Here's what the Fed's interest rate pause means for your money
After 10 straight interest-rate hikes, borrowers face sharply higher costs for credit cards, mortgages and other loans.
After 10 straight interest-rate hikes, borrowers face sharply higher costs for credit cards, mortgages and other loans.
The president spoke less than 24 hours after the Senate approved the agreement in a bipartisan vote.
The legislation now goes to President Biden's desk, pulling the nation back from the brink of a financial crisis.
Lee was the only no-vote among western Pennsylvania house members.
A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
With pandemic aid ending earlier this year, some food-stamp recipients are skipping meals or watering down baby formula.
Rep. Thomas Massie broke with two other conservatives on the House Rules Committee to advance the legislation to the House floor.
The debt ceiling deal includes a provision to end the pandemic-related federal student loan payment pause
Critics say allowing the Mountain Valley Pipeline to be fast-tracked would be a "colossal error" after a history of construction complaints and the impacts of its potential emissions.
The House passed the bill to raise the debt ceiling Wednesday. Now, the Senate will take it up.
The debt ceiling deal has cleared both chambers of Congress and is headed to the president's desk.
After days of intense negotiations and weeks of talks, an agreement in principle has been reached to raise the debt ceiling.
Time is running short for House Republicans and the White House to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling to avoid default.
Everything from the stock market to Social Security payments could be jolted if the U.S. defaults on its obligations.
Even a short default could wipe out more than a million jobs, especially in parts of the U.S. that depend on federal spending.
Millions of Social Security recipients "need to be very careful" about spending because payments could be delayed, one expert said.
The U.S. may be unable to pay its bills within weeks if Congress does not raise or suspend the debt ceiling.
The United States is expected to reach its debt limit on Thursday.
House members are headed back to the Hill to push through a raise on the nation's debt ceiling.
For all the commotion -- some would say insanity -- that Washington created over the fiscal cliff these last few weeks, you'd think final approval of a bill late Tuesday night to avoid the cliff would mark lots of changes in tax rates for average Americans. Not so.
Grover is the ultimate in single interest constituencies in Washington. He is not accountable to anybody. He does not disclose who funds him, who pays him to do what he does or how much he is paid to blackmail GOP Members of Congress to sign his pledge not to raise taxes.
The debt ceiling crisis is over. The Senate passed a bill of compromise that the House approved last night and President Barack Obama has signed it.
During a Monday, closed-door caucus meeting on the debt ceiling, Congressman Mike Doyle, from Pennsylvania, likened negotiating with Republican Tea Party members to dealing with terrorists, to which Vice President Joe Biden was said to agree.
KDKA AM's Larry Richert and John Shumway talk to Congressmen Jason Altmire (D) and Tim Murphy (R) about the debt ceiling deal.
Local members of Congress disagree on how important it is to raise the debt ceiling by August 2.
Donte Robinson-Veranon had been on the run since August 2023.
Along with Philadelphia, Frontier will offer service to Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, and Raleigh-Durham.
On today's show: The Millvale Music Festival, new Pittsburgh restaurants, and the PTL Weekend Guide!
The hospital and the union had been negotiating for about five weeks.
It will be mostly dry on Thursday before heavy downpours move in on Friday to start the weekend.
Donte Robinson-Veranon had been on the run since August 2023.
Along with Philadelphia, Frontier will offer service to Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, and Raleigh-Durham.
The hospital and the union had been negotiating for about five weeks.
It will be mostly dry on Thursday before heavy downpours move in on Friday to start the weekend.
Access to Oakland from the Parkway East and the Boulevard of the Allies will be a challenge this weekend.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump will go head-to-head in presidential debates on June 27 and Sept. 10, their campaigns said Wednesday.
Republican Gov. Jim Justice has won West Virginia's GOP Senate nomination.
The Biden administration announced new tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese-made steel and other products. As KDKA-TV money editor Jon Delano reports, White House officials and industry experts both say this is good news for western Pennsylvania jobs.
As a young man on the streets of Homewood, Robby Wideman was bound for trouble.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will decide if hundreds of state inmates serving a mandatory life sentence for second-degree murder will get a chance at a second chance. KDKA-TV's Andy Sheehan profiles an inmate who got a second chance and is making the most of the rest of his life.
A string of recalls connected to Wisconsin-based supplier Schreiber Foods has now extended to Aldi stores after similar recalls at Hy-Vee and other grocery chains.
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It's the time of year when parents go car shopping with their graduates, so what are some tips and tricks to get them on the road safely?
Natural gas producer CNX Resources says it plans to build a $1.5 billion facility at Pittsburgh's airport to make hydrogen-based fuels.
A new report shows Pennsylvania drivers are paying some of the highest tolls in the country.
PTL is going on the ultimate adventure to the land of fire and ice. Boaz Frankel is boarding the inaugural flight on Icelandair from Pittsburgh to Reykjavik for the trip of a lifetime.
For our 20th Anniversary Special, we did a Friday Free for All with our live audience at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.
A fresh salad with crispy, tasty panko-breaded shrimp is perfect for springtime. Rania Harris has the recipe.
PTL hosts Mikey Hood and David Highfield welcome student inventors from Keystone Oaks to the studio. The students and their creations are headed to an international competition in Iowa.
Feel like a round of mini golf? Something new and unique is coming to Mars-Bethel Golf, next to Mars High School. PTL's Katie O'Malley is getting a preview.
Pittsburgh Controller Rachael Heisler raised alarms about so-called p-card payments to Mario Ashkar.
As a young man on the streets of Homewood, Robby Wideman was bound for trouble.
Xylazine, known on the street as "tranq," is a horse tranquilizer that drug dealers mix with illicit drugs to increase the high from opioids.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro calls the sentences cruel and a violation of the state's constitution.
A popular drink will soon disappear from Panera's menu after some people say it harmed their health.
Pennsylvania has launched a new dashboard tracking tickborne diseases.
We introduced you to Elizabeth Loughren in December, as one of the junior co-hosts for last year's KDKA Free Care Fund Telethon for UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Mother's Day may be joyful in many homes, but for even more, it can be a day of pain.
Dr. Christie Hilton at Allegheny General Hospital knows a lot about breast cancer and how it can impact women both at home and at work.
A Pennsylvania senator is among those moving to ban selling water beads, the colorful, water-filled toy nationwide.
William Contreras went 3 for 5 with four RBIs and hit one of Milwaukee's five homers off Martín Pérez in the Brewers' 10-2 blowout of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The schedule includes a Christmas Day game at Acrisure against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Pittsburgh Steelers' 2024 NFL regular-season schedule has been released.
Cameron Heyward, a defensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers, has one year left on his contract.
The Pittsburgh Steelers will play the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Day.
Anthrocon 2024 sold out more than 11,000 hotel room nights in 12 minutes, a record for the event.
The Bakery Square restaurant will open for takeout on May 28 as a preview of what's to come once the interior space of the restaurant is completed.
Recreational marijuana could be available for sale in Ohio by mid-June.
More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother's Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns.
Pittsburgh's first Shake Shack is opening this month.
The official "Wicked" trailer released on Wednesday gives a look at Pittsburgh native Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard.
Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik are reprising their roles from "Big Bang Theory" in part one of the "Young Sheldon" series finale.
A new music festival in the works for Pittsburgh later this year has suddenly been canceled.
A border collie-papillon mix named Nimble took home top prizes at the 148th Westminster Dog Show's Masters Agility competition.
Tickets to "The New World Tour" will go on sale beginning Friday, May 17 at 10:00 a.m.
The union and the hospital management had been in negotiations for about five weeks.
Get the latest weather updates with meteorologist Ron Smiley’s forecast!
It's road construction season and this weekend, there will be major headaches on the Parkway East.
The shooting happened along Scott Street.
K9 officer Eli served the community for eight years.
The EF2 tornado touched down in Peters Township and moved through Finleyville and Union Township.
The northern lights were visible in the Pittsburgh area on May 10, 2024.
To celebrate Pittsburgh Today Live's 20 years on the air, we invited fans to Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse for a special show full of fun and surprises.
Ahead of the Pittsburgh Today Live 20th Anniversary Special, Team PTL, show contributors, and fans walked the PTL Ford Red Carpet at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.
Team PTL invaded Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse for the taping of a very special 20th Anniversary Celebration. Here's a look behind the scenes and backstage.