Louis Jacobson

A battle over health care and spending has led to an Oct. 1 federal government shutdown. Many services will continue, including FEMA’s response to hurricanes. Spending on other programs such as WIC is less certain.

Could James Comey, the former FBI director indicted in September for false testimony to Congress, find a tool for his defense in President Donald Trump’s repeated public attacks against him? Most defendants fail in such efforts, but experts said Comey might succeed.

In his speech at the United Nations, President Donald Trump offered misleading claims about ending 7 wars, renewable energy and his economic record.

ABC indefinitely suspended its late-night host, Jimmy Kimmel, after Federal Communications Chairman Brendan Carr criticized Kimmel’s comments. Did Carr overstep his agency’s authority and the First Amendment?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual “benchmark revision” this week, effectively erasing 911,000 jobs thought to have been added between March 2024 and March 2025. We looked at what this means for Joe Biden’s economic legacy and the BLS itself.

President Trump is seeking to fire Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook. Her attorney says he doesn’t have grounds. Cook was nominated by Biden and is the first Black woman to serve as a Fed governor. Here’s some background:

After a DOGE employee was beaten in an attempted carjacking in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump threatened to “federalize” the district. What does it mean to federalize, and can he do that?

As Texas Republicans prepare to redraw the state’s congressional map to eliminate up to five Democratic seats, Vice President JD Vance called the map in Democratic California a “gerrymander” and “outrageous.” But California is not an outlier.

President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, saying a negative job report shows she is politically biased against him. Economists say data independent of political pressure is a U.S. hallmark and crucial for many metrics.

Soon, the courts will weigh in on whether President Donald Trump has the power to levy tariffs unilaterally — a high-stakes legal battle that will either affirm a key pillar of Trump’s economic policy or cut it off at the knees.