Newly released data shows the U.S. economy was already showing signs of strain even before the launch of the Iran war, ...

The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, losing nearly 238,000 workers. Among major agencies, the Education department ...

Rising costs of home care and nursing homes are pricing out middle-income families, forcing them to take on caregiving responsibilities or tap their savings ...

Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.

Many workers employed by the largest low-wage corporations in the U.S. are dependent on public benefits to access food or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Sunrise turns the sky shades of orange behind the (L-R) Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and US Capitol Building on ...

In the mid-1960s President Lyndon Johnson declared “unconditional war on poverty” and created the modern American welfare state. A nationwide programme of food stamps began in 1964. Two big public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Who are America's working poor? The official definition is those Americans who spend at least 27 weeks a year in the labor force ...

As the four-day week, hybrid working, and summer hours become increasingly popular, Friday has become the de facto day to take off work. Even media tycoon Simon Cowell has given up working on the last ...

When Matt Totten bought his home in Dunwoody, Ga., in 2019, he paid $532,000 for the 1970s ranch-style house. The property was on the market for three weeks before Totten and his wife looked at it.