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The sun sets behind power transmission lines in Texas, the United States on July 11, 2022. Nick Wagner | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The Biden Administration is putting almost $3.5 billion into improving the strength and resiliency of the United States’ electric grid, government officials said on Wednesday. …

Andreswd | E+ | Getty Images Medicare beneficiaries have until Dec. 7 to change their Medicare health and prescription drug coverage for the coming year through open annual enrollment. This year, there’s even more reason to pay attention, as financial assistance for prescription drug coverage is set to expand starting …

Passengers check in for United Airlines flights at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on Dec. 13, 2022. Scott Olson | Getty Images United Airlines will change its boarding order next week by letting economy-class passengers who have selected window seats to board before those with middle and aisle seats. The …

Rep. Jim Jordan should get ready to move on, according to fellow Republican Chris Christie. Before Jordan lost his second straight attempt to win the House speaker’s gavel, Christie, who’s running for the GOP presidential nomination, told CNBC that the Ohio Republican should step aside from the race if he …

Ivy League institutions consistently rank at the top of U.S.-based college rankings.  Princeton University earned the top spot on both The Wall Street Journal’s and U.S. News and World Report’s rankings for 2024. But global rankings are a different story. The University of Oxford in the United Kingdom was named …

Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC), the temporary leader of the House of Representatives and the speaker pro tempore, holds the gavel in the House Chamber as they prepare to vote on a new Speaker of the House at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2023. House Republicans are …

To be sure, women in corporate America have come along way in the last decade. While the overall gender pay gap has not changed much, it has narrowed among top executives. And, for the first time ever, women CEOs make up more than 10% among Fortune 500 companies. But CEOs …

President Joe Biden is joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona as he announces new actions to protect borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down his student loan forgiveness plan, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2023. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Nearly 40 …

Remote work has plummeted from its pandemic high. Less than 26% of U.S. households have someone working from home at least one day a week, down from a peak of 37% in early 2021, according to Census Bureau data. Remote work’s gradual decline reflects the ongoing push from companies to …

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler testifies before a House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters More than two dozen California Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and …