Elizabeth Warren Calls for an Insider Trading Inquiry at the Fed

The Democratic senator responded to news that the Fed’s vice chair shifted toward stocks shortly before a policy announcement last year.

Democratic Divisions Flare Over Tax Increases and Drug Pricing

In both the House and the Senate, Democrats are working to resolve their internal differences on a huge social policy measure that will require near-total unity to pass.

Elizabeth Warren Asks the Fed to Break Up Wells Fargo

She wants the Federal Reserve to revoke a key operating license and force a split between Wells Fargo’s banking and Wall Street businesses.

Elizabeth Warren asks Amazon to ‘stop peddling misinformation about Covid vaccines and treatments.’

In a letter addressed to Amazon’s chief executive, the Massachusetts senator asserted that the company’s search algorithm promotes books riddled with falsehoods about the pandemic.

Crypto’s Rapid Move Into Banking Elicits Alarm in Washington

The boom in companies offering cryptocurrency loans and high-yield deposit accounts is disrupting the banking industry and leaving regulators scrambling to catch up.

Lessons on Child Care, From the Military

The military transformed what was once an underfunded, scattershot child care system into one of the best in the country. Some see it as a model to emulate.

Banks Slowly Offer Alternatives to Overdraft Fees, a Bane of Struggling Spenders

Aggressive overdraft fees are worth tens of billions of dollars a year to the banking industry. Account holders are finally getting some better options.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks Collide With Democrats’ Goal to Tax the Rich

Many Democrats see the push for an infrastructure package as an opportunity to raise taxes on rich individuals and corporations. But resistance is coming from multiple directions.

An Exposé Has Congress Rethinking How to Tax the Superrich

A report showing that the richest Americans, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett, pay almost no taxes has refocused attention on the tax code.

The Native Scholar Who Wasn’t

More than a decade ago, a prominent academic was exposed for having faked her Cherokee ancestry. Why has her career continued to thrive?