With American households sitting on $34.5 trillion in home equity in the first quarter of 2025, according to online loan marketplace LendingTree, a lot of cash will be unlocked when these homes sell.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) razor-thin majority is expected to shrink after Tuesday’s special election in Virginia, where the Democratic candidate is likely to sail to victory to finish the ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time this year, which could lower credit card and loan rates. CNBC senior personal finance correspondent Sharon Epperson joins TODAY to share ...

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is hiring new top aides for his independent bid for mayor, including a campaign manager who worked for Rahm Emanuel in Chicago. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons Since he was soundly ...

Want the perfect fit? Laundry experts reveal how to shrink clothes—on purpose. Most of the time, doing laundry well means not shrinking clothes. But occasionally, there are exceptions. Perhaps you ...

Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shrink the size of the U.S. population by hundreds of thousands of people, mostly due to new laws supporting Trump’s immigration crackdown. The ...

“In the past”, says Furkan Kayabasoglu, an obstetrician in Istanbul, “I would deliver a couple’s first baby and then their second or even a third.” These days, however, “one and done” parents are ...

In June, WSJ explained how the U.S. national debt affects everyone and when it becomes unsustainable. Photo Illustration: Kent Nishimura/Getty Images WASHINGTON—The U.S. government spends about $1 ...

Two intelligence-coordination centers would shrink or be closed under a reorganization plan that some observers say will hinder the U.S. ability to counter spies and terrorists. The Office of the ...

On Sunday night, the MTV Video Music Awards staged a tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne, with the young British rocker type Yungblud joining Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry and Extreme’s Nuno ...

Last year Turkey’s total fertility rate (tfr), the number of births a typical woman will have in her lifetime if current patterns persist, fell to 1.48. That is well below the level needed to keep the ...