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The Federal Reserve Bank has quietly pushed back against the White House's criticism of the central bank's $2.5 billion plan to renovate its headquarters in downtown Washington.

After driving through a downpour to take her son to day camp, Darleen Reyes told camp administrators the rain would have kept her away but her son insisted on going.

The European Union's trade chief said Monday that trade will be "heavily impacted" if President Trump follows through on his threat to impose a 30% on EU goods.

The top White House economic adviser said Sunday that President Trump is threatening to slap tariffs on some of the nation's biggest allies because he is not happy with the direction of ongoing trade talks.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright has heard a lot of doomsday predictions about the rollback of wind and solar subsidies in President Trump's sweeping tax cut bill.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese kicked off a visit this weekend to China meant to shore up trade relations between the two countries.

Stepping onto an old wooden duck blind in the middle of the York River, Bryan Watts looks down at a circle of sticks and pine cones on the weathered, guano-spattered platform. It's a failed osprey nest, taken over by diving terns.

President Trump is implementing 30% tariffs on the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1.

The leaders of Azerbaijan and Syria on Saturday pledged to deepen their cooperation particularly in the energy sector, as they moved to revitalize the ties that had been strained under former Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The Senate is set to take up a White House-requested $9.4 billion spending-cut package in the coming days, but Republicans may need to pare it back to secure enough votes for passage.