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

Inspiration and innovation in communication technologies artificial intelligence AI

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

Trump likes to point to employment growth as an important barometer, and it is, indeed, a key measure of how we are doing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Riding the roller coaster economy with Trump

Bruce Yandle June 8, 2017 5:37 pm

Rep. Phil Roe, a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, said the Labor Department's fiduciary rule "would make it harder for low- and middle-income families to save for retirement." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans move to undo Obama financial advisers rule

Joseph Lawler June 8, 2017 5:24 pm

Private sector forecasters had expected new jobless claims to fall to 241,000. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Unemployment benefits running at lowest levels in 43 years

Joseph Lawler June 8, 2017 12:31 pm

Overhauling the tax code would represent a bet that lowering tax rates would stoke faster economic growth and that passing major legislation would boost perceptions of President Trump's leadership. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republicans bet political fortunes on tax reform, with little evidence that it’s wanted

Joseph Lawler June 8, 2017 4:01 am

Company argues its efforts to defeat Republicans' border-adjustment tax are motivated by concern for consumers, not its own corporate interests. (AP Photo/Larry W. Smith)

Koch Industries denies it’s pursuing a special tax break

Joseph Lawler June 7, 2017 10:09 pm

Taxpayers are shifting money around to declare earnings in future years, when the tax rate may be lower, CBO said in a report. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Budget office: People holding out for tax reform may be slowing revenue

Joseph Lawler June 7, 2017 8:07 pm

Garland wrote the opinion of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a labor dispute in which the American Baptist Homes of the West, under the name Piedmont Gardens, was the subject of an unfair labor practice proceeding. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Merrick Garland writes first opinion since end of Supreme Court nomination

Ryan Lovelace June 7, 2017 4:54 pm

Democrats never got the answers they wanted from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin regarding foreclosures at his bank, OneWest, during his confirmation hearings. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats get second shot at foreclosures at Mnuchin’s bank with new nominee

Joseph Lawler June 7, 2017 4:02 pm

Companies, particularly ones that engage in franchising, feared that under the joint employer doctrine, they could be held liable for all manner of violations at workplaces they didn't directly oversee.

Labor Department rescinds expanded ‘joint employer’ rule

Sean Higgins June 7, 2017 3:29 pm

The House is expected to vote Thursday on the measure, the Financial CHOICE Act, which would eliminate or roll back many of the post-crisis banking rules, and provide extra relief for banks that choose to maintain much higher levels of capital. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP’s Dodd-Frank replacement bill heads to the House floor

Joseph Lawler June 7, 2017 12:16 am

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Republicans seek to rein in NLRB

Sean Higgins June 6, 2017 11:06 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)

GOP claims progress after Trump administration and leaders meet on taxes

Joseph Lawler June 6, 2017 10:57 pm