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Even when the federal government sets out to do something that Americans support, many wonder whether it can succeed. In today’s newsletter, I want to connect four news stories from the past few ...

It had to be stronger, yet not so strong that it tipped the polity from a confederation to a unitary government that blotted out local authority. The American government should be a new type of entity ...

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The fed funds rate (also known as the federal funds target rate) is the interest rate at which commercial banks lend to each other overnight. Below, CNBC Select explains how and why the Federal ...

In recent years, the federal government has seen a sharp rise in the volume and complexity of Freedom of Information Act requests, creating an overwhelming challenge for government agencies.

returning the federal government to the “spoils system” of 1883 when victorious political parties gave government jobs to their supporters, said Max Stier, the president and CEO of Partnership ...

What is the federal funds rate? The federal funds rate is the interest rate the government sets for one bank to charge another bank for ultra-short-term loans, usually just overnight. It's ...

High school students that are getting a jump on college through dual credit now make up the majority of students at one East ...

The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced its second interest rate cut of 2024, trimming its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points amid cooling inflation. The expected move by the U.S. central ...

West Berkshire Council has appointed Joseph Holmes as its interim chief executive. Mr Holmes is currently the council’s executive director of resources, having joined the authority in 2008 as chief ...

86,482 people died in Germany in October 2024, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2020 to 2023 median for that month (+2%).