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Volkswagen's employee representatives said Friday they have reached a wage deal that wards off management proposals for plant closings in Germany and bars involuntary layoffs through 2030.

A big shopping deadline is drawing near for some people, and it has nothing to do with the holidays.

A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot and Wayfair. It didn't matter that Jake Jones once ...

House Republicans on Friday began coalescing around a new plan to fund the government before the midnight deadline, preparing to vote on a temporary funding extension separate from other year-end priorities loaded into prior versions of the bill.

Russia's central bank has left its benchmark interest rate at a record 21%, holding off on further increases despite high consumer inflation fueled by the Kremlin's war against Ukraine.

Some federal workers are "secretly hoping" for a government shutdown in the coming weeks, figuring it will earn them extra time off.

President-elect Donald Trump says the European Union must buy more oil and gas from the U.S. or face sweeping tariffs on products they send to the states.

Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company.

President-elect Donald Trump hasn't set foot in the White House yet but already appears to be running Washington after torpedoing a bipartisan spending deal and forcing Congress to take up a tailored measure more to his liking. It hasn't been a ...

Democrats and Republicans on Thursday tanked House Speaker Mike Johnson's second attempt at a short-term government funding patch, adding more uncertainty as to whether Congress will avoid a partial government shutdown.