The high mortgage rates that have prevented many people from buying homes may not fall quickly, even if President Donald Trump succeeds in appointing a new Federal Reserve chairman who shares his desire to slash the central bank’s target rate. Trump has reportedly narrowed down the list of possible candidates for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s […]

Mayra Macias, a liberal activist and lifelong Democrat, has launched a campaign as an independent in Illinois, challenging the sole Democratic candidate controversially handpicked by Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL) to replace him. Garcia was rebuked by a bipartisan group of lawmakers in November for an election filing scheme in which he filed for reelection, […]

Republican Matt Van Epps won Tuesday night’s special election in Tennessee‘s 7th Congressional District, beating Democrat Aftyn Behn by a larger margin than last-minute polling showed. However, there were still significant Democratic gains in the district. The outcome of the special election was thrown up in the air last week when an election tracker and […]

The first round of December Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in seven days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Dec. 10.  The second round of payments will go out on Dec. 17 for retirees born […]