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Stocks overcame early losses to finish with slim gains and close out their first winning week since the start of the Iran war. Oil prices remained elevated, however, having soared after a national address late Wednesday from President Donald Trump,

President Trump on Thursday placed a 100% tariff on drugmakers that have yet to strike a deal with his administration to sell their products at lower prices to American consumers.

Hollywood is facing a sharp and sustained decline in employment and production activity, with a new Wall Street Journal report warning that Los Angeles risks following the path of Detroit after that city's auto industry collapsed.

President Trump was given the green light to continue planning for his 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom, days after a federal judge ordered a halt to construction until it received congressional approval.

Democrats used the anniversary of President Trump's Liberation Day to argue that his economic promises haven't materialized, saying they've instead fueled uncertainty and higher costs that are squeezing small businesses, slowing job growth and ...

The Senate on Thursday passed a bill for a second time to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security but without money for immigration enforcement.

A Virginia woman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, admitting that she used the federal government's lenient telework policies to claim paychecks for multiple jobs she was working simultaneously.

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remain sparse despite a softening labor market and rising energy costs due to the Iran war.

A top Washington lobbyist who is closely allied with President Donald Trump testified in federal court that he immediately cut ties with former Congressman David Rivera when he learned in 2020 that Venezuela's government had awarded the Miami ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is dropping his objection to the Senate-passed partial funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, after President Trump endorsed a plan to fund immigration enforcement agencies in a separate party-line package.