We're in a 'hiring recession,' economist says — how job seekers can stand out

The job market flatlined in 2025. The first half of this year is expected to bring more of the same, economists said.

Federal Budget Basics: Structure, Function, and Historical Insights

Discover how the U.S. federal budget works, its role in government spending, and its historical evolution, including details ...

Looking for a new job in 2026? Here's where the jobs are - and how to stand out.

After years of whiplash - from the great resignation to "the big stay" - the U.S. hiring market is entering 2026 in an unfamiliar place: not collapsing, not booming, but stuck in a cautious holding ...

Skipping Background Checks Is a Risk No Founder Can Afford. Here’s the Threat You Might Not See Coming.

Many business owners view background checks as an unnecessary expense, but the price is minimal compared to the legal and ...

US Treasury's Bessent Says Rieder Not Yet Interviewed for Top Fed Job, Decision Likely This Month

Rieder is among four finalists under ​consideration for ⁠the job to succeed Fed Chair Jerome Powell, whose term as head of the U.S. central bank expires in May. The other finalists include White House ...
Overdrive

DOT's non-domiciled CDL crackdown went down in flames on the Federal Register, but owner-ops love it

Analysis from AltLine shows the exact opposite of the strong support Overdrive readers had for DOT's non-domiciled CDL ...
MarketWatch

Kevin Warsh’s likelihood of becoming Fed chair leaps as Dimon signals support

Former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh’s odds of becoming President Donald Trump’s pick as the next chair of the Federal Reserve jumped Saturday — with prediction markets pricing in a greater ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fight Over the Next Fed Chair Is Spilling Out Across D.C. and Wall Street

Trump shattered the norms around the central bank’s independence when he pressured the chair to lower rates and attempted to oust a Fed official. As part of our video series on Trump’s second term, ...
Darien Times

Work on offshore wind project off CT coast resumes after federal shutdown

The region's Revolution Wind project is moving forward and should start supplying power to homeowners next year, following a months-long shutdown and recent legal battle, officials said. Construction ...
Reuters

Fed liquidity measures calm year-end funding jitters

NEW YORK, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. bond market is heading into the year-end with less anxiety than usual, sanguine that the Federal Reserve's latest funding plans will cushion the seasonal cash ...
NBC Chicago

As Chicago immigration raids resume, federal agents describe their ‘Mission from God'

A month after the immigration teams packed up and pulled out of Chicago for other cities, they have come back this week and resumed making arrests of allegedly undocumented immigrants. Commander ...
Yahoo

CBP Cmdr. Gregory Bovino back in Chicago as federal immigration enforcement resumes in force

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino returned to Chicago Tuesday and wasted no time escalating immigration enforcement actions. He was seen with agents in Little Village, near Midway and in Cicero. Rep.