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Some immigrant detention centers across the country are over capacity. The administration has asked for emergency contracts to add more faci...

Despite the current turmoil at the IRS, it still doesn’t pay to ignore or delay your tax bill.

As the trade war worsens, Beijing has banned the export of critical minerals used in the defense industry — but also for some cancer treatme...

The action flouting a federal judge’s protective order follows an announced shift of focus away from supervising and fining companies.

Experts say the outreach on behalf of Lindell, a Trump political ally, is highly unusual and represents a change in how political appointees...

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook spoke to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last week about the potential impact of the tariffs on iPhone prices.

The president said Jerome H. Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough,” but there’s no precedent for removing a Federal Reserve chair e...

After Jerome H. Powell’s warning on tariffs, the president posted on Truth Social that the Federal Reserve chairman’s “termination cannot co...

An excerpt from the book “Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk,” which will be released April 22.

China has long tried to present itself as the world’s true champion of globalization, with little success. Now Beijing has a new opening to...

Restaurant owners worry they’ll be forced to pare down their offerings, raise their prices and hinge their futures on increasingly razor-thi...

The directive to the IRS is a significant escalation of President Trump’s feud with Harvard University and other Ivy League institutions and...

The Fed chief warns higher inflation is likely although officials routinely say their outlook depends on how Trump’s policies — on trade, im...

Builders are already feeling the sting of rising prices from tariffs, making it harder to build more homes and fix America’s shortage.

Trump has said his sweeping protective tariffs will reduce the U.S. trade deficit, but levies on Boeing’s parts supply line will tax a compa...

Clothes, shoes, toys and yes, smartphones: See the Chinese imports Americans depend on

A surge in exports before U.S. tariffs kicked in helped China’s economy grow at the start the year — but a slowdown is expected as the trade...

Shapley, previously a mid-level career agent, was named a senior advisor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in March.

Tax debt is not like wine. It doesn’t get better with age.

What will Tax Day look like in 2026? The Washington Post asked people inside the IRS, in the tax community and in the Trump administration t...

The dollar has lost almost 10 percent of its value since Inauguration Day with roughly half of that decline coming this month.

The administration is pushing agencies to turn over information on where people work, study and live. The data is normally protected from di...

The practice, which has been questioned by ethics experts, may give Elon Musk’s allies influence well after he formally leaves the White Hou...

Consumers and investors have been running to gold as the Trump administration’s frequent changes in tariff plans rock financial markets.

The Trump administration’s freeze on grants could leave a manager — and anyone else whose business depends on grant recipients — carrying he...