There are growing signs that President Trump’s levies are filtering through to consumer prices, as companies exhaust options for keeping them stable.A Costco in Marina del Rey, Calif. Government data showed prices rose in June on appliances, which are heavily exposed to tariffs.
The market’s best days frequently occur in the midst of misery, our columnist says, so don’t bother trying to figure out where stocks are heading.The two most glorious days for stock investors in the last 50 years occurred in the depths of the great 2008 and 2009 financial crisis.
The president had been on something of a winning streak. But when faced with facts and foes that wouldn’t bend to his will, he responded with impatience and disproportionate intensity.President Trump faced unwelcome news on two of the biggest issues on his plate this week, and responded with fiery c
Erika McEntarfer led the agency that produced key data on jobs and inflation. Then July’s report showed a weakening economy, and President Trump accused her of “rigging” the numbers.Erika McEntarfer was appointed as the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics by President Biden in 2023 and co
A new disclosure shows how corporations and individuals, including many in the crypto business, wrote big checks while seeking favor from the president.Investors in President Trump’s memecoin took a White House tour the day after an exclusive dinner with Mr. Trump at his golf course in Virginia in M
Mr. Huckabee, a Baptist minister, is the first evangelical to serve as American ambassador to Israel. Christian conservatives and the Netanyahu government are pleased.Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, on Tuesday at his official residence in Jerusalem.
A “living skeleton, buried alive” in Gaza’s tunnels, was how the family of one hostage described him after seeing a video circulated by Hamas this week.
Republicans are pursuing every possible advantage, essentially trying to win elections long before people vote. In response, even some once-squeamish Democrats are talking about fighting ‘fire with fire.’The attempt in Texas to redraw the map for the state’s U.S. House districts has pushed many Demo
The full Texas House will now vote next week on a map drawn to flip five House districts to the G.O.P., but Democrats might walk out to deny Republicans a quorum.Terry M. Wilson, a Texas state representative, looks through maps during a public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin on Frid
Mr. Holder, the attorney general in the Obama administration, has long fought to end gerrymandered legislative maps. But a Republican effort in Texas threatens democracy, he said in an interview.Eric Holder at a campaign event in Wisconsin in 2022. This week, he argued that Democrats need to pursue
Democrats’ chances would be hurt if the map were approved, but they would still be favored.The Texas House redistricting committee recently listened to public testimony in Houston.
The downtown mall was long considered a thriving retail anchor, while the suburban-style one was an afterthought. They had a surprising role reversal.
The members of Middle Aged Dad Jam Band are known for making people laugh. But they take their music seriously.“I’m fulfilling a fantasy that I’ve had since I can remember,” said the comedian Ken Marino, who is the lead singer of the band, and has been in comedies such as “Party Down.”
A state trooper went to the aid of a bull terrier who had been abandoned as Hurricane Milton approached. Now the dog, named Trooper, is thriving, and his story inspired stricter animal protections.
At a gathering that has been called the “Catholic Woodstock,” the church has embraced influencers on social media as a way to engage the youth.Pope Leo XIV arriving at the festival in a Roman suburb on Saturday evening, the culmination of the Vatican’s six-day celebration of youth in the church.
A Haitian American Navy veteran and his police officer cousin who were working in Haiti with Studebaker, an American military contractor, are missing and presumed dead.
Nobody likes a dumb guy.
Why it’s a mistake to quickly lock in on a single theory.
Officials urged residents to go about their weekend as the authorities searched the foothills for the veteran suspected of killing four people in the town of Anaconda.On Saturday, the Owl Bar in Anaconda, Mont., was cordoned off with yellow police tape. Someone had placed two small bouquets of flowe
Sarah Stogner, a Republican district attorney in Texas oil country, recorded herself smoking a joint that she bought legally in New Mexico.District Attorney Sarah Stogner in Ward County, Texas, in May.
Jacob’s Pillow canceled weekend programming as staff members grieved the death of Kat Sirico, who was moving staging platforms that toppled, the authorities said.The Doris Duke Theater at Jacob’s Pillow, which reopened last month after being destroyed in a fire in 2020. An employee was killed while
He appeared regularly at the Metropolitan Opera and sang in major European opera houses, but a stage accident in 2005 nearly ended his career.David Rendall in “Don Pasquale” in 1980 in San Francisco. Mr. Rendall gained notoriety for two stage accidents that illustrated the perils of operatic life.
