Catherine Rampell

The United States is a services-based economy. We are really, really good at producing services in America, and employing Americans in service-sector jobs.

In addition to wiping out a lot of existing student debt, President Joe Biden has changed how loans will (or won't) be paid back going forward. Unfortunately, his changes don't...

The public might be drawing exactly the wrong lessons from reports that COVID-19 relief efforts probably led to the largest fraud in U.S. history. The takeaway is that we need...

Donald Trump's latest turn in the spotlight is bad for Democrats — this time by drawing attention away from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Trump will always choose himself over his country's interests; and because his Republican toadies cannot help but stick by him, that means they will always preference his interests over America's,...

Thanks partly to the fickle judgment of Sen. Joe Manchin, the legislative package formerly known as Build Back Better is now, apparently, a health-care bill. But it could still be...

However much we say we care about climate, it always takes a back seat to other, more immediate concerns. To aesthetics, to "neighborhood character," to short-term fluctuations in gas prices....

During the Trump years, the GOP kept its eyes on the prize. Republican politicians seemed willing to overlook their standard-bearer’s nest-feathering and political shakedowns.