A portrait of President Trump hangs on the Labor Department headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 25. The agency is bringing back some workers who took the government's deferred resignation offer.

WASHINGTON (AP) — What was once seen as a near-certain cut in interest rates next month now looks more like a coin flip as Federal Reserve officials sharply disagree over the economy’s health and ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve faces an unusually contentious meeting this week that will test Chair Jerome Powell’s ability to corral the necessary support from fellow policymakers for a third ...

Wall Street got the rate cut it expected—but Jerome Powell’s comments on future cuts left some investors on edge. The S&P 500 turned lower Wednesday afternoon after the Fed chair noted that a rate cut ...

After this year’s staffing cuts, some people wait for hours, others sail through. But overburdened field office workers carry the weight. By Tara Siegel Bernard When Rebekah Walker noticed she was ...

Harvard will allow schools to resume merit-based raises for the 2026-27 fiscal year, an early sign that some corners of the University are stabilizing after last spring’s dramatic federal funding cuts ...