Alexander Spatari / Getty Images Minimum Wage Increase Is Crushing Small Businesses in NYC New York City joined 42 other state and local governments in raising their minimum wage floors between Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. By Tim Pearce January 8, 2019
Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo FBI Opens Investigation After Mysterious Pence Texts Are Sent to GOP Members As an extra security measure, the number used has been blocked from contacting phones associated with the administration. By Savannah Pointer January 5, 2019
Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock Breaking: December Jobs Numbers Crush Expectations The U.S. economy added over 270,000 jobs in December, smashing estimates by nearly 100,000. By Randy DeSoto January 3, 2019
Jeff Swensen / Getty Images Hillary Clinton Calls 2018 'Dark Time' for US, Must Have Forgotten ISIS Destruction, Booming Economy Maybe the possible 2020 Democratic presidential candidate is against terrorism being reduced and the US having a booming economy. By Kara Pendleton January 1, 2019
Mark Wilson / Getty Images Treasury Secretary Phones Top US Bankers, Plans To Convene 'Plunge Protection Team' Markets are reacting poorly a day after Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's call to top bankers. By Jack Davis December 24, 2018
Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images Why Economic Freedom Is a Proven Antidote to the Scourge of Human Trafficking 'Countries that promote economic freedom are more likely to be effective in combating human trafficking.' By Anthony B. Kim December 22, 2018
Win McNamee / Getty Images Trump Administration Gets Rid of Lax Discipline Rule Under Obama Era President Donald Trump’s administration officially got rid of a lax discipline rule instated by former President Barack Obama’s administration. By Neetu Chandak December 22, 2018
Alex Wong / Getty Images Conservatives Proven Right: State Tax Revenues Skyrocket Because of Trump Tax Cuts The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act touted by President Donald Trump is one of three reasons that at least 19 states are reporting unexpectedly high general fund revenue halfway through fiscal year 2019. By Evie Fordham December 13, 2018
Herika Martinez / AFP / Getty Images Illegal Border Crossings Are Down Because Migrants Are Applying for Asylum Instead 'The rise in asylum applications come at a time when the White House is working to reform the process.' By Jason Hopkins December 7, 2018
Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / Getty Images Angry Brazilian Mobs Murder Someone Almost Every Day, Authorities Say 'Brazilian president Bolsonaro has vowed to double down on crime and lynchings.' By Grace Carr December 7, 2018