Economy

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

Treasury announces new sanctions on Chinese refineries ‘fueling Iran’

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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Looking for human opportunity in an AI world

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

Rep. Robyn Kelly speaks with former federal workers.

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

"Excess licensing hinders the American workforce," Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said in a speech Friday to the American Legislative Exchange Council in Denver. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta calls for occupational licensing reform

Sean Higgins July 21, 2017 10:28 pm

"You can't win a fight that you don't enter." (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Consumer advocates back CFPB gamble on class-action suits

Joseph Lawler July 21, 2017 8:25 pm

"The American people deserve to have a voice in trade agreements being negotiated on their behalf," said Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., lead sponsor of the Promoting Transparency in Trade Act. The bill would require the U.S. Trade Representative to publicly disclose any agreements made with a foreign country at the end of each negotiating round of any trade deal. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Democrats push for NAFTA negotiation transparency

Sean Higgins July 21, 2017 4:47 pm

The House Budget Committee passed it along party lines Wednesday without any Republican defectors, even though some conservative critics sit on the panel.

Republican budget at risk in the House

Susan Ferrechio July 21, 2017 4:01 am

"We are a quarter of the way through this Congress, but we are not yet where we need to be on key issues like healthcare, tax reform, and rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure," U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue wrote. "Promises were made; promises must be kept." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Chamber to Congress: Turn to tax reform now

Joseph Lawler July 20, 2017 11:07 pm

Ben Carson told The Washington Examiner he would seek to "reinterpret" rather than rescind the rule because he feared the latter step might defy Supreme Court guidance. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Civil rights commissioner tells Carson to rescind Obama housing discrimination rule

Joseph Lawler July 20, 2017 9:43 pm

"As Republicans, we are wired the same way on tax reform," the House speaker told workers at a Massachusetts New Balance plant. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ryan: GOP more unified on taxes than healthcare

Joseph Lawler July 20, 2017 8:20 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., wrote to Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday asking whether the White House had ever spoken with its nominees for the National Labor Relations Board about the board's "joint employer" doctrine. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Patty Murray presses Pence on NLRB picks

Sean Higgins July 20, 2017 4:17 pm

Republicans hope to stop the bureau from liberalizing class-action lawsuits for financial products. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Republicans launch Congressional Review Act challenge to CFPB class-action rule

Joseph Lawler July 20, 2017 2:41 pm

Investors had expected that jobless claims would remain about steady from the previous week, around 246,000. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Jobless claims plunge to 233,000 lowest level in two months

Joseph Lawler July 20, 2017 12:32 pm

Freedom Partners is launching ads asking House Republicans to oppose border adjustment and red-state Senate Democrats to support the group's preferred method of tax reform. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Koch groups: Bold tax cuts would raise revenue

Joseph Lawler July 20, 2017 12:00 pm

The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, which was finalized in 2015, is meant to implement part of the civil-rights-era Fair Housing Act by requiring local governments to spell out plans for reducing segregation, or risk eventually losing out on federal bock grants. Ben Carson has said he would seek to reinterpret it.

Ben Carson: HUD will ‘reinterpret’ Obama housing discrimination rule

Joseph Lawler, Al Weaver July 20, 2017 4:01 am