First-time homebuyers are not only historically old but also increasingly reliant on family wealth.

With control of Congress hanging on a number of razor-thin races, both Democrats and Republicans are seizing on voters’ frustrations with rising credit card debt to win over inflation-weary Americans.

With control of Congress hanging on a number of razor-thin races, both Democrats and Republicans are seizing on voters’ frustrations with rising credit card debt to win over inflation-weary Americans.

The US economy picked up steam ahead of next week’s midterm elections, but so did inflation, highlighting the persistent disconnect between the strength of the economy and how Americans feel about it.

President Donald Trump traveled to Iowa on Thursday to boost Ashley Hinson, the Republican Senate candidate locked in a tight race with Democrat Josh Turek.

Applications for US unemployment benefits fell to a three-month low last week, underscoring the stability of the labor market.

Pending sales of existing US homes fell to a record low in September as high mortgage rates continued to weigh on demand.

Confidence among US homebuilders this month slumped to a 14-year low as mortgage rates above 7%, labor shortages and elevated supply costs batter the housing market.

The US Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general, elevating President Donald Trump’s one-time personal defense lawyer to lead the nation’s top federal law enforcement agency.

US lawmakers from both parties are seeking to boost federal funding for quantum computing as China and other countries race to transition from research to deployment of the nascent technology across defense, intelligence and cybersecurity.

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy said he will support Todd Blanche to be the next attorney general, likely paving the way for his confirmation.

Hours after Todd Blanche’s nomination to be US attorney general cleared a key Senate vote on Tuesday, Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, said she would oppose the confirmation on the floor.

The Senate committee considering President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general on Wednesday night abruptly put off a key vote as two Republican senators continued to withhold their support.

Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right to not testify at a Senate committee hearing on his role in the US response to Covid-19 after slamming the proceeding as having been designed to push him into making incriminating statements.

As the costs of Donald Trump’s Iran war and higher tariffs pile up on farmers, US Senate candidates in Iowa and Nebraska are stoking populist anger by seizing on long-simmering grievances against giant agricultural companies.

Republicans’ grip on the key state of Ohio confronts one of its toughest tests in years as voters’ anger over soaring utility bills fuels a backlash against data centers.

President Donald Trump and his staunchest congressional allies have threatened a legislative blockade over a contentious voter identification law that would significantly reshape how Americans vote in November.

President Donald Trump’s demand for new voter identification requirements on Tuesday sidelined a planned congressional vote on a $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill his administration is seeking.

President Donald Trump urged his party to unite around his agenda following a Thursday meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson intended to defuse escalating tensions between the White House and congressional Republicans.

President Donald Trump plans to spend a Wednesday excursion to the US Capitol demanding divisive voter ID legislation. Frustrated Republican senators have other ideas.