There are concerns over the Fed’s independence. The Senate confirmed the rushed appointment of Stephen Miran, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, in a 48-47 vote in favor.

Consumer prices increased, pushing the annual inflation rate up, while first-time applications for unemployment benefits hit a high not seen since Oct. 2021.

Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the committee that oversees the Pentagon, said that the Monday morning ...

Venezuela will begin to observe the annual Christmas holiday on Oct. 1 for a second straight year, Venezuelan President ...

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has deployed military assets to 284 “battlefront” locations across the country, amid rising tensions with the US.

The U.S. government employs a sizable staff of 150 Venezuelans and spends upward of $6.7 million annually for upkeep of the ...

U.S. dollar has weakened significantly in foreign exchange markets since early 2025. Read how stagflation fears and economic ...

Senate Republicans on Thursday bulldozed past Senate precedents and changed the rules to break a Democratic blockade of ...

WSJ’s Vera Bergengruen explains how the heightened rhetoric and military moves by the Trump administration and Venezuela's ...

Venezuelan heavy oil provided 13% of Gulf Coast refinery imports in 2024, so any disruption risks higher U.S. fuel prices ...

Venezuelans in Caracas shared their thoughts on the escalating tensions between the US and Venezuela against the backdrop of the US military's second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug vessel which ...

As mounting US pressure on Venezuela sparks a rally in the Latin American country’s defaulted bonds, some debt holders are betting on more gains to come.