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The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on trading partners to quickly make new deals before a Wednesday deadline, with plans for the United States to start sending letters Monday warning countries that higher tariffs could kick in Aug. 1.

While thrift stores are nothing new, they're becoming more popular as shoppers deal with rising costs of living and even in some cases earn a living as resellers. The secondhand clothing industry is projected to grow about three times faster than the ...

Fewer than six percent of physicians in the U.S. are Black and experts are worried that Trump's 'big bill' could widen that disparity.

The unemployment rate ticked down 4.1% from 4.2% in May, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.

President Donald Trump says he's reached a trade deal with Vietnam. Trump says Vietnam will pay a 20% tariff on goods sent into U.S. territory and a 40% tariff on transshipping, which usually means exports from China that pass through Vietnam.

At best, Trump's "no tax on Social Security" claim exaggerates the benefits to seniors if either the House or Senate-passed proposals is signed into law.

Tax cuts are the priority.

Powell repeated his view Tuesday that U.S. inflation is likely to pick up later this summer, though he acknowledged that the timing and magnitude of any price increase from the duties is uncertain.

"We'll look at how a country treats us -- are they good, are they not so good -- some countries we don't care, we'll just send a high number out," Trump told Fox News Channel's "Sunday Morning Futures" during a wide-ranging interview taped Friday and ...