Economy and Politics

The Biden administration is preparing new export controls on semiconductors and the machines to make them, the latest push in its effort to deny China the ability to make the fastest, most cutting-edge circuitry possible, according to people familiar with the situation. 

A bill that lawmakers say will create more competition in the credit-card business and pressure industry fees "is still unlikely to pass in any form, but it’s still alive," according to an analyst.

The Biden administration laid out its most comprehensive analysis of the risks posed by cryptocurrency to financial stability in a new report Monday.

President Joe Biden on Monday expressed his support for the people of Puerto Rico, as he visited the U.S. territory to survey damage from Hurricane Fiona. "I want the people of Puerto Rico to know I'm committed, my entire administration is committed, to standing with you every step of the way, as long as it takes," Biden said, as he concluded a speech.

Inflation should slow down to about 3% next year, New York Fed President John Williams said Monday.

Inflation is the No. 1 issue Americans want to see the federal government address, a new poll found.

The debt crisis is here, Nouriel Roubini says. Expect central banks to wimp out in their fight against inflation as financial distress deepens

Nate Cohn thinks Republicans are favored to win the House majority, but says a scenario where Democrats retain control is not as far-fetched as you may think.

Kim Kardashian agreed to pay $1.26 million to settle charges that she unlawfully promoted EthereumMax tokens on Instagram.

The top Republicans on the House Agriculture and Oversight committees have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate foreign investment in U.S. farmland, questioning whether Chinese acquisitions in particular could pose a national-security threat.

A key barometer of American factories fell to a 28-month low of 50.9% in September as high inflation and rapidly rising U.S. interest rates began to rattle the economy.

About 20% of people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 have experienced hair loss.

Outcomes will deeply influence American lives and values.

A warning for Hurricane Ian's victims: Even in Friendswood, which seemed well positioned to recover from disaster, residents still fell through the cracks.

Europe's efforts to bring down soaring energy prices could help to cool record high inflation, says Morgan Stanley.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case in which the family of a U.S. citizen who was killed in an ISIS attack in Paris in 2015 is suing Alphabet's Google business, according to multiple published reports. The case, Gonzalez v. Google, involves the scope of tech companies' immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, SCOTUSblog reported.

The move came after financial market turmoil and as the chancellor and prime minister received heavy pushback from members of their own ruling party

Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said Friday he expects inflation to soften but said the process won't be predictable.

The National Archives and Records Administration said that it hasn’t recovered all the presidential records that were supposed to be turned over at the end of the Trump administration.

The convenience that Amazon customers enjoy comes at the expense of Amazon’s lowest-paid workers, who are beginning to rebel.