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Medicare, the health insurance program for older Americans, would cover dental, vision and hearing under a massive $3.5 trillion budget blueprint reached by Democrats this week that would vastly expand the government-funded social safety net.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin announced Thursday that an 18-year-old would be the first paying customer to fly onboard its New Shepard suborbital rocket — and the youngest person to ever go to space.

Former Reagan economist Art Laffer argued on Thursday that President Biden’s policies are preventing the U.S. economy from making a post-pandemic comeback.

In an effort to bolster security efforts, the State Department has announced a Rewards for Justice program. The reward payments may include cryptocurrency.

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, the son of a Cuban immigrant, blasted President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for their leadership that is “completely absent” during the protests in Cuba.

The first installment of the new child tax credit will begin to hit the bank accounts of an estimated 39 million parents Thursday, and President Biden hailed the payments as one of the most consequential achievements of his presidency.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday defended the U.S. central bank's decision to keep in place the ultra-easy policy measures implemented last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as inflation surges to the highest level in 13 years.

Some Republican lawmakers worry Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic is too focused on his “woke” agenda as inflation rages at levels not seen in decades.

As the new child tax payments go out to millions of families across the U.S., here's everything you need to know including how much you should get, when you will get it, how to make changes and what to do if you're not eligible.

Democrats see this as a landmark program along the same lines as Social Security, saying it will lead to better outcomes in adulthood that will help economic growth. But many Republicans warn that the payments will discourage parents from working and ultimately feed into long-term poverty.

The Biden administration has hired a student loans expert who believes the Education Secretary has the legal authority to forgive student debt under executive order. Here's what that means for your college debt.

The Biden administration is beginning to distribute expanded child tax credit payments, giving parents on average $423 this month, with payments continuing through the end of the year.

Former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman provides insight into how the Biden administration should approach Iran.

President Biden on Thursday will host a meeting at the White House with German Chancellor Angela Merkel where the pair is expected to discuss a host of issues including cybersecurity and climate change.

The White House will establish a ransomware task force in the coming days following hacks that crippled key firms responsible for U.S. fuel and meat production.

Larry Kudlow says Democrats do not care about growth and slams 'woke economics' in his monologue.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the central bank was advancing research and public outreach regarding its own digital dollar – and a white paper could be released this fall.

The top Republican on the House Financial Service Committee on Wednesday threw his weight behind the renomination of Jerome Powell to a second, four-year term as the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

FOX Business reporter Connell McShane joined "Varney & Co." Wednesday from hazy Morrison, Colorado, a small town reeling from several massive fires plaguing the state this week.

Republicans were quick to condemn Democrats' new $3.5 trillion budget plan as too big and detrimental to the economic recovery.