Four in 10 Americans say their personal finances are deteriorating, according to a new poll released shortly before November's midterm elections. In the NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll, 40 percent of people said their “personal family finances” have declined in the last 12 months, while 16 percent said the opposite. Forty-one percent said their personal family finances...

Senate Democrats, led by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), are pressing 10 major insurance companies about their decisions to work with the Trump administration to terminate coverage for thousands of ObamaCare enrollees due to alleged fraud.  The letters, sent Monday to the CEOs of the 10 biggest Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurers...

Consumer sentiment rose in October, as Americans’ views of present and future business conditions improved, according to a new survey. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index rose from 84.2 in September to 91.7 this month. Last month’s index, which the Conference Board revised upward from 81.9, marked the metric’s lowest point in more than a...

A Cheesecake Factory jab from former President Obama quickly spiraled into a midterm spat between the GOP and Democrats as the competitive election cycle nears its end. Obama quipped during a recent campaign stop in Cleveland that President Trump has the White House “looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory, it’s just gold everywhere.”...

A longtime Trump supporter says rising costs, data centers and frustration in farm country could hurt Republicans at the ballot box.

Manufacturers and their customers are using materials made without the clouds of dust that have sickened workers in quartz-cutting shops.

Farmers are a key voting group for Republicans, but their votes could be on the line, with the Iran war and President Trump’s tariff and trade wars driving up production costs along with diesel and fertilizer prices. The Trump administration has been rolling out financial assistance packages and projects for farmers in hopes of shoring...

President Trump announced Monday an initiative worth hundreds of millions of dollars to recruit and retain nursing home nurses. “The Trump Administration is proud to announce a 250 MILLION DOLLAR PLUS initiative to RECRUIT and RETAIN Nurses for Nursing Homes!” Trump said in a Truth Social post Monday evening. “This Federal and State Initiative will...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, said oil companies will face repercussions if they import Russian diesel, comments that come shortly after President Trump announced a diesel deal with Moscow. In a Monday letter addressed to energy companies, Raskin said oil companies are going to “be held accountable” if...

Voters are expected to punish Republicans for high gas prices this election cycle. Since the start of the Iran war, prices of oil and gasoline have been on the rise. As of Monday, gas prices were averaging about $4.29, up about $1.23 from where they were a year ago.  Over the last several months with...