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Local financial institutions have pushed customers in recent days to speak out against a Treasury Department proposal that would require the IRS to track transactions valued at $600 or more, joining Republican lawmakers who have criticized the plan.

Optimism for transformational funding for the nation’s historically Black colleges was running high after the Biden administration included $45 billion for the schools in its massive multitrillion-dollar spending plan.

President Joe Biden told reporters Tuesday that it’s a “real possibility” Democrats could use a “nuclear option” to prevent Republicans from filibustering their plan to raise the debt ceiling.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the idea that the idea of minting a $1 trillion coin to avoid U.S. default is 'a gimmick' and she does not support it.

The White House expressed muted support for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday, the same day Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., ripped Powell in a scathing floor speech amid widening ethics concerns at the central bank.

President Joe Biden defended his "Build Back Better" spending plan in a Tuesday speech, insisting once again that he is a “capitalist” at heart and that his bill currently tied up in Congress is fully paid for.

Congressional Republicans have introduced legislation aimed at pushing back against Democrats' proposed IRS snooping

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Tuesday he is open to a social spending bill larger than $1.5 trillion, signaling the possibility that the moderate Democrat could soften his stance on the topline number following days of tense negotiations on President Biden’s signature piece of legislation.

President Biden is expected to stress the importance of his economic agenda to ensure the United States is competitive with China, while saying the passage of both the infrastructure bill and Democrats' reconciliation bill would give Americans a fair shot in the evolving 21st century economy.

The U.S. would have one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world under a Democratic proposal that would overhaul the nation's tax code.

FOX Business' Stuart Varney slams President Biden for blaming others for the messes he created.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a Tuesday interview on CNBC that a debt ceiling increase must happen, and refused to take the budget reconciliation process off the table to do it.

Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seized on Facebook’s massive outages Monday to call for the breakup of the company that she says is monopolizing the internet.

President Biden is meeting with House moderates in the 10 a.m. hour on Tuesday after a meeting with House progressives Monday.

There were a lot of theories about what role President Biden may take on late last week for a visit with House Democrats and how he would win them over to his big infrastructure bill and the social spending package.

'Kudlow' host Larry Kudlow criticizes Democrats and the president for their approach to negotiating future spending.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling on the SEC to launch investigations into trades by high level Federal Reserve officials.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday refused to say whether President Biden’s son Hunter had divested his 10% stake in a Chinese equity firm.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Monday that President Biden's Build Back Better agenda will cost nothing for Americans who make less than $400,000.

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban slammed Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Monday for demonizing the wealthy and argued that taxing unrealized gains “would be a disaster.”