As President-elect Donald Trump his pick for secretary of defense, military spending to historic highs with $596 billion budgeted in 2016. The United States spends more on defense than the next seven countries combined, including China, Saudi Arabia and Russia.
The Catch-22 of the credit world is that you can't get credit unless you have a credit score, but you can't get a credit score unless you have credit in the first place.
When President-elect Donald Trump sits down with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this evening, their agenda will almost certainly include the Japanese economy.
One problem Snapchat won't have in the immediate future is cash. But whether the social media star's underlying revenue will keep up is an open question.
President-elect Donald Trump would like to push $1 trillion in infrastructure spending through Congress, as a way to boost productivity and create jobs. But will there be enough skilled workers to take on those projects?
If you buy the party line, a Republican Congress and White House may be the best chance the country has had in years to reform Social Security after decades of inaction and Washington infighting.
While Donald Trump amassed electoral votes on Tuesday night, investors were racking up massive losses in the stock markets overnight. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tanked 900 points in the futures market as the votes came in, only to erase all of those losses and rally 370 points the day after.
One of the first things that Donald Trump has promised to do as President is repeal and replace Obamacare. The speculation is starting to flow as to just how that would happen.
Global stock markets experienced a bit of shock (without the awe) after Republican Donald Trump upset the establishment to win the White House. Renewable energy stocks, including solar and wind power companies, took a beating on Wednesday morning as investors presumably expect a Trump presidency will be bad for those businesses.
Democrats were apoplectic over FBI chief James Comey's review of a new trove of Hillary Clinton's email, not only because of its impact on the presidential race, but also Senate races. How much of an effect did the Comey announcement have? Let's take a closer look at the fivethirtyeight.com data.