Watchdog agency increases its pandemic unemployment benefits fraud estimate to as much as $135 billion
As much as $135 billion in fraudulent Covid-19 pandemic unemployment insurance claims were likely paid out, according to a report released Tuesday by the US Government Accountability Office.
2023-09-13 06:50
Trump Org. announces sale of New York City golf course
The Trump Organization said it sold its lease for a New York golf course with sweeping views of Manhattan to Bally's Corporation, ending several years of controversy.
2023-09-13 04:47
Poverty rate jumps in 2022 after end of enhanced child tax credit
The share of Americans, particularly children, in poverty rose significantly last year, in part because Congress did not renew a Covid-19 pandemic enhancement to the child tax credit, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday.
2023-09-12 22:59
Why 'Middle-class Joe' Biden may need upscale voters more than ever in 2024
Throughout his political career, President Joe Biden has unfailingly presented himself as a product -- and champion -- of the middle class.
2023-09-12 12:21
States step in to pay for school meals for all kids
After the expiration of a federal program that provided funding for free meals for all students, nine states are picking up the tab for pupils' breakfast and lunch.
2023-09-09 22:27
Those new IRS agents won't be going after regular Americans, agency reaffirms as Congress prepares for funding fight
In its latest effort to show that it is putting its extra congressional funding to good use, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday that it is shifting its enforcement efforts to high-income earners, partnerships and big corporations.
2023-09-09 03:24
New York AG's office now says Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $3.6 billion in three separate years
Donald Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $3.6 billion in three separate years between 2011 and 2021, lawyers for the New York attorney general's office alleged Friday, significantly more than previously purported.
2023-09-09 01:54
Student loan borrowers are frustrated with servicers ahead of payment restart
With less than a month before federal student loan payments restart after the years-long pandemic pause, many borrowers are having a hard time connecting with their loan servicer.
2023-09-08 22:16
Biden arrives in India for meeting with Modi ahead of G-20
President Joe Biden arrived in India on Friday for a two-day summit at a moment of division among the world's leading economies.
2023-09-08 21:54
Federal budget deficit expected to nearly double to around $2 trillion, government watchdog says
The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to about $2 trillion for fiscal year 2023, roughly double what it was in the previous fiscal year, according to a government watchdog group.
2023-09-06 12:28
Hurricane Idalia survivors can request disaster relief, but it's not always easy to get
Hurricane Idalia is over, but the rebuilding effort has just begun. Residents in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas can access federal, state and local assistance, as well as aid from nonprofit and charitable groups, to help them contend with storm damage to their homes, vehicles and other property.
2023-09-01 19:28
Inside the cash crunch facing Trump's Georgia co-defendants amid mounting legal bills
Some of Donald Trump's co-defendants in the sprawling election subversion case in Georgia are trying all sorts of ways to fund their mounting legal bills -- yet the costs of the 2020 election fallout may quickly exceed their abilities to pay.
2023-09-01 19:20