NEW YORK (AP) — Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into trade wars abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty. Trump launched a trade war during his first term as well, taking particular aim at China by ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President Donald Trump's tariffs took effect, though economists and many business owners expect inflation will climb in the coming months. Consumer prices rose 2.3% in April from a year ago, the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted through a quiet Friday as Wall Street closed an unusually calm week. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% to finish the week with a modest dip of 0.5%. It's the first week in seven where the index at the heart of many 401(k) accounts moved by less than 1.5%, ...
The Norwegian energy company Equinor said Friday it will be forced to terminate an offshore wind project for New York within days unless President Donald Trump 's administration relents on its order that stopped construction. Work on Empire Wind has been paused since April 16, when Interior ...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. treasury secretary and America's top trade negotiator will meet with high-ranking Chinese officials in Switzerland this weekend to de-escalate a dispute that threatens to cut off trade between the world's two biggest economies and to damage global commerce. Treasury ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency faced fresh upheaval Thursday just weeks before the start of hurricane season when the acting administrator was pushed out and replaced by another official from the Department of Homeland Security. The abrupt change came the day after ...
