The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year as it seeks to shore up economic growth ...

The Fed stayed course on its expected rate cut despite missing government data clouding the view of the economy amid the ...

A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from firing federal employees during ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left, talk with reporters in Statuary Hall on the third day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in ...

Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, G: Is it legal to fire furloughed federal workers during a shutdown? This question has prompted a fierce conversation, and ...

Even in the best of times, the Fed has a tough time interpreting the data and deciding how best to guide the US economy.

Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, Eli B.: What happens if essential federal workers don’t show up for work? Here is where we need to get to know the ...

World shares were mostly higher Wednesday ahead of an interest rate decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Japan’s benchmark ...

Virginia will elect its first woman as governor Tuesday as Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic U.S. Rep.