Government waste, fraud and abuse rose 13% last year — despite Musk and DOGE saying they’d cut $1 trillion from the budget
Cutting it all still won’t save the budget.
Last updated: 2026-04-29 15:13:45 ET
Cutting it all still won’t save the budget.
Housing starts, a gauge of new residential construction, rose 10.8% in March to 1.502 million.
Mortgage rates rose last week after several weeks of declines. That took a toll on refinance demand, but homebuyers seem more resilient.
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, following Tuesday’s lower close. Futures of the major benchmark indices were higher. Investors will be closely watchi...
Oil prices surged as talks on reopening of strait of Hormuz remain gridlocked, sending prices $1 higher than last yearUS gas prices rose to their high...
U.S. consumer confidence rose modestly in April despite growing anxiety over soaring energy prices brought on by the war in Iran
The headline index from the Conference Board’s survey rose to 92.8, versus 92.2 in March.
On Monday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin verbally dismantled purple-haired leftist Connecticut Congresswoman Rose DeLauro during a House Appropriations...
Oil prices rose as investors parsed fresh signals from U.S.-Iran negotiations, with uncertainty over a potential de-escalation keeping markets on edge...
West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude prices rose after Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were told not to travel to Pakistan for negotiations
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