicare.

President Donald Trump signed a revised travel ban Monday that will temporarily halt entry to the U.S. for people from six Muslim-majority nations who are seeking new visas, though allowing those with current visas to travel freely.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it had awarded $100 million to upgrade Flint, Michigan's drinking water infrastructure to address a crisis that exposed thousands of children to lead poisoning.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that he believes financial markets could improve "significantly" once they fully reflect the potential for U.S. economic growth from President Donald Trump's economic policies.

President Trump says the search for a new FBI director is moving rapidly.

Healthcare, tax reform and infrastructure now hang in the balance after the firing of FBI director James Comey.

A deep dive in a higher minimum wage is not so simple when it comes to jobs.

The number of terrorist attacks worldwide and deaths from such attacks dropped in 2016 for the second straight year, driven by decreases in Afghanistan, Syria, Nigeria, Pakistan and Yemen, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a bill allowing the Food and Drug Administration to continue collecting fees from drug companies to review new product applications.

U.S. emergency management officials said on Monday they were expediting federal resources to Texas to help with rescue efforts after Hurricane Harvey swamped coastal areas of the state and forced 30,000 people to seek refuge in temporary shelters.

Why South Korea is one of our favorite places to invest, despite the North Korea headlines.

The conservative watchdog organization Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice Friday, requesting documents related to former FBI Director James Comey’s controversial June Senate testimony.