The economy sped up in November and kept the U.S. on track for another strong quarter of growth, fueled by optimism about falling interest rates and the prospect of a pro-business Trump administration,

The latest Yahoo News/YouGov results illustrate the powerful effect that partisanship can have on people’s perception of reality.

Yes, I think the one of the good news stories or comforting news stories for those of us who are not big fans of President Trump is that he was elected by — in the primary vote, as my colleague David French put it,

There’s a pretty simple way to explain most of what happened in the 2024 presidential election.

This dichotomy shows up neatly in the latest University of Michigan consumer sentiment data. The sentiment index for Republicans jumped from 53.6 in October to 69.1 in November, putting it at the highest level since shortly after President Joe Biden took office in 2021.

In analyzing the loss, Harris’s team also credits the Trump campaign with reaching sporadic voters, especially young men, through new media channels.

Every four years, we elect a new president to lead our nation. Also referred to as "the leader of the free world," this person is often judged and associated with how the economy is doing when

"The U.S economy is the envy of the world," said Rutgers Business School finance professor Parul Jain. "Why didn’t that message get through to the electorate?” “There’s always a big lag between objective economic indicators and public opinion ...

President-elect Donald Trump won Pennsylvania after losing the state in 2020. Scott Pelley visited to find out what was behind the shift this election.

A couple of readings on the economy paint a mixed bag, but consumers and markets are now focused on the coming new regime in Washington.

Donald Trump’s trade plan for 2025 would hit China and Mexico hard as well as cause global damage. But he will struggle to implement it in full

Nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants are the backbone of some industries, and they pay billions in taxes for services they never receive.