Washington's rapid accumulation of sovereign debt sparks outcry, with some analysts questioning if Trump has the political will to cut the deficit The United States' rapidly mounting sovereign debt ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged imminent action against Cuba's socialist government as his moves against the island bring the U.S.' longtime opponent deeper into crisis. A day after ...

The county didn’t turn red overnight. It shifted because Latino voters were frustrated by rising costs and inflation, and they moved away from Democrats in 2024. That shift isn’t necessarily permanent ...

I recently read an article blaming Republicans for the higher cost of living in Montana without providing any data to back it up other than to state “they cater to the political donor class.” It ...

Some on the Left believe that the capitalist system will not tolerate any greater interventions in its operation or redistribution of its spoils. There is no good evidence that this is true.

Friday at noon, MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks about proposals to protect consumers from scams and other ways Minnesotan’s might be swindled. Plus, a check-in with the state’s economic ...

Oregon has some of the nation's highest costs for child care and its supply of free preschool is extremely limited. U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum has heard lrom constituents that working parents desperately ...

Since the blockade started, Cuba has not received any significant shipments or fuel or oil, creating an escalating crisis that led to blackouts, furthering the economic crisis and a fueling social ...

The new Yahoo/YouGov survey found Trump’s net approval on the economy falling to minus 29, the weakest showing that polling series has ever recorded for him. On the cost of living, just 26 percent of ...

The White House’s top economic adviser admitted on Tuesday that the financial toll on American consumers from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran would “hurt consumers” — then immediately waved it off.

Yet even though overpopulation is an issue as dated as Dacron pants or disco, Ehrlich helped give an imprimatur of scholarly authority to a new kind of politics—a politics of scarcity—that has proved ...