The Fed cut interest rates on Wednesday, but three officials cast dissenting votes—one in favor of a larger cut and two in favor of no cut at all. Six “soft dissenters” projected no change in the rate ...

Monday marks one year since the autocratic regime of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad collapsed. The current interim government is contending with many challenges, such as a national divide ...

Sentiment has shifted dramatically in favor of an interest rate cut. Top officials at the Federal Reserve have displayed a rare degree of public disagreement over a possible interest rate cut next ...

The political events of the last year have intensified debates around issues that affect our daily lives — in our children’s classrooms, at the doctor’s office and at the grocery store and gas station ...

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In recent years, investors could count on a high level of agreement among Federal Reserve officials about the direction of interest rates, which offered some clarity about the central bank’s outlook.

Dissent at the Fed meeting: For the second time this year, the Federal Reserve Board cut interest rates by a quarter point—the lowest level in three years. "This remains a very divided Fed, as ...

Californians will decide Nov. 4 on a ballot measure that could reshape how our state is represented in Congress: Proposition 50 would redraw California’s congressional district lines to help Democrats ...

If one were dead set on dividing President Donald Trump's MAGA coalition at the seams, how would one proceed? Trying to drive a wedge through the immigration issue doesn't necessarily make sense: ...

In the 1938 book “Arms and the Covenant,” later published in the U.S. as "While England Slept,” Winston Churchill shared a collection of prophetic speeches in which he criticized his country’s leaders ...

Most American voters believe the United States is too politically divided to solve problems, according to a poll by The New York Times and Siena University released Thursday. The poll found that 64 ...

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