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"The highest priority that Congress has is restoring stability and creating certainty," said Wendy Edelberg of Brookings.

Sudeep Reddy, managing editor at Politico, joined Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal to discuss the events in Washington and how business leaders are reacting.

Dozens breached security perimeters and lawmakers inside the House chamber were told to put on gas masks as tear gas was fired in the Rotunda.

A new report from the Brookings Institution says counties where the majority of voters supported President-elect Joe Biden are responsible for a much larger share of economic activity than those that supported President Trump.

Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman and the first person of color vice president-elect.

When variables include who will be president and who controls Congress, GDP and unemployment forecasts look very different.

Trump has pressured the head of the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. But he wasn't the first American leader to do so.

The federal deficit for 2020 was three times the size of last year’s deficit. It was the government’s largest annual shortfall in dollar terms.

The president appeared to backtrack on his earlier decision to halt talks with Democrats over a new stimulus package.

They now account for nearly a quarter of all donations. This year, they are giving more than PACs and super PACs combined