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If you waited until the last minute to file your taxes, here’s a friendly reminder: the deadline is Tuesday, April 15. While, most people meet their tax responsibilities by having their taxes deducted from their paychecks, pension payments, Social Security benefits or other governmental payments, others must pay-as-they-go, meaning that those who do not have their taxes withheld must make…

U.S. stocks careened, yet again, after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his tariffs higher on Monday. While the word “recession” has been thrown around lately, is one really looming? What exactly does a recession mean and what does it mean…for you? Here’s what you need to know: A recession as a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than...

An economic recession is defined as a significant and widespread decline in economic activity for multiple months.

In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones that oversee billions of dollars in funds for addiction services and community health centers across the country. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized the department he oversees as an inefficient “sprawling bureaucracy” in a video announcing the...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services manages government-funded health insurance programs, monitors infectious diseases, inspects foods and hospitals, and more.

Nordic countries continue to dominate the rankings while Afghanistan is once again the world’s unhappiest nation.

The United States recorded its worst position on the list of happiest countries, dropping to 24th place, after occupying 11th place in 2011.

The Department of Education distributes billions in federal money to colleges and schools and manages the federal student loan portfolio. Closing the department would mean redistributing each of those duties to another agency.

Tracie Strahan reporting on Department of Education to lay off 1,300 workers.

The centerpiece election legislation from congressional Republicans would require voters to prove their citizenship when registering, raising concerns among state election officials about how it would be implemented and who would pay for it. In recent interviews, secretaries of state from both parties said they were wary of federal lawmakers creating state election rules and of costly new procedures that would...

Fans in Montreal loudly booed the U.S. national anthem prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off game between the Americans and Canada on Saturday night.

The GOP-controlled Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, to lead the country’s most powerful health care agency.  Kennedy was confirmed as the secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services on a mostly party-line vote of 52-48. However, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., broke ranks on yet another of President Donald Trump’s...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed by the Senate as the Secretary of Health and Human Services on Thursday.

The Trump administration on Thursday seized a second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government that is currently in the Dominican Republic.

Six transgender active duty service members and two former service members who seek re-enlistment on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls for revising policy on transgender troops and probably sets the stage for banning them in the armed forces. Trump’s order, signed Monday, claims the sexual identity of transgender service members “conflicts with a...

President Donald Trump has signed a number of executive orders his first day of office — including one which seeks to strip certain newborns of their U.S. citizenship, effectively going against an established constitutional right. The move has proven controversial and has already provoked fear among many expectant couples within the United States. But, can Trump — or any other…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office targeting birthright citizenship, which is a right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.

In his inaugural address on Monday, President Donald Trump announced his intention to “end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life.”

As the nation mourns the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, the United States Postal Service will halt operations for the national day of observance.

His decision comes after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of the deal last month, and sent a long-awaited report on the merger to Biden.