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What's the Early Reaction to the New IRS Free Online Tax Filing Service?
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Nearly Six Months Into Fiscal Year, Congress Approves a Spending Bill
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IRS Direct File Program Officially Opens For Business
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4 Key Economic Takeaways From the State of the Union Address
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Biden Calls for $10,000 Tax Credits for First-Time Homebuyers and Starter Home Sellers
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Senators Grill Federal Reserve Chair Powell On Interest Rates, Immigration
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Biden Calls On Lawmakers To Lower Cost of Prescription Drugs
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Your Credit Card Late Fees May Come Down to $8
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What Economic Talk To Expect from the State of the Union
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Congress Passes Yet Another Stopgap Bill To Avert Government Shutdown
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US Opens Probe Into Chinese Smart Cars, Auto Technology on National Security Concerns
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FTC Sues To Block $24.6B Kroger-Albertsons Merger
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FTC Targets H&R Block For Deleting Customer Tax Prep Data
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Some Taxpayers Will Get To File Online Directly To The IRS Soon
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Student Loan Borrowers With Smaller Loans Have $1.2 Billion In Debts Forgiven
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The US Is Investing $5B in Chip R&D—Here's What You Need to Know
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Texting Employees Cost 16 More Financial Firms $81 Million In Fines
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Education Department Sends Staff To Help Colleges Fix FAFSA Mess
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Medicare To Begin Price Negotiations Over 10 Commonly Prescribed Drugs
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FAFSA Student Aid Timeline Delayed, Complicating College Acceptance Process
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What Happens Inside the Fed Meetings Where Decisions on US Interest Rates are Made?
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Why You Might Want To Wait Until March To File Your Taxes This Year
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FTC Opens Inquiry Into Microsoft, Google & Amazon, Over OpenAI & Anthropic Partnerships
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CFPB Seeks To Prevent Banks From Charging 'Abusive' Fee on Instantly Declined Transactions
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Medicaid Roll Purge Pushes More People to 'Obamacare'
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What the Proposed Expansion of the Child Tax Credit Means For You
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Biden Signs Deal Funding Government Through March, Averting Shutdown
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Biden Forgives $4.9 Billion Student Loans for 73,600 Borrowers
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Budget Deal Brightens Near-Term Outlook for US Economy, But High Debt Still Threatens
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Fewer EVs Would Qualify for Tax Credits Under New Treasury Department Rules
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Bank of America Fined For Failing To Collect Data On Mortgage Applicants
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Biden Signs Bill Averting Government Shutdown, Pushing Budget Fight Into New Year
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Here Are the Economic Items That Could Be Discussed at the Biden, Xi Meeting On Wednesday
Your Standard Tax Deduction Could Be $1,500 More This Year
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Regulator Pushes Federal Home Loan Banks Reform After Spring Banking Crisis
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CFPB Wants To Regulate FinTech Payments Processors like Amazon, Meta and Google
IRS Raises 401(k) Contribution Limit To $23,000
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Treasury Announced How Many Bonds It Will Sell in the Months Ahead—Why You Should Care
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Biden Rule Would Make Your Retirement Advisor Work For You—Not For Commission
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Biden's AI Exec Order Seeks New Laws, Requests Safeguards From Tech Companies
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Biden Administration Punishes Student Loan Servicer MOHELA for Errors
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UN Launches Advisory Body to Boost International Cooperation on AI Governance
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New Labor Rule Boosts Union Ability To Organize Contractors and Franchise Workers
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Biden Bolsters Home Energy Assistance Program to Help With Winter Heating Bills
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New Federal Rule Restricts Colleges Withholding Transcripts For Unpaid Debt
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Biden Names 31 Regional Tech Hubs To Create Jobs in Rural, Underserved Communities
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China Restricts Exports of Graphite, Key Mineral Used for Making EV Batteries
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Powell Leaves Door Open For a Rate Increase
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Regulators Are Making it Easier to Break Up With Your Bank
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Treasury Auction Results Show Lagging Demand for Bonds
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TransUnion Agrees To Pay $23 Million to Federal Regulators
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Surprised By 'Junk' Fees On Bills? They May Go Away Soon
Treasury, IRS Release Tax-Incentive Guidelines to Boost EV Sales
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Bond Yield Rise Shows Interest Rates Sufficiently High for Now: Fed's Daly
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Biden Administration Earmarks Additional $9B in Student Loan Relief for 125,000 Borrowers
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After Budget Fight, House Ousts McCarthy As Speaker
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Payday Lenders Take Their Shot At Bringing Down The CFPB In The Supreme Court
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Unpacking the Short-Term Funding Bill That Averted a Shutdown
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Congress Passed a Bill to Avert a Shutdown
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Student Loan Payments Are Restarting Sunday. They’re Nothing Like You Remember
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How Student Loan Borrowers Ended Up In a $1.5 Trillion Hole
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Biden's 'Plan B' On Loan Forgiveness Is Beginning to Take Shape
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California Raises Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers to $20 per Hour
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SEC Fines Interactive Brokers, Baird Among Other Wall Street Firms in Texting Probe
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Some Student Loan Borrowers Are Surprised at New Repayment Plan Savings