Economy

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

Treasury announces new sanctions on Chinese refineries ‘fueling Iran’

By Claire Carter October 2, 2026 11:06 am

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.

DC region saw the most lost jobs in US last year, BLS data show

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Postal worker Lonzell Rector makes his rounds among flood damaged debris from homes that lines the street in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Analysts: Hurricane Harvey could slow economic growth by full percentage point

By Todd Shepherd September 10, 2017 5:32 pm

The Trump administration has announced it would roll back DACA within six months, giving Congress time to act. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republicans will try to win over Democrats on tax reform

By Joseph Lawler September 10, 2017 4:01 am

Tim Duncan, the five-time NBA champion, issued a plea for help Saturday for the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Caribbean islands where he grew up that got recently got slammed by Hurricane Irma. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

Tim Duncan pledges up to $1 million for Virgin Islands relief, begs for help

By Joseph Lawler September 9, 2017 7:53 pm

Stephen Bannon, recently removed from President Trump's White House, will speak at an event in Hong Kong next week hosted by a brokerage firm owned by the Chinese government. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Steve Bannon to speak at Hong Kong event hosted by state-owned company

By Joseph Lawler September 9, 2017 6:43 pm

House Republicans criticized the Justice Department said it wouldn't reconsider the question of whether to prosecute former IRS official Lois Lerner for her role in the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

GOP outraged after Trump refuses to consider Lois Lerner prosecution

By Joseph Lawler September 8, 2017 6:38 pm

Congress voted Friday to again suspend the debt ceiling until Dec. 9. At that point, it will be reinstated at whatever the current level of debt is. Yet, the Treasury secretary will again have the ability to shuffle government accounts around to free up space under the limit, as he has been doing for the past few months. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

March looms as estimated deadline for next debt ceiling vote

By Joseph Lawler September 8, 2017 6:20 pm

The CFPB has also put on hold plans to conduct on-site tests to examine how Equifax protects its data, and has rejected requests from regulators at other agencies to help. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Equifax hack likely makes it harder for Republicans to kill rule allowing class-action lawsuits

By Joseph Lawler September 8, 2017 6:04 pm

After unexpectedly being cut off from student loan data by the Department of Education last week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray is seeking to mend the fence, arguing that the two departments would work better together. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

CFPB boss to Betsy DeVos on student loans: We’d work better together

By Joseph Lawler September 7, 2017 10:10 pm

In this April 27, 2017 file photo, construction continues on three large, glass-covered domes as part of an expansion of the Amazon.com campus in downtown Seattle. Amazon said Thursday, Sept. 7, that it will spend more than $5 billion to build another headquarters in North America to house as many as 50,000 employees. It plans to stay in its sprawling Seattle headquarters and the new space will be "a full equal" of its current home, said founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Liberal mayors will struggle to win Amazon’s $5 billion new headquarters

By Tom Rogan September 7, 2017 7:48 pm

The Senate easily passed legislation reflecting President Trump's deal with Democrats to provide billions of dollars in Harvey relief, and extend federal spending and borrowing authority into December. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes Harvey relief, spending, and debt ceiling bill

By Al Weaver September 7, 2017 6:34 pm

Joseph Otting, Comptroller of the Currency nominee, left, and Randal Quarles, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve nominee, swear in to a Senate Banking Committee nomination hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 27, 2017. Quarles and Otting will be the two most powerful U.S. banking regulators, setting them up to play leading roles in the Trump administrations efforts to roll back financial rules.(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Two top Trump bank nominees advance in Senate

By Joseph Lawler September 7, 2017 2:48 pm

Paul Ryan said President Trump's decision to side with Democrats in negotiations was motivated by a desire for bipartisanship. (AP Photo/Don Ryan).

Paul Ryan: Hurricanes motivated Trump to deal with Democrats on debt limit deal

By Joseph Lawler September 7, 2017 2:22 pm