Jennifer Epstein

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Residential homes in Hercules, California, US, on Thursday, June 6, 2024. The Mortgage Bankers Association is scheduled to release mortgage applications figures on June 12. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Personal Finance

26%: That’s how much more it costs to maintain a U.S. single family home—not even counting the mortgage—than it did before COVID

By Jennifer Epstein and The Associated Press

Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring a goal during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Argentina and Ecuador, at the Mas Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images)

Lionel Messi buys $10.8 million Florida waterfront mansion just months after his blockbuster deal to join Miami’s soccer team

By Jennifer Epstein, Felipe Marques, and others

Kathryn Haun, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz in Menlo Park, CA.

Crypto investor Katie Haun raises $1.5 billion for her venture capital fund

By Olga Kharif, Allyson Versprille, and others

Joe Biden

Biden may start crypto crackdown this week with executive order

By Allyson Versprille, Jennifer Epstein, and others

Janet Yellen

Yellen-White House split slows arrival of crypto strategy

By Saleha Mohsin, Jennifer Jacobs, and others

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks while meeting with the White House Competition Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Biden highlighted his administration’s efforts to lower prices for Americans from his Promoting Competition in the American Economy executive order. Photographer: Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Biden calls Fox News reporter a ‘stupid son of a b*tch’ over question on inflation

By Justin Sink, Jennifer Epstein, and others

Gas prices in the U.S.

Biden asks the FTC to probe gas companies over ‘anti-competitive’ behavior as fuel prices soar

By Jennifer Epstein and Bloomberg

U.S. President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. The House Budget Committee advanced a draft version of Biden’s signature tax and social spending measure, a milestone ahead of possible votes on the floor of the chamber next week. Photographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg

Biden to get COVID booster shot at White House Monday

By Jennifer Epstein and Bloomberg

Joe Biden

Biden extends freeze on student loan payments through January

By Jennifer Epstein, Janet Lorin, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 26: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. The event marked the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Biden to require federal workers get vaccinated or submit to frequent testing

By Jennifer Epstein, Jordan Fabian, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 10: Neera Tanden, nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee on February 10, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Tanden helped found the Center for American Progress, a policy research and advocacy organization and has held senior advisory positions in Democratic politics since the Clinton administration.

White House withdraws nomination of Neera Tanden as OMB chief

By Jordan Fabian, Jennifer Epstein, and others

US-POLITICS-BIDEN

Biden says U.S. has more vaccine doses because he triggered Defense Production Act

By Justin Sink, Josh Wingrove, and others

PROVIDENCE, RI – APRIL 21: Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, director of the state Department of Health, provide the daily update on the coronavirus in Providence, RI on April 21, 2020. (Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Biden taps Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as Commerce Secretary

By Jennifer Epstein, Jenny Leonard, and others

Biden won’t get Trump’s followers when taking over White House Twitter accounts

By Jennifer Epstein and Bloomberg

Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, from right, U.S. President Donald Trump and moderator Chris Wallace speak during the first U.S. presidential debate.

You’re on mute: Trump and Biden will have restricted access to the mic during final debate

By Jennifer Epstein and Bloomberg