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…

Vietnam Used to Be a Safe Haven for Trade. Now It Might Not Be.

During President Trump’s first U.S.-China trade war in 2018, American companies flocked to Vietnam to sidestep…

Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows

Cutting federal funding for scientific research could cause long-run economic damage equivalent to a major recession,…

Chinese Factories Slow in Early Sign of Trade War’s Toll

President Trump’s tariffs are already taking a toll on China’s factories. Three weeks into a trade…

U.S. Gas Industry Pushes Back on Trump Shipbuilding Rules

Another rift has opened between the U.S. oil and gas industry and President Trump, this time…

West Coast Ports Brace for China Tariffs to Dent Import Volume Within Days

Census Bureau data released on Tuesday showed a surge in U.S. imports starting last fall, from…

White House-Amazon Spat Culminates in Trump Calling Bezos ‘Very Nice’

President Trump’s 100th day in office started with what seemed to be a fresh and fast-escalating…

New Data Provide a Pre-Tariff Snapshot of a Stable but Slowing Labor Market

The labor market remained sound in March, with job openings declining but layoffs remaining near record…

Federal Watchdog Reveals Dozens of Inquiries Into Trump’s Withholding of Funds

An independent federal watchdog has opened more than three dozen investigations into the Trump administration to…

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sues White House to Block Board Firings

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally trying…