Former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Loretta Mester says it's important that the Fed stays independent and that fiscal politics should not interfere with monetary policy makers ...

President Donald Trump this week said he had discussed with a group of Republican lawmakers the possibility of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, before walking back such plans, calling them ...

If you’re the kind of person who boasts about being a political independent, this may be hard to hear: You’re part of the problem. This no doubt will come as a shock in part because ...

If you’re the kind of person who boasts about being a political independent, this may be hard to hear: You’re part of the problem. This no doubt will come as a shock, in part because ...

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) came to Washington as a political outsider, and he's clearly committed to maintaining that status. On Wednesday evening, Sasse tweeted his thoughts about his party's ...

In fact, this Election Day, Americans cast fewer votes for independent or third-party candidates for senator and governor than in any other midterm election since 1998.

Being a political independent means they evaluate both sides of an issue and decide who to vote for based on ideas or policies, not which party presented the idea.

A group of independent voters is asking Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court to strike down a nearly century-old law barring them from voting in the state’s primary elections.