Politics and debt don’t mix well. Americans would be wise to look across the Atlantic to see how tough things can get. The U.K. government demonstrated the problem with its annual budget, where it is ...

Counties are colored red or blue when the % expected vote reporting reaches a set threshold. This threshold varies by state and is based on patterns of past vote reporting and expectations about how ...

US economic activity was little changed in recent weeks, though overall consumer spending declined further except among higher-end shoppers, the Federal Reserve said. Employment declined slightly and ...