Government And Institutions

U.S. consumers increased their spending by a moderate amount in July, while income growth was propelled by the largest jump in wages and salaries in eight months.

The 2016 candidates for president react to the China sparked global market selloff. 

A cake shop owner is appealing a Colorado court’s decision that found him in violation of a law after he refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple due to religious beliefs.

A bipartisan group of Congressmen on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew demanding the government return money to small businesses that the IRS had wrongfully seized under federal asset forfeiture laws.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pledged to defend working families through policies such as lower taxes if Republican voters choose him as the GOP nominee.

Reforming the tax code and repealing ObamaCare and the Dodd-Frank banking reform bill are key priorities for the top Republican candidates for president.

Americans want jobs, they just need better opportunities, according to several Republican presidential candidates during the first GOP debate. 

The Senate on Thursday passed a three-month highway spending bill, a measure that allows Congress to avoid a cutoff of transportation funds set to occur on Saturday and give lawmakers time to develop the sort of multiyear package they haven't been able to pass in years.

Twitter isn’t doing enough to stop ISIS and other terrorists, FBI officials in Washington, D.C. tell FOX Business.                                                                

The growing scandal over hiring practices at the Federal Aviation Administration now includes a law suit which seeks to force the FAA to produce racial and demographic data regarding recently hired air traffic control candidates.  

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused the union that represents Border Patrol agents of bullying its members to pull out of hosting a visit by him to the U.S.-Mexican border in Texas on Thursday.

A House Oversight subcommittee hearing set for Thursday should provide more pushback to President Barack Obama’s claim on the 'Daily Show' that there was no IRS targeting of conservative nonprofits.

The Senate Finance Committee is reportedly planning to meet in the next two weeks to wrap up its report on its two-year probe into the IRS's targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups.

Judicial Watch Wednesday announced that IRS scrutiny of conservative groups went beyond tea party organizations and included higher profile groups, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Crossroads GPS, associated with former George W. Bush advisor Karl Rove.

Donald Trump’s financial disclosure form reveals plenty of details regarding the Republican presidential candidate’s personal fortune. What’s missing is how much he’s actually worth.

The U.S. government says identity theft protection company LifeLock spent years violating a $12 million settlement for misrepresenting the protection it provides for customers.

Dodd-Frank just turned five-years old today, but can the confetti and the hats and horns.

Wisconsin's attorney general on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, asking a federal judge if the state can drug test some food stamp recipients, a policy supported by Republican Governor Scott Walker, a presidential candidate.

Numerous state and local jurisdictions in the majority of U.S. states with immigration sanctuary policies released over 8,000 criminal aliens who were facing deportation during an eight-month period.    

The United States posted a budget surplus of $51.8 billion in June, down 27% from the same period last year, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday.