WASHINGTON (AP) — For a long and frustrating third day, divided Republicans kept the speaker’s chair of the U.S. House empty Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy failed again and again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough GOP votes to seize the chamber’s gavel.

The former president's endorsement didn't move any votes.

If the economy enters a recession in 2023, or even if it manages to narrowly evade one, it might be the well-heeled that take a bigger hit than usual.

This year is going to be tougher on the global economy than the one we have left behind, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva has warned.

First lady Jill Biden, despite being so worn out from a recent circuit of White House events that she lost her voice, is now seriously looking ahead to her husband running for reelection in 2024. That's a tidal shift from her position just three months ago.

The bear market in stocks and rapid inflation eroded the real wealth of American households during the first three quarters of 2022.