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Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque...
Consumers sharply curtailed their spending in January, indicating a potential weakening in economic growth ahead, according to a Commerce Department report Friday. Retail sales slipped 0.9%...
U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Defense stocks dropped...
PAT BURNS carries Donald Trump around with him. Figuratively—he says the president gives him “hope”—but also literally. The Republican mayor of Huntington Beach, California brought a...
A textbook case of how not to cut wasteful government spending
As admissions go, it was an uncomfortable one. In one of several affidavits filed on the night of February 11th, Joseph Gioeli, a Treasury official in...
“Bob Dylan didn’t have this to sing about/You know it feels good to be alive.” So sang the band Jesus Jones in 1990 in “Right Here,...
Customers shop for produce at an H-E-B grocery store on Feb. 12, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images A gauge of wholesale prices...
