Lifestyle and Budget

President Donald Trump is calling for a focus on mental health and school safety in response to shootings like the one that took 17 lives in Florida, but his budget would cut funding in both areas.

President Donald Trump's budget undercuts his call for a focus on mental health and school safety in response to shootings like the one that took 17 lives in Florida Wednesday.

___ US mortgage rates climb to a nearly 4-year peak WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped this week to their highest level in nearly four years.

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose for the sixth straight week to a nearly four-year high, a response to signs of rising inflation.

Fifty years after the federal Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in lending, African Americans and Latinos continue to be routinely denied conventional mortgage loans at rates far higher than their white counterparts.

Across America, a troubling pattern emerges in data analyzed by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting: Nearly two-thirds of mortgage lenders denied home loans for people of color at higher rates than for white people.

Several major corporations are rewarding employees and repatriating their overseas cash after the passage of tax reform.

People at high risk of serious complications include young children, pregnant women, people with chronic health conditions such as asthma and those 65 years or older.

Some Medicare beneficiaries would face higher prescription drug costs under President Donald Trump's budget even as the sickest patients save thousands of dollars, a complex trade-off that may make it harder to sell Congress on the plan in an election year.

Couples are still splitting over their views regarding the commander-in-chief, according to a study.

Made from the beans of ancient cacao trees in Ecuador, this confection may very well be the world’s most expensive sweet.

Highlights from President Donald Trump's budget for fiscal year 2019, released Monday.

Highlights from President Donald Trump's budget for fiscal year 2019.

President Donald Trump has sent Congress a proposal to spend $4.4 trillion in the 2019 budget year, which begins in October.

People who aren't rich or famous typically don't have prenuptial agreements, which are legal documents detailing who gets what in a divorce.

President Donald Trump makes big promises to reduce prescription drug costs, but his administration is gravitating to relatively modest steps such as letting Medicare patients share in manufacturer rebates.