Stefan Becket is a managing editor of politics for CBSNews.com. Stefan has covered national politics for more than a decade and helps oversee a team covering the White House, Congress, the Supreme ...

The Federal Reserve resumed its interest-rate cutting campaign earlier this month in an effort to reverse a stall in the job market. The problem: The hiring drought can’t be cured by lower interest ...

FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican has a list of more than a "trillion dollars worth of ideas ripe for a trim" as the federal government shutdown continues. Office of Management and Budget Director ...

The Trump administration’s shocking cuts in funding for antiterrorism programs in New York will gut crucial NYPD programs that have thwarted planned terror attacks ...

Issuing a paper check costs about 50 cents, according to the Treasury Department. The cost drops down to less than 15 cents per electronic transfer. Tax law experts note that those who could struggle ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul had said the cuts, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, made “all of America more vulnerable to terrorist attacks.” By Grace Ashford ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that the White House says will use artificial intelligence to transform the way scientists fight childhood cancer. However, the move comes amid ...

ST. LOUIS – Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) has announced major staff reductions, eliminating 316 positions and closing 198 vacant ones, resulting in over $52 million in yearly savings.

President Donald Trump said the government shutdown is “pretty damaging” and warned that permanent cuts will be made to Democrat programs, calling it giving Democrats “a little taste of their own ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. On Wednesday, cuts to provider payment rates in North Carolina’s Medicaid program went into effect. You may be wondering how we got ...

Wednesday marks the end of federal funding for public media. For the first time in more than 50 years on the airwaves, National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service are without government ...

FBI Director Kash Patel attends the signing of an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump on a deal that would divest TikTok's U.S. operations from ByteDance from its Chinese owner ByteDance, ...