US Hiring Stayed Strong Amid Early Days of Tariff Policy, Jobs Report Shows

U.S. employers added 177,000 jobs in April, the Labor Department reported on Friday. The unemployment rate…

For the U.S. and China, the Only Talking Is About Whether to Talk

As trade tensions flared between the world’s largest economies, communication between the United States and China…

Live Updates: Trump to Unveil 2026 Budget Proposal, Seeking Substantial Cuts Across Government

The Trump administration, which has made clear that it aims to slash government spending, is preparing…

Solid Jobs Report Reinforces Fed’s Patient Approach to Interest Rate Cuts

A solid labor market has for months given the Federal Reserve comfort that it could hold…

Tips for Navigating the ‘Chaotic System’ of Student Loan Repayments

So you’re about to graduate from college. Congratulations. But now you have to think about finding…

Exxon and Chevron Report Lower Profits While Girding for Tariffs

The two largest U.S. oil companies reported their lowest first-quarter profits in years on Friday as…

Europe’s AI cloud startups chase megarounds as Trump brings security fears into focus

European AI cloud providers are pitching VCs for billions of euros of investment, tapping into growing…

Could Trump pull the plug on European tech?

As tensions simmer between Donald Trump and European leaders, the world’s biggest cloud providers have been…

U.S. Payoff for Ukraine Minerals Deal Faces Many Hurdles

Now that the United States has secured a deal to share the rights to Ukraine’s mineral…

How a U.S. Tax Loophole Supercharged China’s Exports

When Congress raised the threshold for imported goods to enter the United States tax-free to $800…

Trump Ends Chinese Tariff Loophole, Raising the Cost of Online Goods

The Trump administration on Friday officially eliminated a loophole that had allowed American shoppers to buy…

U.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans

The Justice Department on Thursday accused three of the nation’s largest health insurers of paying hundreds…

Amazon Says Operating Profits May Decline Amid Economic Uncertainty

As much as Amazon may have wanted to dodge the spotlight in President Trump’s trade war,…

Senior State Department official sought internal communications with journalists, European officials, and Trump critics

The document also seeks all staff communications that merely reference Trump or people in his orbit,…

Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals that Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan that would require placebo-controlled studies for all…

GM Cuts Profit Forecast by 20% and Says Auto Tariffs Will Cost It Billions

General Motors cut its profit forecast for 2025 on Thursday by more than 20 percent and…

Microsoft Drops Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Law Firm

When big law firms attacked by President Trump decided to make a deal with him rather…

Tesla Chair Denies That Board Sought to Replace Elon Musk

The chair of Tesla’s board of directors denied a report that the company had begun to…

As a Tariff Loophole Closes, Sellers Who Import From China Brace for Chaos

Small-ticket items shipped to the United States from China will no longer be exempt from tariffs…

Trump’s Tariffs Lead Japan to Slash Its Economic Growth Forecast

The growing list of major economies warning of weaker growth because of U.S. tariffs has a…

Under Trump, Stocks Have the Worst Start to a Presidential Term Since 1974

One hundred days of President Trump. Seventy days of whipsaw trading in financial markets. Thirty three…

U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter, in Reading Clouded by Messy Trade Data

President Trump’s tariffs have roiled financial markets and upended global trading patterns. Now they are disrupting…