Republicans say latest US consumer price report is a boon. Democrats say it’s a bust. Which is it? Does the latest consumer price index report show that Americans are paying more or less for goods?

Congress caps new H-1B visas at 85,000 per fiscal year, including 20,000 for noncitizens who earned advanced degrees. The government approved 400,000 H-1B applications, including renewals, in 2024, ...

President Donald Trump said he is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and taking control of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Washington, D.C.’s homicide rate is influenced in part by the city’s limits, said James Alan Fox, Northeastern University criminology professor. The city limits are "almost completely urban" compared ...

Negative net migration is possible in 2025, but Trump "has no basis to make that claim until the US Census Bureau analyzes the 2025 data next year," Michael Clemens, George Mason University economics ...