Politics and Your Finances

When I started my own business in South Carolina, I learned how hard it is to acquire capital. That chance at the American Dream should be open to every business

Personal finance expert say a few helpful tweaks to habits and behaviors, including the adoption of "loud budgeting," can help people save big in 2024.

Strive Asset Management is launching a new non-woke and anti-ESG 401(k) retirement plan that its CEO says will prioritize shareholder profits, unlike large investment companies.

The Biden administration and the FTC are hoping to crack down on "junk fees" that companies charge unknowing customers, including service charges or even undisclosed add-ons.

Biden has been crying wolf with warnings about budget defaults. Treasury still has the ability to prioritize its payments, so that’s not a realistic danger.

South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom is in hot water after admitting to a $3.5 billion accounting blunder over a decade. Lawmakers are recommending he be removed.

Winnie CEO and co-founder Sara Mauskopf details her experience in the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and why she is moving her company to other banks.

BlackRock says it will make no major policies on ESG investing, despite some pushback from Republican lawmakers who criticized the company's policies.

To bolster the hurricane insurance market in Florida, the Florida State legislature passed a landmark bill designed to reduce costs and protect residents.

Inspired by Margaret Thatcher’s free market economics, Liz Truss has insisted that growing the economy and tax cuts for businesses will benefit everyone.

Kansas construction company, Hall Brothers, owed millions over work done on roads in Vietnam, wants the U.S. government to intervene on its and others behalf.

Republican state financial officers from 27 states are demanding President Biden bolster domestic energy production as gas prices rise above $4 and $5 per gallon across the United States.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said Tuesday that he doesn’t see much long-term viability for cryptocurrencies, underscoring the importance of protecting investors in the market and bringing it under regulatory oversight.

This should be the best of times for low-wage workers, as pandemic-induced labor shortages force employers to sharply raise pay. Yet for many, it doesn’t feel that way, because those same disruptions have pushed inflation to near its highest rate in over a decade.

Alex Sanchez reacts to politicians in Washington blaming banks for economic consequences of overdraft fees.

The economy is improving and many COVID-era forbearance periods are coming to an end. What does that mean for your student loans?

As more locales are emerging from government lockdown mandates and more individuals are getting vaccinated, business should be booming.

Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow warned that President Biden's massive tax hike plan, particularly affecting capital gains, inheritances, and a cash injection to the Internal Revenue Service, will spell disaster for American workers and U.S. global competitiveness.

Tens of millions of low-income Americans are still waiting for their stimulus check to arrive weeks after President Biden signed into law the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plan to tax the net worth of the wealthiest Americans could reduce U.S. economic growth by 1.2% over the next 30 years, according to a new analysis published this week.