GOP

The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower, while the VIX trended higher Friday as investors grew concerned about rising interest rates and a couple of underwhelming tech earnings reports. Amid the selloff, House Republicans released a declassified intelligence memo...

The environment in Washington, D.C. is heated. All over the United States, political passions are running high. Issuers of exchange traded funds are looking to capitalize on those themes. EventShares on Tuesday launched three smart beta ETFs designed to benefit from goings on in our nation's...

Despite conceding two party votes to the Democratic opposition, Senate Republicans rallied enough support Tuesday to send the ongoing healthcare debate to the floor for open discussion. The procedural vote was dramatic, tallying multiple last-minute supporters and the critical involvement of Sen....

Republicans in Congress promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act on the first day of a new GOP administration. Five months later, the overhaul remains stalled, just one part of an agenda paralyzed by the probe into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Russia. The U.S. Senate is working on...

They get sick, pay bills, go to work, save to send their kids to college and hope to enjoy the retirement they’ve been promised. Federal workers would like you to know that they are people too. The GOP-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump have hammered away at what they characterize...

President Donald Trump has taken fire from critics in recent weeks following his firing of FBI head James Comey. While Democrats and even some Republicans are calling for a Trump impeachment, investors are trying to figure out what, if any, impact the recent developments will have on the Republican...

Tax overhauls proposed by President Donald Trump and the House GOP leadership will lead to short-term gains but long-term increases in the federal debt, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model, which crunched the numbers for both plans up until the year 2040. “They are cutting taxes...

A tax proposal known as a “border adjustment” proposed by Republicans in the House of Representatives could ding major American retailers who rely on imported products. The policy change, which would tax imports and exempt exports, was criticized this week by President-elect Donald...

Benzinga recently talked with several marijuana industry experts and entrepreneurs, and they all seem to agree on one thing: President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to oppose to legal cannabis, even with Jeff Sessions occupying the Attorney General’s office. Alan Brochstein, founding...

U.S. politics have changed a lot since the 1970s, and recent years have seen Americans become much more polarized. In an article published Tuesday, FiveThirtyEight senior editor Ritchie King shared a look into how this happened by analyzing the “state-by-state spread of the margins...