Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (2nd R), alongside US Senator John Barrasso (L), Republican of Wyoming; and US Senator Orrin Hatch (2nd L), Republican of Utah, speaks after a meeting between US President Donald Trump and the Republican Senate Caucus at the US …

Joshua Roberts | Reuters Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn departs after a plea hearing at U.S. District Court, in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2017. ABC News issued a statement on Friday in which it corrected a stunning report about Michael Flynn, the former White House official who pleaded …

Courtesy of Michelle Schroeder-Gardner Michelle Schroeder-Gardner and her husband Wes quit their jobs in 2013 and now travel full-time in an RV The time and effort paid off: By 2013, she was bringing home an additional $10,000 a month from her blog. The extra income not only allowed her to …

CME announced Friday its new bitcoin futures contract will be available for trading on Dec.18. The CME announcement came as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it will allow the world’s largest futures exchange and its competitor, the Cboe Futures Exchange, to launch bitcoin contracts. Cantor Exchange also self-certified a …

The U.S. dollar index was extremely volatile in Friday trading, tumbling midmorning after President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his communication with Russia’s ambassador to the United States. Despite the greenback’s choppy trading to close the week, it could …

The market has been focused on the potential that the repatriation of the billions of dollars technology companies have kept stashed overseas will bring a new round of stock buybacks and dividends. But the proposed changes in tax structure to a new territorial-based version ends loopholes used widely by tech …

Tax legislation will dominate markets in the week ahead, as Congress works to push through a bill that will include a dramatic cut in corporate taxes and reduce individual taxes for many taxpayers. Investors will also be on the lookout for more headlines about the Russia probe, now that Michael …

Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference on April 18, 2017 at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Facebook might be experimenting with a new ad format, according to a report in Ad Age, amid jitters about the company’s advertising growth …

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images National Security Adviser Mike Flynn, and Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Trump, listen to President Trump during a listening session with cyber security experts in the Roosevelt Room the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. President …

Charles Mostoller | Bloomberg | Getty Images Patrick Harker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The Federal Reserve’s goals include promoting inclusive “economic opportunity” for Americans of all income levels, Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said on Friday, offering his interpretation of the central bank’s mandate for maximum …