Megan Cassella

“This recovery is faster, stronger, fairer and wider than almost anyone could have predicted,” Biden said.

It’s not just Republicans who are assigning responsibility to the administration for the rocky economic recovery, polls show.

The current inflation spike now appears to be on track to persist deep into 2022.

Key aspects of the economy are doing better than before the pandemic, which supporters say shows how government spending can help.

The return to classrooms was supposed to be a turning point for women, whose participation in the labor force plunged to its lowest level in more than three decades during the pandemic.

The return to classrooms was supposed to be a turning point for women, whose participation in the labor force plunged to its lowest level in more than three decades during the pandemic.

The return to classrooms was supposed to be a turning point for women, whose participation in the labor force plunged to its lowest level in more than three decades during the pandemic.

Pummeled by unemployment, Las Vegas tried to reopen without widespread vaccination. Here’s what the city learned.

A weak jobs outlook could further erode Joe Biden’s standing with the public.

New data shows inflation jumped again in July, as price hikes overshadow the benefits of wage gains.

A new wave of cases followed by the looming expiration of enhanced jobless benefits, a ban on evictions and other rescue programs is sparking concern among lawmakers and economists.

Their absence could hurt the broader U.S. economy, so policymakers are weighing ways to help them return to work.

“I think the gains of workers will be evanescent,” said Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.), a former labor organizer and a strong voice in Congress for workers. “They will not last.”

“I think the gains of workers will be evanescent,” said Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.), a former labor organizer and a strong voice in Congress for workers. “They will not last.”

Republicans in states like Wisconsin, Florida and Alabama are already signaling that they would put up a fight against Biden’s expansive social welfare proposal.

The 46th president is taking more steps to expand the government’s role in public life than any U.S. leader since LBJ.

Democratic leaders are banking on some of the aid provisions being so popular that letting them expire would be a political nightmare.

More than one in three jobless Americans are now classified as long-term unemployed — defined as being out of work for six months or more.

The new president will lean on a roster of veteran staffers to lead his departments and agencies until his Cabinet picks are confirmed.

McDonough served as former President Barack Obama’s chief of staff from 2013 until 2017.