NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are slumping Friday amid worries about higher inflation and tariffs, while a closely watched report gave a mixed picture of the U.S. job market.
The S&P 500 was down 0.9% and on track to wipe out what had been a modest gain for the week, with an hour ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's plan to push out federal workers by offering them financial incentives, the latest tumult for government employees already wrestling with upheaval from the new administration.
Thursday's ruling came hours before ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Shortly after he was confirmed as President Donald Trump's transportation secretary, Sean Duffy circulated a memo that instructed his department to prioritize families by, among other things, giving preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, holds more than $1 million of stock in a fashion company founded in China. He established a nonprofit that spent big on promotion but little on its mission. And he advised a roster of foreign clients, including a ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are seeking a Treasury Department investigation of the access that Elon Musk's team was given to the government's payment system, citing "threats to the economy and national security, and the potential violation of laws protecting Americans' privacy and ...