The president of a small federal agency that supports investment in African countries sued on Thursday to block the Trump administration from shutting it down. Ward Brehm, the president and CEO of …
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By THALIA BEATY
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3/6/25
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A 40-day boycott of Target that calls for supporters to give up shopping at the company’s stores during the Lenten period kicked off this week. It's a protest the discount retailer’s decision to …
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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
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3/6/25
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A federal judge has agreed to reinstate a board member whom President Donald Trump removed from an independent labor agency. National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox sued Trump after he …
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
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3/6/25
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has refired the political action committee he spent heavily on in supporting Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, this time with the group’s first television advertisement, …
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By THOMAS BEAUMONT
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3/6/25
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A privately owned lunar lander has touched down near the moon's south pole. But flight controllers in Texas cannot confirm its condition or whether it's even upright. The last time Intuitive Machines …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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3/6/25
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South Dakota's governor signed a bill into law Thursday that bans the taking of private property for building carbon dioxide pipelines. The legislation is a blow to a sprawling Midwest pipeline …
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By JACK DURA
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3/6/25
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President Donald Trump granted U.S. automakers a short reprieve from stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada this week. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president …
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By ALEXA ST. JOHN
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3/6/25
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Siemens plans to invest $285 million in manufacturing in the United States, the tech company said Thursday, including two new facilities in California and Texas. The U.S. is the largest market for …
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By SARAH PARVINI
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3/6/25
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Much like all the upheaval shaking the world, the huge swings rocking Wall Street may feel far from normal. But, for investing at least, all this is typical. Sharp moves for the U.S. stock market, …
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By STAN CHOE and CORA LEWIS
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3/6/25
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President Donald Trump is postponing the 25% tariffs on most goods from Mexico for a month after a conversation with that country’s president. Trump’s announcement comes after his Commerce …
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
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3/6/25
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President Donald Trump’s ever-changing, on-again, off-again tariff war with America’s three biggest trading partners – Mexico, Canada and China — is baffling businesses and causing them to …
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By PAUL WISEMAN, ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSON
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3/6/25
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Menopause affects about half the world’s population at some point in life. Yet women often don't recognize their insomnia, migraine headaches and anxiety as side effects of declining hormone …
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By CATHY BUSSEWITZ
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3/6/25
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As toy inventors, toy manufacturers and buyers for stores that sell toys met for an annual trade show in New York last weekend, a topic besides which items were destined for holiday wish lists …
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By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
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3/6/25
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The World Video Game Hall of Fame has revealed its 12 finalists for 2025. Members of the public have a week to vote for their favorites online. The finalists are: Age of Empires, Angry Birds, Call of …
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3/6/25
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Dr. Marty Makary will answer questions from a Senate panel about his plans to lead the Food and Drug Administration. President Donald Trump nominated the surgeon and contrarian researcher to lead the …
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By MATTHEW PERRONE
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3/6/25
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Applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week as the labor market remains sturdy ahead of an expected purge of federal government employees. The number of Americans filing for jobless …
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By MATT OTT
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3/6/25
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The European Central Bank is cutting interest rates by a quarter percentage point, lowering credit costs for consumers and businesses to support an economy that is struggling to show solid growth. …
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By DAVID McHUGH
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3/6/25
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Mortgage rates have been mostly declining in recent weeks, helping encourage prospective home shoppers just as the spring homebuying season gets going. But the same factors that have pulled mortgage …
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By ALEX VEIGA
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3/6/25
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Elevated mortgage rates and rising home prices are freezing out many would-be buyers, and that's keeping the U.S. housing market in a years-long slump. While home sales are off to a soft start this …
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By ALEX VEIGA
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3/6/25
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To President Donald Trump, “tariff” is more than “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” In Trump’s view, tariffs are a cure for many of the nation’s ills and a tool to reach new …
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE
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3/6/25
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