Texas city faces second boil water notice in a year, residents ridicule 'third-world' conditions
The same plant suffered multiple failures last year when Winter Storm Uri hit Texas and caused problems with the power grid.
Used Mercedes-Benz trucks are selling for $62,705 more than new ones
Use car prices have been reaching new heights, and some models are selling for over 35% more than their new counterparts.
National debt tops $30 trillion
The U.S. national debt has hit a new milestone, topping $30 trillion for the first time.
Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed wasn't on list for infrastructure law funding
The Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed Friday morning ahead of President Biden's arrival in the Iron City was not known to be compromised and was not scheduled for maintenance via the federal infrastructure bill, according to government records.
Senate Democrats urge Biden to revive expired child tax credit
Top Senate Democrats on Wednesday urged President Biden to keep the expanded child tax credit payment as the "centerpiece" of a stalled tax and spending package as the White House looks to revive a narrower version of the Build Back Better bill.
Biden to meet with CEOs in push to salvage mega spending bill
President Biden will meet with the CEOs of 10 major corporations on Wednesday to promote the business benefits of his stalled spending bill as Democrats look to salvage parts of the package.
Clean Energy Corps hiring for largest Energy Dept. expansion, modeled on Green New Deal proposal
The Energy Department will have its largest bureaucratic expansion since it was established in 1977, using $62 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create a Clean Energy Corps.
Biden's first-year giveaways: What the US has spent or pledged to spend on infrastructure, COVID relief
President Biden's first year in office was full of plans – some realized, some not – to spend massive amounts of money in the name of causes, including pandemic relief, infrastructure and climate change.
White House looks to revive spending bill negotiations with Manchin
The White House is looking to restart negotiations with Sen. Joe Manchin on President Biden's sweeping social safety net and climate change package as Democrats eye the 2022 midterm elections.
States should act responsibly with surpluses
State and local governments are sitting on cash piles after fears about pandemic-related shortfalls were overblown.
Rand Paul releases report on rising inflation: 'It's only going to get worse'
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., released a new report Tuesday on the troubling effects of inflation on low and middle-income families as well as small businesses.
Monthly child tax credit to stop this weekend: What families should know
Millions of families who received a monthly payment from the IRS through the expanded child tax credit are facing their first month since July without cash from the federal program, even as inflation soars to the highest level in a generation.
US budget deficit in December narrows sharply from a year earlier
The U.S. government on Wednesday posted a roughly $21 billion budget deficit for December, the smallest monthly shortfall in nearly two years as the pandemic recovery fueled an increase in personal and corporate income tax receipts.
Congress exploring more COVID relief for small businesses as omicron surges
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has started exploring another round of coronavirus relief funding for small businesses as a surge of the highly contagious omicron variant threatens to unleash more economic havoc.
Chicago Teachers Union demands to know how Lightfoot is spending $2B in federal COVID relief for schools
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) wants to how money from President Biden's American Rescue Plan is being spent after it voted to close schools and go back to remote classes until the spike in COVID-19 cases "substantially subsides." When President Biden passed the American Rescue Plan in March 2021, Chicago received $1.8 billion in federal COVID-19 relief for the city's schools.
Virginia's snowy I-95 traffic jam invites call for better preparedness for the unexpected
Increased spending on public health preparedness and drilling for potential disaster response scenarios could help states like Virginia handle the next “unprecedented” storm or other calamity, according one expert.
Democrats look to salvage wreckage of Biden's spending plan in 2022
Democrats are kicking off the new year with hopes of salvaging the fragments of President Biden's signature economic spending plan, just weeks after key moderate Sen. Joe Manchin thrashed the party's hopes of passing the massive social spending and climate bill.
Will small businesses get omicron COVID relief money in 2022? Not without a partisan fight
When Congress comes back in January, the death of the "Build Back Better" bill might create an opening for legislators to address COVID relief for small businesses.
Sen. Blunt: US needs to cap inflation, child tax credit benefit
The U.S. has seen its highest levels of inflation in 39 years as consumer prices surge.
Dems look to salvage child tax credit after Manchin blows up Biden's spending bill
Democrats are making last-ditch efforts to save a key piece of their ambitious tax-and-spending bill, days after Sen. Joe Manchin torpedoed the $1.7 trillion package.


















