As usual, President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his televised Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. And, as usual, most of them had previously been debunked. Trump repeated familiar false claims ...

Administering an exam used to be straightforward: All a college professor needed was an open room and a stack of blue books. At many American universities, this is no longer true. Professors now ...

Americans may not be feeling jolly about their economic prospects, but that didn't stop shoppers from opening their wallets on Black Friday and driving spending to new records. Despite record holiday ...

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Prices have been rising across the economy in ways that are both visible and opaque. There are ...

MTN Nigeria Plc is set to pay an interim dividend to shareholders this week amidst excitement from shareholders. This followed a bumper earnings harvest in the 9 months of financial year 2025, the ...

A new poll found more Americans are unhappy with President Donald Trump's stances on the economy and cost of living, with almost twice as many saying the president has helped raise prices rather than ...

A new analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco examined the impact of tariffs on the economy based on historical examples, finding that the effect of import taxes on inflation and ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has offered a variety of creative justifications for President Trump’s import duties. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington Before Scott Bessent became Treasury ...

• A flurry of economic data released Tuesday after a blackout during the government shutdown paints a confusing picture of the US economy. • September wholesale inflation rose by 0.3%, keeping the ...

Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term. Americans are very unhappy with Donald Trump, and they’re very ...

The Federal Reserve will have to go without up-to-date government inflation and jobs data when it decides next month whether to lower interest rates for a third consecutive time. The Bureau of Labor ...