If you stay home with your children while your spouse works full time, a proposed Trump administration rule could make your family eligible for federal child-care assistance. The aid would come from the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), a federal-state program that helps lower- and middle-income working families pay…

Americans stepped up their participation in retirement plans and saw their savings grow in recent years, a new analysis from the Federal Reserve finds. The Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances released a report on Friday detailing changes in U.S. family finances from 2022 to 2025 found that enrollment in…

Starter homes have become increasingly scarce around the country relative to pre-pandemic inventory levels, though some metro areas around the country have a bigger supply for first-time home buyers. A new analysis by Realtor.com found that the national share of starter homes fell from 38.1% of active inventory in August…