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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on Dec. 13, 2016, in New York City.

Trump is being handed a great economy. What happens when it starts tanking?

May 11, 2019 at 3:48 a.m.

Back in October, a Marketplace-Edison Research Poll found that two-thirds of Donald Trump voters didn't trust government-reported economic data, thanks partly to their candidate's insistence that the numbers are bogus....

Interior of the common area at 444 Social in Lincolnshire, Ill.

Will popular tax break for homeowners survive in 2017?

May 20, 2019 at 8:25 a.m.

For millions of moderate-income homebuyers, there's an important money-saving question looming in 2017: Will Congress reinstate deductions for mortgage insurance premiums as part of its overhaul of the federal tax...

Why the white working class votes to maim itself

May 11, 2019 at 3:48 a.m.

Why did all those "economically anxious" Donald Trump voters reject policies that would have helped relieve their economic anxiety? Maybe they believed any big government expansions would disproportionately go to...

New data revealed homeowners’ equity grew by $1.02 trillion

May 20, 2019 at 8:25 a.m.

The biggest holiday gift this year for millions of Americans doesn't fit under a tree and can be a little hard to grasp, but it may be of exceptional value:...

President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he thanks his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway and press secretary Hope Hicks during a "Thank You Tour 2016" rally on Dec. 17, 2016 in Mobile, Ala.

Whole lot of hemming and hawing going on in Trumpland

May 11, 2019 at 3:47 a.m.

It's time for the presidential transition team's daily news teleconference. "Let's go ahead and open it up to a couple of questions," Donald Trump spokesman Jason Miller announces at Monday's...

Police stand outside the Fifth Avenue, public, entrance to Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, in New York.

New York should seize Trump Tower

May 11, 2019 at 3:46 a.m.

Froufrou Fifth Avenue resembles a police state. Officers wielding gigantic guns guard Trump Tower, where President-elect Donald Trump conducts all transition business, and soon lots of presidential business too. Shoppers...

Watch out for high "utilization" of your available credit. If you've got a $3,000 limit on a credit card, don't let your unpaid balance get much beyond $1,000 (33 percent) or your credit score could suffer.

Don’t flunk these 3 mortgage tests

May 20, 2019 at 8:25 a.m.

They are the three biggest snares for homebuyers seeking mortgages, and if you focus on them in advance you're much less likely to have your application denied. This is especially...

When ‘evil, evil, evil,’ goes on trial

May 11, 2019 at 3:46 a.m.

A deep stillness settled over the federal courtroom as graphic photos were shown of the nine people murdered last year at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church. The defendant, 22-year-old Dylann Roof,...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leaves the stage at the end of an event with his newly selected vice presidential running mate Mike Pence, governor of Indiana, at the Hilton Midtown Hotel, July 16, 2016 in New York City.

Tweets and theater entertain, but Congress is the main event

May 11, 2019 at 3:46 a.m.

The most amusing part of the Trump transition has been watching its effortless confounding of the media, often in fewer than 140 characters. One morning, after a Fox News report...

Washington state presidential elector Levi Guerra, center, joined by fellow elector P. Bret Chiafalo, right, announce that they're asking members of the Electoral College to pick a Republican "consensus candidate" rather than Donald Trump during a news conference in front of the Legislative Building, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in Olympia, Wash.

Electors, show us your anti-establishment side

May 11, 2019 at 3:46 a.m.

If you thought Donald Trump was the face of America's anti-establishment movement, hold on to your chapeaus: A wild wind is rising. Want to know what's more anti-establishment than a...

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