China’s economy is still growing, but it’s most recently reported growth rate is slower than the nation has seen in quite some time.
In a move it had been telegraphing for the better part of a year, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since July 2006.
The election of an anti-austerity government in Portugal is raising some concerns.
John Boehner let loose on the “false prophets” on the right yesterday, and he’s absolutely right.
House Democrats defied President Obama on an important trade deal today, thus arguably marking the official beginning of his lame duck status.
Just one day into the new Congress, the first confrontation is already set.
Sen. Charles Schumer says Democrats made a mistake by concentrating on getting health care reform passed instead of on fixing the economy.
2014 was not supposed to be a wave election, but it clearly qualifies as one.
President Obama has appointed an “Ebola Czar,” but it’s unclear why we need one when there are already people who are supposed to be in charge of the Ebola response.
A good law has one rather silly unintended consequence.
A Federal Appeals Court has rejected a challenge to Obamacare based on a somewhat obscure provision of the Constitution.
How the richest man in the world quickly changed the education curriculum in 45 states.
The May Jobs Report was fairly good, and it marks the end of a jobs recession that started six years ago. But things aren’t entirely rosy.
Once again, the Obama Administration punts on the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Hillary Clinton’s numbers aren’t at the incredibly high levels they used to be, but they were never going to stay that high anyway.
Could economic chaos bring Egyptians back out into the streets?
A surprisingly disappointing jobs report for December.
The Tea Party hit another new polling low, but that really shouldn’t be much of a surprise.
Some good numbers for November in the Jobs report, but questions about the future remain.
3.6% GDP growth in the 3rd Quarter, but the devil is in the details.
Conservatives have their own Kennedy myth to compete with the myth of Camelot.
As expected, President Obama’s latest “pivot” to the economy is less than meets the eye.
Forget about the budget deficit and spending. The Tea Party apparently now considers stopping immigration reform to be its most important task.
June’s Jobs Report was healthy, but the economy still needs to do better.
Jerry Brown’s second go-round as governor has been very, very good to the Golden State.
First Quarter economic growth was weaker than originally estimated. What that means for the future is unclear.
A new theory circulating on the right asserts that IRS targeting of Tea Party groups had an impact on the 2012 elections by diminish the Tea Party’s effectiveness. It’s mostly nonsense.
The April Jobs Report was good, but not exactly anything to write home about.
The economy grew in the first quarter of 2013, but the numbers were far from impressive.
Automatic tax hikes and spending cuts took effect at midnight. A deal involving the executive and half of the legislative branch could largely reverse them.