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Janet Yellen

The Latest: Yellen suggests July rate hike "not impossible"

The Latest on the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting, which ended at 2 p.m. with the release of a policy ...

Report: New evidence of rising 'Obamacare' premiums

Premiums for popular low-cost medical plans under the federal health care law are expected to go up an average of 11 percent ...

Janet Yellen

Fed is likely to keep rates steady as investors seek hints

With the Federal Reserve considered sure to leave interest rates alone when it ends a meeting Wednesday, Fed watchers will ...

John McCain

Senate approves defense bill, defies White House veto threat

Defying a White House veto threat, the Senate voted decisively Tuesday to approve a defense policy bill that authorizes $602 ...

Janet Yellen

With economic view hazy, a wait-and-see Fed message expected

It's all about the data. For months, the Federal Reserve has said that once economic data showed a consistently healthy ...

Donald Trump

Fiery Trump, sober Clinton at odds over Orlando attack

Donald Trump vowed Monday to impose a broad ban on immigration from areas of the world with a history of terrorism and ...

Hillary Clinton

AP Source: Clinton expected to receive AFL-CIO endorsement

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is expected to be endorsed next week by the AFL-CIO, the nation's ...

Senate rejects effort to increase defense by $18 billion

The Senate on Thursday shot down a bid to increase the Pentagon's budget by nearly $18 billion to pay for more weapons and ...

A look at the rescue package for Puerto Rico

A look at the rescue package for cash-strapped Puerto Rico which faces a $70 billion debt. The Senate is holding a test vote ...

Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump

Trump son-in-law emerges as quiet force

A new power player has emerged among the feuding factions behind Donald Trump's presidential campaign, one that through the ...

Coleman Young II

Michigan Legislature OKs $617M bailout for Detroit schools

The Michigan Legislature narrowly approved a $617 million bailout and restructuring of Detroit's debt-ridden school district ...

Paul Ryan

House Republicans seek to shift focus from Trump to security

House Republicans laid out a national security agenda that seeks to turn the conversation away from Donald Trump's ...

Paul Ryan

Ryan stresses border control, immigration in security plan

House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing to secure U.S. borders by overhauling the immigration system and installing robust ...

Homeless shelters struggle with loss of federal funding

David Willett lived in a tent and struggled with drug addiction before coming to Gregory House, a Honolulu shelter that has ...

White House threatens veto of Senate's defense policy bill

The White House said Tuesday that President Barack Obama will veto the Senate's version of the annual defense policy bill, ...

Senate GOP drops push to 'defund Obamacare'

Republicans controlling the Senate are abandoning an effort to use their power over the federal purse strings to block ...

Global stocks surge as Yellen appears to put off rate hike

Global stocks rallied Tuesday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen hinted that an interest rate increase next week ...

Paul Ryan, Shirley Holloway

Ryan pushes poverty program overhaul, questioned on Trump

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday proposed an overhaul of the nation's poverty programs, the first of several policy plans ...

Amid GOP discord, Ryan focuses on policy

House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing an overhaul of the nation's poverty programs, the first of several policy plans aimed ...

Donald Trump

Trump campaign wasting precious time, GOP critics say

Donald Trump is wasting precious time. By now, Republican Party critics argue, the party's presumptive presidential nominee ...