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United Auto Workers members on a picket line outside the Stellantis factory in Toledo on Monday. (Emily Elconin/Bloomberg) Listen 5 min...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters about averting a government shutdown following a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans at the...
First lady Jill Biden and President Biden greet students on their first day of school at Eliot-Hine Middle School in D.C. on Aug. 28. (Leah...
President Biden delivers remarks in 2022 on his administration’s work to rebuild manufacturing. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) ...
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Affordable chain restaurants such as Olive Garden are one of the places where American socioeconomic classes mix most, according to new research....
University graduates attend a job fair in Wuhan, China, on Aug. 10. (Str/AFP/Getty Images) Listen 4 min Share ...
The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington in May 2021. (Patrick Semansky/AP) Listen 5 min Share Comment...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican candidate for president, delivers remarks at a campaign event in Iowa City on Thursday. (Geoff Stellfox/AP) ...
Mahnaz Akbari, who led a unit of Afghan women as part of joint U.S.-Afghan military operations, is pictured in McLean, Va., on July 26. (Lexey Swall...
Amanda Quick sits under a tree with her daughter, Avery Quick, in Rose Bud, Ark. (Houston Cofield for The Washington Post) Opinion Health...
A one-year-old is fed baby food in Palo Alto, Calif. The House GOP is proposing major cuts to WIC, which helps feed babies, small children, pregnant...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) speaks at the Moms for Liberty Summit in Philadelphia on June 30. (Hannah Beier for The Washington Post.) ...
Tariffs that increase the price of canned goods would disproportionately affect poorer Americans. (Calla Kessler/The Washington Post) ...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol on July 14. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Listen 4 min ...
Jerome H. Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C.,...
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Wind turbines are seen near San Benito, Tex., in November 2020. (Brenda Bazán for The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Comment on...
President Biden speaks about his plans for continued student debt relief after the Supreme Court blocked his plan on Friday. (Leah Millis/Reuters) ...
SpaceX, Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, seen in Paris in June, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, in Washington, D.C., in October, recently agreed...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) delivers remarks on Capitol Hill on May 31. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 4 min ...
Pride-themed Bud Light koozies. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Share this article Share Comment on...
The head graphic shows that for each dollar spent on auditing, the IRS makes more than $3 for auditing the top 1 percent of the income distribution. ...
Smoke from Canadian wildfires obscures the view of the U.S. Capitol Building on Thursday. (Susan Walsh/AP) Listen 4 min Comment...
A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside a resale clothing shop in Los Angeles on Friday. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Listen 4 min ...
The Intensive Care unit at St. Vincent Medical Center building in Los Angeles in 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Listen 4 min ...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on May 25 at the U.S. Capitol. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Comment...
Books on a free library shelf inside the classroom of Richard Evans, a teacher at Hyde Park Elementary School in Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Oct. 20,...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Capitol Hill on May 11 in D.C. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 4 min ...
President Biden arrives to speak at SUNY Westchester Community College in Valhalla, N.Y., on Wednesday. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) ...
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As I’ve said before, the current U.S. economy is extremely confusing. Anyone who says they know for sure what’s going on is lying either to you or...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks with reporters in the Capitol last month. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on...
A woman and child are among migrants gathered inside the fence of a makeshift detention center in El Paso on March 27. (Sergio Flores for The...
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President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) chat as they walk on Capitol Hill on March 17. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...
The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington in August. (Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on...
First Republic Bank advertises its rates for certificates of deposit in Santa Monica, Calif., last month. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) ...
A key line from the U.S. Individual Income Tax form 1040. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News) Listen 5 min Comment on this story ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) at an event in Michigan on Thursday. (Kaytie Boomer/AP) Listen 5 min Comment on this story ...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in the National Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill on March 10. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...
A hospital bed is seen in a covid-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles in November 2020. (Jae C. Hong/AP) ...
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Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen testifies at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 16. (Mary F....
A newborn baby boy yawns in his mother's arms at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass., on July 28. (Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images) ...
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen takes questions from the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on Thursday. (Mary F. Calvert/Reuters) ...