| By almost every measure, the U.S. economy is booming. But a look behind the headlines of roaring job growth and consumer spending reveals how the boom continues in large part by the poorer half of Americans fleecing their savings and piling up debt. As many of the most vulnerable workers sink deeper into the red, the nearly decade-long economic expansion may be more vulnerable to a further spike in gasoline prices or an escalation of trade conflicts.
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| Exclusive: Maria Butina, accused in the United States of spying for Russia, had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior U.S. officials. |
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| Commentary: Congress has many tools to limit the damage of Trump's approach to Russia, writes Julia Frifield, a former U.S. assistant secretary of state, and David Eckels Wade, former chief of staff to the U.S. State Department. "Congress need not just be a spectator, cheering or heckling from the stands... Whether through investigations, appropriations, legislation, resolutions, hearings or official travel, Congress members have a strong hand to play."
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