Though interest rates have come down materially due to the actions of the Federal Reserve, banks still benefit from higher rates at the long end of the curve but have been able to take down deposit ...

Despite the Bank of Canada reducing rates by 175 basis points, long-term government bonds struggled, particularly federal bonds, which posted a -2% return. Meanwhile, short-term bonds stood out, ...

Until 1913 saw the introduction of the 16th Amendment granting Congress the power to levy income taxes, tariffs were the sole source of revenue for the federal government. As Trump prepared to ...

Four Southern states rank in the top five nationally for their dependence on federal dollars, according to a new report. And a very northern state, Alaska, is the most “federally dependent ...

President Donald Trump's mass firings of permanent federal employees have already begun and are expected to accelerate over the next few weeks with tens of thousands more employees terminated.

Dividend-paying equities offer upside potential from capital appreciation and dividend growth, whereas bonds typically pay ...

A contracting firm called Leidos took in more than $16 billion in revenue last year, most of it through contracts with federal agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs. So when the Trump ...

Seeking to serve as a counterweight to the Trump administration, a flurry of mostly blue states has created initiatives — and ad campaigns — to lure federal employees to state government jobs.

Wisconsin is less dependent on federal funding than more than half the other states, according to a new report. Personal finance company Wallethub compared states to determine which relied most on ...

Everett Kelley, the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, claimed the Trump administration is spreading "misinformation" with the idea that the government is "too big.

The cafeteria in a prominent federal department has been eerily silent and abandoned, shut down for years under the Biden administration, The Post has learned. The Department of Interior (DOI ...