All eyes are on how Beijing’s “Chinese dream” of eventual Taiwan reunification will unfold at a time when the leader of the United States – Taipei’s top international backer – appears less likely to i...
President Donald Trump speaks at a podium about his January 3rd raid on Venezuela. Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and Stephen Miller stand behind him. Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump on Sat...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz left for India on Sunday for a visit to bolster economic and security ties between the top EU economy and the Asian population giant. Both Berlin and New Delhi face a ...
Workers in six more states will see their minimum wages hit $15. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Nineteen states will raise their minimum wages in January, affecting over 8 m...
Thousands of student-loan borrowers are waiting for their income-driven repayment applications to be approved. nirat/Getty Images Over 800,000 student-loan borrowers are waiting for their income-drive...
President Donald Trump's rule to limit the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is set to go into effect in July 2026. Rattankun Thongbun/Getty Images Changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness...
A Secret Service agent stands guard as US President Barack Obama answers questions during a town hall event at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, March 6, 2015. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images F...
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank was served grand jury subpoenas on Friday from the Department of Justice that t...
Caroline Kennedy and Jack Schlossberg attend the 2017 Met Gala. Rabbani and Solimene Photography/Getty Images The Kennedy family has been prominent in US politics for over a century. The younger Kenne...
The Joint Interagency Task Force 401 recently marked its first 100 days in operation. US Marine Corps photo by Connor Taggart There's no single answer to defeating the threat of small drones, a counte...
Social Security tax rules will change in 2026. Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Social Security tax rules will change in 2026 at the state and federal level. West Virginia will stop taxing Social Security be...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said over the summer that she didn't use AI. "Yeah, that's changed," she told Business Insider this month. Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images More and more lawmakers are be...
Student-loan borrowers who receive debt relief in 2026 could face a big tax bill. d3sign/Getty Images A 2021 provision that made student-loan forgiveness tax-free expired on January 1. Borrowers who b...
Scott Bessent said that institutional investors won't have to sell current single family homes. Alex Wong/Getty Images Scott Bessent clarified Trump's plan to ban Wall Street firms from purchasing hom...
C.J. Mahoney, Meta's new chief legal officer and a former Trump administration official. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Meta hired C.J. Mahoney, a former Trump administration official...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Pipeline infrastructure could be salvageable following a Russia-Ukraine peace deal. ✓ Turning the tap back on for gas sup...
The Defense Department is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for a video he made with fellow Democratic lawmakers. Kelly has said troops have the right to disobey an unlawful order. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump hosts Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C. Bin Salman was set for a visi...
Melting Arctic ice around Greenland opens new shipping routes and intensifies US competition with Russia and China, Trump has said. imageBROKER/Olaf Krüger/Getty Images Trump's renewed talks to annex ...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he is "perfectly fine" with California's proposed billionaire wealth tax. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he is "perfectl...