The Federal Reserve just cut interest rates again, offering more relief to borrowers, excepting the world’s bigger borrower, ...

Consider increasing the purchasing power of both of your children after you die and reducing the share going to Uncle Sam by switching who gets what. Let’s keep it simple and assume you have a $ ...

Those IRA withdrawals count as taxable income, which would actually cause the amount you owe to Uncle Sam to go up. Also worth knowing is that for most people, 85% of Social Security is taxable.

The federal government loves its acronyms — EPA, FBI, CIA, IRS. But for retirees, among the most important acronyms to understand is this: RMD. The reason for these forced withdrawals?

Teaming with writer Steve Darnall, Ross spun a new tale featuring the classic character of Uncle Sam. Out of print for over a decade, this classic comic is now being reprinted in a special edition ...

Matt Pritchett has a talent for reducing complexities to simple imagery. Journalistic neutrality is a polite fiction, but it ...

Perpetuated by political cartoonist Thomas Nast, the donkey became a symbol for the Democratic Party. Soon, Nast invited ...

“Uncle Sam’s New Twins” was the headline for The Jamestown Alert on Nov. 7, 1889, the first weekly edition of the Alert that ran after statehood. “By official proclamation, North Dakota and South ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Reporting from Europe, Jeff McMahon covers the environment. There’s little need to repeat all the drawbacks of the supply chain for ...

DeWitt, N.Y. -- The former Uncle Sam's night club is going to meet the wrecking ball soon. The long-vacant building at the northeast corner of Erie Boulevard East and Bridge Street, which also ...

or, "Why is that donkey dressed like Uncle Sam?" The donkey has long represented the Democratic Party, just as the elephant is known to represent Republicans. How exactly did this come to be?