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Last year, private-equity firm Lone Star Funds bought up nearly $6.7 billion of Merrill Lynch's credit debt obligations at 22 cents on the dollar. Could that be the private model the Treasury Department wants others to duplicate? Simon Johnson, a professor at MIT and a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, offers his insight.

A smaller pool of Republican candidates competing to be president will face off Wednesday night — one last time before primary elections begin in the new year.

Experts and educators are worried about students who miss big chunks of the school year, but a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows parents aren’t quite sure what it is.

Experts and educators are worried about students who miss big chunks of the school year, but a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows parents aren’t quite sure what it is.

While former President Donald Trump tries to moderate his message on abortion, Vice President Harris’ campaign is warning voters that another Trump administration would threaten access to reproductive healthcare.

A new Congress is in place for the last two weeks of the Biden administration. Speaker Mike Johnson's control of the House seems no stronger than it was in the previous Congress.

Pat Riley, the current president and former head coach of the Miami Heat, owns half a dozen trademarks related to the word "three-peat." That could affect whether it appears on Super Bowl merch.

The deal, announced earlier this week, would combine the two largest U.S. residential brokerages by sales volume.

The late night hosts warned about the future of free speech on their shows Thursday.

New York City isn't the only place pushing to expand free child care. We check in on this growing trend, and how states and cities are paying for it.