Yale University has warned that the impact of tariffs on prices could push as many as 875,000 Americans into poverty.

Federal officials have released a new report on national poverty statistics which shows how many people are living in or near ...

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By not extending the 2021 temporary Child Tax Credit expansion, federal lawmakers have allowed the number of children and ...

If their parents had extra cash, would it help poor children? The intuitive answer is yes — not only can any parent attest to ...

California tied with Louisiana for the highest poverty rate in 2024, according to a new analysis, as rumors of a Democratic ...

In her 16 years on Capitol Hill, she emerged as a champion of women’s rights, especially equal pay for comparable work.

One out of five people in Houston lives in poverty, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. Those recently released numbers put Houston at the top of the list with the highest poverty rate among ...

The Trump administration’s war on fentanyl created an opening for ‘El Señor Mencho’ to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. by the ...

Over the three-year period from 2022 through 2024, California and Louisiana posted the highest rates under the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), with 17.7 percent of residents living in poverty.

Carlos Rodon started the game for the Yankees, and he gave the team a chance by going six innings and giving up just two runs ...

Poverty is down in Kentucky, new federal data shows, though the percent of Kentuckians living in poverty exceeds the national average and the state is the nation’s 46th poorest.