Marginal tax rates drive choices about investment portfolios, Roth accounts, side gigs and charitable donations. Here’s how to calculate yours before you make any moves.

Law that restricts federal student loans would affect just 0.8% of those enrolled at public colleges, but 14% of students at for-profit schools, new analysis finds.

The top salary subject to Social Security tax will climb to $192,300. Any deal to fix the program's shaky finances could involve both the COLA and the tax base.

Former Indeed CEO Chris Hyams worried artificial intelligence would magnify existing job inequities. So he pivoted to a career of teaching and issue advocacy.

The big raises that once made job switching a smart salary strategy have disappeared. That could hurt the long-term earnings of workers under 35.

The billionaire gubernatorial candidate says lower taxes will make founders flock to Ohio. Ramaswamy is one politician who puts his money where his mouth is.

Just 31% of U.S. adults say college is very important. Yet enrollment is growing as families ask hard questions about what a degree costs and what it delivers.

McKinsey Global Institute predicts AI could create more U.S. jobs than it destroys, but it may require the largest workforce transformation in history.

Since 2012, the number of humanities majors has plunged as students chased degrees with what looked like guaranteed career payoffs. But the job market has changed.

From jobs to housing, these five numbers show how the American economy can look and feel very different depending on your age.

Even a $3 million nest egg doesn’t guarantee readiness. Learn why retirement security depends on what your resources can actually do as life changes.

The so-called “Trump Dividend”—a possibly illegal form of voter coersion—is the fourth time the president has suggested giving checks directly to Americans, but not a single one has ever been issued.

At his private golf clubs, the president barrels through foursomes, knocks away putts, and generally has the time of his life—with the government picking up the Secret Service’s hot-dog tab.

The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

Even as seniors are living longer, their overall health in old age appears to be improving and they are living relatively healthy lives for longer,

These schools, in 12 different nations, offer generally lower prices, more predictable admissions and a global experience, along with unfamiliar academic systems.

This latest agreement would continue to assure that Trump and his sons would benefit from special tax treatment no other taxpayer has received.

How six Americans picked retirement spots ranging from Mauritius to France. Start your own search with Forbes’ list of The Best Places To Retire Abroad in 2026.

Forbes has picked 96 top retirement spots in 24 countries around the world based on costs, quality of life, healthcare, climate change and how welcome U.S. retirees are.

Exclusive LinkedIn data shows engineering majors have been hit hard in today’s weak, AI-affected job market. Here’s what specialties are hurting the most.

While Trump's administration held nuclear-energy talks with Saudi Arabia, his private business moved ahead with a real-estate project tied to the crown prince.

Some analysts warn that the U.S. market is too competitive. But David Vélez has built a $13 billion fortune proving the naysayers wrong.

These Alzheimer's tests raise many important issues that patients and their physicians should carefully consider before requesting or administering them.

America’s salesman-in-chief capitalized on the most lucrative pitch of his life. Now Trump is selling something else—the myth that he doesn’t know how he made so much.

New Gallup survey shows that voters of all stripes mistrust banks, big business, tech companies, the media and Congress, but have enduring trust in Main Street.

Employers told the NFIB they're having trouble finding workers. But experts say economic conditions, including tariffs and fuel costs, may also be making them pickier.

Desperate to rebuild his fortune, Donald Trump asked his political supporters to become his business partners. Those who trusted him most got hurt the worst.

The Declaration of Independence is remembered as a statement of liberty, but it was also a complaint about power, representation, and taxes imposed without consent.

Young entrepreneurs are snapping up baby boomer-owned plumbing, construction, manufacturing and HVAC companies. Plus: Tips for would-be buyers and sellers.

Trade deals are difficult to negotiate. Having to reexamine an agreement this broad and deep every year means constant financial turmoil.

U.S. President Donald Trump ​reported more than $1.4 billion in income from ‌his family’s crypto ventures last year, showing how he now earns most of his income from digital assets ​that have benefite...

The ruling is broadly expected to give Republicans an edge before the November midterms.

How we measure inflation may not be how people perceive inflation

Hundreds of thousands of American businesses are still eligible for tariff refunds from the Trump administration, but navigating the refund process is far from simple.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Education Department’s narrow definition of “professional degree,” reopening a fight that could affect primary care's future.

A new law limits federal loans to aspiring nurse practitioners to $20,500 a year—less than half what would-be podiatrists, chiropractors and optometrists can borrow.

Companies added IVF coverage when workers were scarce. Employers now have the upper hand, but the national focus on the declining birthrate could protect these benefits.

What will you have: benefit cuts or tax hikes? Maybe a little of each. Here is what six potential solutions to the system’s bankruptcy would do to you.

A federal court blocked Trump’s H-1B fee, but the bigger fight is about whether the President can use broad immigration authority to impose what looks like a tax.

The U.S. tech industry relies heavily on the visa program.

May showed strong signs of growth with 172,000 jobs added to the economy. But economists say a growing long-term unemployment rate suggests a more complicated picture.

A Michigan tax foreclosure case will decide whether homeowners get only the cash left after auction or compensation for the equity that was erased by a forced sale.

AI could allow the economy to keep growing even as fewer workers benefit from it, raising new questions about GDP and how recessions are defined.