Rural hospitals and clinics face potential closures, leaving patients with longer travel times, fewer options and more uncertainty about their access to care.

What’s good for consumers looking for loans could be bad news for the economy.

In Valley County, Idaho, for example, data show that the Forest Service is the area’s third largest employer — ahead of a school district, the local hospital and a major ski resort.

Government spending is tied up with consumer and business spending. Not reporting it as part of GDP would breach global accounting standards.

Buying a bond is usually like going for ice cream (to a regular ice cream place): You pick your flavor, you pay, you enjoy a nice, predictable payoff. Lately though, that’s not the deal.

Government spending is built into the formula for calculating GDP.

The National Bureau of Economic Research found the number of deaths was large enough to result in a net increase to the Social Security fund.

Republicans have a slim majority in the House of Representatives — and those from liberal states could throw their weight around.

The new administration hopes that energy dominance and government efficiency can bring down borrowing rates.

The Trump administration said the tax cuts would pay for themselves, but according to a study “that’s just not true at all.”