Economy

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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)

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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

Rep. Robyn Kelly speaks with former federal workers.

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

Six in 10 people say the economy has improved under President Trump, and 38 percent give him some credit for it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Automakers: Currency not issue in NAFTA, but put it in anyway

Sean Higgins June 13, 2017 8:53 pm

Business lobby says adding policies explicitly favoring U.S. companies or products in negotiations with Canada and Mexico would do more harm than good. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Chamber of Commerce warns against ‘buy American’ in NAFTA

Sean Higgins June 13, 2017 5:20 pm

A government shutdown could be justifiable in certain circumstances, treasury secretary tells Congress. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Mnuchin: ‘There could be a good shutdown’

Joseph Lawler June 13, 2017 4:03 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin went further than before in supporting that conservative legislation, by saying that he supported it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s Treasury Department calls for rollback of Obama-era bank rules

Joseph Lawler June 12, 2017 11:56 pm

Defaulting on the debt would cause significant market disruptions and ruin other countries' faith in the dollar, Mnuchin testified. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mnuchin calls for raising debt ceiling, says markets ‘don’t want us to wait’

Joseph Lawler June 12, 2017 9:11 pm

Rosa Labonte works on a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica on the assembly line at the Windsor Assembly Plant, Friday, May 6, 2016 in Windsor. NAFTA's rules of origin are particularly important to automakers, who use supply chains spread across all three member countries. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Canada companies push to maintain NAFTA’s ‘made in America’ definition

Sean Higgins June 12, 2017 8:20 pm

"If we don't get these additional sanctions at the UN, as I mentioned over the weekend, I have an executive order prepared, that's ready to go to the president that will authorize to stop doing trade and put sanctions on anybody that does trade with North Korea," Mnuchin said Wednesday to reporters. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Treasury report will focus on community bank relief, Mnuchin says

Joseph Lawler June 12, 2017 5:31 pm

The Treasury is shifting funds around to make incoming payments, but can only do that for so long before it runs out of options. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Debt ceiling deadline likely in October or November, think tank says

Joseph Lawler June 12, 2017 5:24 pm

Neil Gorsuch writes first opinion as Supreme Court justice

Ryan Lovelace June 12, 2017 2:59 pm

The first round results indicate Macron's La Republique En Marche (LREM) Party is likely to win a huge majority. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Macron’s parliamentary election win is good news for France

Tom Rogan June 12, 2017 2:00 pm

"It's a policy dream come true to be able to make the arguments directly to the president of the United States, and if I lose, that's great. I'm not the president. He is. And I absolutely respect his final decision," says Mick Mulvaney. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Trump budget cutter Mick Mulvaney has ‘coolest job in Washington’

Alex Pappas June 12, 2017 4:01 am

With a draft executive order in hand and a finger on the kill switch, President Trump was talked out of pulling out of NAFTA at the eleventh hour when Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the White House to get him to stop, saying America's sudden exit would be too much of an economic "shock to the system." (AP photos)

Can Trump reshape NAFTA?

Sean Higgins June 12, 2017 4:01 am