Economy

Dramatic moment: US forces board vessel accused of transporting Iranian oil

Treasury announces new sanctions on Chinese refineries ‘fueling Iran’

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FILE - This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicle plant, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)

Immigration groups that want mass deportations blame Big Business for delay

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An American Airlines jet comes in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Saturday, June 14, 2025

American Airlines cuts profit prediction amid high fuel prices, following industry trend

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Rep. Robyn Kelly speaks with former federal workers.

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A total of 39 senators and representatives wrote to DeVos Thursday asking for an explanation of the decision, and who the agency may have worked with before reaching it. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Democrats demand answers from Betsy DeVos on student loan decision

By Joseph Lawler September 15, 2017 2:00 pm

"We passed a shell budget, and then we got a bill that was meaningless," said Rep. Mark Meadows, the North Carolina Republican who heads the House Freedom Caucus. "And we don't want to do the same thing on tax reform." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House conservatives want to know tax reform won’t end up like healthcare

By Joseph Lawler September 15, 2017 4:01 am

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said during his Senate confirmation hearings that while the Obama administration went too far, the overtime rule needed to be updated. That has policy advocates on both sides wondering what the White House will eventually replace it with. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House mulls rewrite of overtime rule

By Sean Higgins September 14, 2017 10:08 pm

"Effectively, it was a portable office so I could be available" in case of a national security emergency, Mnuchin said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Steven Mnuchin: Government plane for honeymoon was considered for national security

By Joseph Lawler September 14, 2017 9:06 pm

House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said the tax reform plan won't include specifics on matters such as tax rates or which tax breaks they will seek to eliminate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mnuchin promises details on tax plan this month

By Joseph Lawler September 14, 2017 6:24 pm

A new survey found 93 percent of Mexicans have "no confidence" in President Trump and only 5 percent do. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mexicans detest Trump: 93 percent have ‘no confidence’ in US president

By Anna Giaritelli September 14, 2017 2:00 pm

After spiking the week after Hurricane Harvey hit, forecasters had expected the number to drift further up to above 300,000. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Two-and-a-half year jobless claims streak intact despite Hurricane Harvey

By Joseph Lawler September 14, 2017 12:31 pm

Multinational corporations with profits held overseas would face a mandatory one-time tax as part of the planned Republican tax legislation, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Multinationals would face mandatory tax on offshore profits, Steven Mnuchin says

By Joseph Lawler September 13, 2017 10:55 pm

The NLRB has used an "indirect control" standard to pursue a major labor rights case against McDonald's Corp., among others. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Bill opposing Obama’s ‘joint employer’ expansion slowly gaining bipartisan support

By Sean Higgins September 13, 2017 6:54 pm

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who often represents the right flank of the Senate's Republican caucus, entered the budding tax reform debate Wednesday by issuing a call for a net tax cut and for allowing businesses to immediately write off the costs of all new investments. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ted Cruz wades into tax debate calling for hard right tax bill

By Joseph Lawler September 13, 2017 5:30 pm

Larry Summers is both a clever man and a very good economist. But when he's talking politics, he's as fallible as any other. (AP Photo/Feng Li, Pool)

The inherent follies of giving the government more money to spend

By Tim Worstall September 13, 2017 5:24 pm

"You can't just do what Bush did in 2001, 2003," Ryan said, referring to the tax bills that cut individual tax rates and provided tax relief, but were only temporary. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Paul Ryan: Tax reform can’t repeat Bush’s temporary tax cuts

By Joseph Lawler September 13, 2017 3:24 pm