Government

New York joins a growing number of states and jurisdictions in limiting employers from using credit history to make hiring or job decisions, like compensation.

Higher education is responding to the Trump administration’s new federal earnings test that determines whether college graduates are making more money than high school graduates.

The Fed has to weigh inflation, a stalled job market, and war in the Middle East when it meets at the end of the month.

A breakdown of how much you’re paying for Social Security, health care, food assistance, the national debt, defense, and more.

New tax deduction rules may increase the number of donor households in the U.S. — but could also reduce overall charitable giving.

The ‘80s comedy depicts an insider trading scheme that spurred new regulation. How it will apply to prediction markets is still unsettled.

As the war in Iran pushes oil prices higher, some governments are shielding consumers with price controls. But economists warn that caps mask scarcity signals and can trigger the kind of panic buying that can even drive up oil prices more.

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement replaced NAFTA but failed to bring manufacturing jobs to the U.S. as promised.

From new deductions to disappearing credits, here’s what taxpayers should know before filing.

“They are literally standing behind the [TSA] officers while they’re checking documents and screening passengers,” said an official of the screeners’ union.