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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Federal court hears new case against President Trump’s latest global tariffs

April 11, 2026 at 12:02 p.m.

The U.S. Court of International Trade, a specialized court in New York, heard oral arguments Friday in an attempt to overturn the temporary tariffs Trump turned to after the Supreme...

A ship is docked at the Port of Long Beach Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Congressional Democrats say President Trump’s tariffs will cost US households more than $2,500 this year

March 13, 2026 at 2:47 p.m.

Congressional Democrats warn in a study out Friday that the Trump administration's import taxes will cost American households an average of $2,512 in 2026.

Motorists queue up as others wait behind a rope for their turn to get fuel at a pump, fearing a possible fuel shortage due to the Iran war, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

War with Iran delivers another shock to the global economy

March 10, 2026 at 8:10 a.m.

The war with Iran is doing collateral damage to the world economy.

Hiring sign is displayed in front of a restaurant in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

The US lost a surprising 92,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4%

March 6, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.

American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%.

Cars drive by a Mercedes-Benz dealership on the Bedford Automile in Bedford, Ohio, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

More than 20 states, including Illinois, sue over new global tariffs Trump imposed after his stinging Supreme Court loss

March 5, 2026 at 12:19 p.m.

Some two dozen states challenged President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs on Thursday, filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.

FILE – Kevin Warsh speaks to the media about his report on transparency at the Bank of England, in London, Dec. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

President Trump expects his Fed pick and AI to deliver a replay of the ’90s boom. Economists have doubts.

March 1, 2026 at 12:53 p.m.

President Donald Trump, his Treasury secretary and his choice to lead the Federal Reserve believe they can coax the U.S. economy into partying like it’s 1999.

FILE – The Supreme Court is photographed, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Trump has other tariff options after Supreme Court strikes down his worldwide import taxes

February 20, 2026 at 12:16 p.m.

President Donald Trump still has options to keep taxing imports aggressively even after the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs he imposed last year on nearly every country on earth.

FILE – Pedestrians walk past a help wanted sign posted on the door of a restaurant in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

US job openings fall to 6.5 million, fewest since 2020, as labor market remains sluggish

February 5, 2026 at 3:21 p.m.

U.S. job openings fell to the lowest level in more than five years, another sign that the American labor market remains sluggish.

Shoppers walk around the Somerset Collection mall, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Troy, Mich. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

US consumer prices slowed unexpectedly in November, but still up 2.7% from a year earlier

December 18, 2025 at 8:34 a.m.

U.S. inflation slowed unexpectedly last month, the government said in a report that was delayed and likely distorted by the government shutdown.

Packages of De Cecco pasta are displayed at Guerra’s Italian Market in San Francisco, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Tariffs have cost US households $1,200 each since Trump returned to the White House, Democrats say

December 11, 2025 at 6:30 a.m.

Using Treasury Department numbers on revenue from tariffs and Goldman Sachs estimates of who ends up paying for them, the Democrats’ report Thursday found that American consumers’ share of the...

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