Tag: Donald Trump
Inflation held steady in February before attack on Iran sent energy...
KANSAS CITY (AP) – Inflation stayed stubbornly elevated last month as gas prices rose in a snapshot of what consumer prices looked like before...
U.S. employers cut a surprising 92K jobs last month as unemployment...
WASHINGTON (AP) – American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped...
R.I. joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s new global tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) – Some two dozen states, including Rhode Island, challenged President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs on Thursday, filing a lawsuit over import...
Pentagon to cut ties with Brown and others Hegseth accuses of ‘wokeness’
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Brown University, Columbia, Yale, and other universities starting next school year...
U.S. January wholesale prices arrive hotter than expected
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected last month.
The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index, which...
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his...
U.S. trade deficit slipped to $901B last year amid Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Donald Trump upended global commerce by slapping double...
CBO: Federal deficits and debt to worsen over next decade
WASHINGTON (AP) – The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s 10-year outlook projects worsening long-term federal deficits and rising debt, driven largely by increased spending, notably on Social...
U.S. adds surprising 13K jobs last month yet revisions cut hundreds...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands.
The unemployment...
U.S. producer prices rose 0.5% in December, more than expected, on...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. wholesale prices rose a hotter-than-expected 0.5% in December.
The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index – which measures inflation before it hits...
