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The federal government has topped $40 trillion in total debt for the first time in history, setting a new record for red ink.

The mission to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year.

Movie theater chains across the country are wrapping up a summer that generated more than $4.2B in domestic ticket sales, running about 5.7% ahead of the pre-pandemic summer of 2019 and on track to rank among the five biggest summers of all time.

The national debt is now over $40 trillion, a historic high that economists warn is bad news for the United States.

President Trump hosted cryptocurrency executives at the White House on Wednesday, one day after U.S. financial regulators unveiled crypto regulations.

Treasury yields climbed this week, with yields on 10-year, 20-year, and 30-year Treasury notes reaching their highest levels in years.

The co-chair of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America rails against rising rents, but probably doesn't have to worry about paying for his own housing.

A GoFundMe set up for the parents of Massachusetts mother-turned-killer Lindsay Clancy has raised nearly $1 million as organizers say the couple has spent their life savings to help her on trial.

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed believes the anti-corporate influence message that helped him win his primary this month will also play well in the general election in November.

Washington Dulles International Airport's board greenlit a plan Wednesday for a $19.9 billion renovation to overhaul the Washington metro area's largest airport.