The 1913 Federal Reserve Act created the current Federal Reserve System and introduced a central bank to oversee U.S.

The Fed has been tasked with a dual mandate by Congress to achieve low inflation and high employment. Learn more about the ...

Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las ...

Robert J. Samuelson, who sought to explain the implications of unemployment, inflation, and government spending to ordinary readers for more than 40 years as an economics columnist for The Washington ...

He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in reader-friendly vernacular. By Michael S. Rosenwald Robert J. Samuelson, an ...

Jean Samuelson of Peoria, formerly of Buda, IL, died on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at the OSF Richard L Owens Hospice Home. She was 91. Jean was born on September 29, 1934, in Dixon, IL, the fourth ...

Strategic competition over the world’s next generation of foundational technologies is underway, and U.S. advantages in artificial intelligence, quantum, and biotechnology are increasingly contested.

Donald Trump vowed to launch “the largest deportation operation in American history,” and he has been dispatching federal agents into cities across the country to carry it out. The initiative is ...

Lucas Samuelson, 39, longtime Hampton resident who moved to Manchester, New Hampshire in 2020, passed away peacefully on November 25, 2025. A graveside service will be held at 11 am on Thursday, ...