WASHINGTON (AP) — The heads of four major labor unions on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to boost American shipbuilding and enforce tariffs and other "strong penalties" against China for its increasing dominance in that sphere.
The presidents of the United Steelworkers, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Members of a Senate committee grilled Labor Secretary-designate Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Wednesday about her past support of pro-union legislation, her position on raising the federal minimum wage and her willingness to disagree with President Donald Trump.
Democrats sought ...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ordered a halt to congestion pricing tolls in New York City, which thin traffic and fund mass transit by making people pay to drive into some parts of Manhattan.
Launched on Jan. 5, the city's system uses license plate ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials at a meeting last month pointed to rising risks that inflation could worsen, a key reason they kept their benchmark interest rate unchanged.
According to minutes of the Jan. 28-29 meeting, which were released Wednesday, Fed officials said that ...
Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection months after saying that it would likely run out of cash early this year.
The company, once a rising star on Wall Street, became enmeshed in scandal and its founder was convicted in 2022 for misleading ...
TOKYO (AP) — Yoshiko Abe is about to turn 89, but that hasn't stopped her from going to the gym every day and trying the free-of-charge makeup course at her housing complex.
"It was really helpful," she said, all smiles and glowing after putting on foundation and pink lipstick, something ...