Despite what it may sound like, a credit card charge-off does not offer you a fresh start if you’ve fallen behind. Phira Phonruewiangphing/Getty Images Credit card debt has become increasingly difficult for many borrowers to outrun, particularly over the last few years. While wages have risen in some sectors, so have basic living costs due … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrat Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow accrued nearly a year’s worth of unpaid utility charges on her million-dollar home while campaigning on affordability. Until Friday, McMorrow and her husband, former Gawker executive Ray Wert, had not paid water or sewer charges on their home in Royal Oak, Mich., … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senators will now go without pay during future shutdowns in a bid to instill the same pain on lawmakers that federal workers have felt several times in recent months. The upper chamber unanimously passed a resolution to prevent senators from being paid in the event of a … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A shooting near President Donald Trump and several Cabinet members Saturday night is putting a spotlight on the Secret Service’s funding shortfall amid an ongoing standoff in Congress. A gunman opened fire outside the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., where … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While tens of thousands of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees are struggling to make ends meet, some members of Congress appear to be going about their business as usual during the record-breaking government shutdown. Instead of staying in Washington to resolve the funding stalemate, both chambers … Read more
They took on extra jobs, hit the food banks, begged their families for money, and even sold their blood to pay their bills. Now, after working without pay for a month, an ever-increasing number of Transportation Security Administration workers have been calling out of work even though they are legally required to continue manning airport … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is seeking to pin the blame on Republicans as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown begins to snarl air travel in his state despite repeatedly voting against funding bills. Ossoff, who is widely viewed as the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent running for … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A House GOP lawmaker is unveiling new legislation aimed at easing airport chaos that’s hitting travelers across the country during the ongoing partial government shutdown. Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., introduced a bill on Monday to ensure Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers are paid during … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Obama Foundation is looking for 100 unpaid volunteers to work alongside the former president’s highly paid cronies at the $850 million Obama Presidential Center in Chicago when it opens in June. Officials are pitching the no-paycheck gigs as rooted in former President Barack Obama’s legacy of … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Secret Service-involved shooting of a man with a shotgun inside the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago over the weekend brought the Department of Homeland Security’s partial shutdown into new focus. Two USSS agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputy confronted and later shot and … Read more