Zelle, the payments network run by banks-owned Early Warning Services, crossed $1 trillion in total volumes last year, which it said was the most ever for a peer-to-peer platform.

Just before the release of Wednesday’s monthly consumer price report, President Donald Trump called for lower interest rates in a post on his Truth Social platform.

Price growth sped up unexpectedly in January, posing an early challenge to President Donald Trump’s economic agenda.

New numbers from the January consumer price index report show a rise in gas, eggs and coffee prices. NBC News’ Brian Cheung and Investopedia’s Editor-in-Chief Caleb Silver break down the inflation numbers, which rose 0.4%, exceeding forecasts for 0.3%.

Elon Musk answered questions on Tuesday in the Oval Office next to President Donald Trump about his dramatic makeover of the federal government, saying they have identified billions of dollars in fraud and waste without providing specific evidence. It comes as the Trump administration fired the USAID inspector general, one day after his office released a report critical of efforts to downsize the agency. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports for TODAY.

Emil Bove, the acting DOJ official behind a potential witch hunt against prosecutors and FBI agents who investigated the Capitol riot, worked on Jan. 6 cases himself

Lawyers challenging Trump’s use of executive power are turning to a familiar weapon in their armory: the Administrative Procedure Act.

Sen. Dick Durbin accused Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick for FBI director, of secretly orchestrating the firings of FBI officials.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who leads President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, pledged full transparency in his efforts to cut wasteful federal government spending. It comes as Democrats accuse Musk of a “government takeover.” NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.

Entry-level workers at USAID, other federal agencies and government-backed nonprofits are filing for unemployment and applying to private-sector jobs.