Federal Reserve Chair Powell's renomination may or may not happen, Sen. Sherrod Brown says
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s future as head of the central bank remains in doubt this week, with Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, noting Powell may or may not be re-nominated when President Biden unveils his Fed nominees in the coming days.
Facebook teeming with lies about elections, US Census, internal study shows
A whopping 20% of US Facebook users have seen content that discourages or interferes with them participating in elections, according to a 2019 survey of 3,000 users.
Kudlow: Democratic tax policy wants to soak successful individuals and businesses
Larry Kudlow shares his thoughts on wealth tax
Biden team deploys Yellen to sell Democrats' economic agenda
The Biden administration is dispatching Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to pitch White House spending initiatives and quell growing public unrest about the state of the U.S. economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump tax cuts poised to stay intact in Democrats' signature spending bill
President Biden campaigned on a promise to roll back the bulk of Republicans' 2017 tax law but appears unlikely to achieve that as part of his signature economic spending plan amid pushback from centrist lawmakers in his own party.
Pelosi schedules reconciliation hearing without bill text, or even framework
Democrats are moving ahead with a hearing on their reconciliation bill -- before they've even come to an agreement on what to put in it.
Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene loads up on Digital World Acquisition Corp. shares
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is throwing her support behind former President Trump’s Digital World Acquisition Corp.
How would the new billionaire income tax work?
Democrats are considering a groundbreaking new tax on billionaires and other ultra-high earners in order to pay for the bulk of President Biden's signature economic spending plan.
Democrats explode in frustration over stalled reconciliation spending spree: 'It's the effing progressives'
President Biden leaves the U.S. for a climate summit Thursday, but Democrats appear poised to miss an end-of-month deadline to agree on reconciliation and pass infrastructure -- just like they did last month.
Government assistance policies leading to massive workforce exodus: study
Government programs and policies are exacerbating a decadeslong workforce exodus, with Americans becoming increasingly disconnected from the job market, according to a new analysis published Wednesday by the Joint Economic Committee Republicans.
Democrats' out of control spending will wreck our food supply: Rep. Bruce Westerman
While Democrats fight each other to spend nearly $5 trillion, farmers and producers understand what effect such reckless, out of control spending will have on our food supply.
Senate Dems release corporate minimum tax proposal for spending bill
Senate Democrats unveiled more details Tuesday about their proposal to implement a 15% minimum tax on corporate profits as part of their efforts to cover the cost of President Biden’s expansive social spending bill.
Cathie Wood, Elon Musk weigh in on Jack Dorsey hyperinflation tweet
In a lengthy Twitter thread, Wood argues that the price increases impacting consumers should wind down after the holiday season due to three sources of deflation.
White House cites oil 'supply issues' amid gas price surge, promises more pressure on OPEC
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the Biden administration will continue pressuring OPEC members to boost oil production as gas prices reach their highest level in a decade.
Varney: Biden team in 'crisis mode' ahead of Glasgow summit
FOX Business' Stuart Varney, during his latest "My Take" on "Varney & Co.," argued the Biden team is in "crisis mode" ahead of the climate summit Glasgow.
Manchin says controversial IRS bank-account monitoring plan likely out of final spending bill
Sen. Joe Manchin said Tuesday that a deeply controversial proposal that would force banks to turn over most customers' account information to the Internal Revenue Service will likely be dropped from Democrats' final tax and spending bill, even after the White House agreed to narrow the scope of the plan.
Oil billionaire schools Biden on gas prices: ‘It’s all about economics 101’
Continental Resources Chairman and founder Harold Hamm criticizes the Biden administration for "censuring" the oil industry amid renewable energy transition.
Treasury Department hires first 'counselor for racial equity'
The Treasury Department hired a former JPMorgan Chase executive to lead the agency's new program aimed at combating racial inequality issues in banking and other financial services industries.
Key House Democrat skeptical of billionaire tax, calls it 'challenging' to implement
A top House Democrat threw doubt on a new Senate plan to tax the unrealized capital gains of billionaires and other ultrahigh earners, arguing the proposal may be too complicated to implement.
Reconciliation bill: GOP Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt says 'no one voted for' economic transformation
Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt says he believes Democrats' "transformational" reconciliation bill could help him win his race.



















