The number of states imposing sales taxes on groceries is likely to shrink as lawmakers hear complaints about high prices for eggs and other household staples.

The IRS is drafting plans to try to cut its workforce of roughly 90,000 people in half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation and not authorized to speak on the record.

Smaller movies didn’t mean smaller viewer numbers for the Oscars.

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has joined billionaire Frank McCourt’s bid to acquire TikTok as a strategic adviser.

A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs are here — plunging America into an escalating trade war with China, Canada and Mexico.

The PGA Tour has another answer to its survey of some 50,000 fans, with help from a tournament sponsor.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called U_S_ President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs “very dumb.”.

A Hong Kong-based conglomerate has agreed to sell its controlling stake in a subsidiary that operates ports near the Panama Canal to a consortium including BlackRock Inc., effectively putting the ports under American control after President Donald Trump alleged Chinese interference with the operations of the critical shipping lane.

For the second year in a row, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the most to charitable causes, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive Philanthropy 50 list of the Americans who donated the largest sums to nonprofits last year.

The Supreme Court has made it harder for environmental regulators to limit water pollution, ruling for San Francisco in a case about the discharge of raw sewage that sometimes occurs during heavy rains.

Rimas Sports, the agency co-owned by Puerto Rican musical artist Bad Bunny whose leaders have been suspended by the baseball players’ union, has announced a management deal with San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr_ Rimas said it will work to “expand his portfolio."

For a second time, the Associated Press is asking a federal judge to immediately restore its access to presidential events.

The U.S. has been Ukraine’s biggest military backer since Russia’s full-scale invasion began three years ago.

The Prada Group has posted double-digit growth for the fourth consecutive year, bucking the luxury sector slide amid talk of a possible Versace acquisition.

Mexico’s president says the country will respond to the 25% tariffs imposed by the United States with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, with details to come.

French President Emmanuel Macron says he’s ready to start discussions on nuclear deterrence with European allies.

Extinction is still forever.

A Pakistani official says residents have fled a border area with Afghanistan after forces from both sides clashed into the early hours of the morning.

Uber is shifting into a new gear in Austin, Texas where its ride-hailing service will begin dispatching self-driving cars to pick up passengers looking for a way to get around that city.

The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to block a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against top firearm manufacturers in the U.S. alleging the companies have fueled cartel gun violence.

Sales and profits slipped for Target during the crucial holiday quarter as customers held back on spending, and the company said there will be “meaningful pressure” on its profits to start the year because of tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China and other costs.

Tariffs are in the news at the moment.

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and shoring up the economy are among the issues expected to top the agenda when China’s legislature meets Wednesday in Beijing.

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco has reported a $106.25 billion profit in 2024, down 12% from the prior year on lower energy prices.

China has responded to new U.S. tariffs by announcing it will impose additional tariffs of up to 15% on imports of key U.S. farm products.

President Donald Trump’s trade war against America’s three biggest trading partners drew immediate retaliation from Mexico, Canada and China.

Stocks racked up more losses on Wall Street Tuesday as a trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners escalated, wiping out all the gains since Election Day for the S&P 500.

The recently announced U.S. tariffs on steel imports mean that countries like China, which export to the U.S., will need to find new markets — and that could lead to steel dumping in places like India.

Companies that depend on cross-border trade were already facing higher prices in anticipation of the tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada that took effect Tuesday.

President Donald Trump says 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada will start Tuesday, sparking renewed fears of a North American trade war.

The long-anticipated renovation of one of San Antonio’s most iconic buildings is on the cusp of becoming a reality.

Just before sunrise Monday morning, hundreds of passengers lined up at the San Antonio International Airport to be the first to board a brand-new, daily, nonstop trip to Washington, D.C.

When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and import taxes on U.S. trading partners created chaos, generated drama -- and drew criticism from mainstream economists who favor free trade.

Serena Williams is joining the Toronto Tempo ownership group.

Health savings accounts can be valuable components of individuals’ savings toolkits, especially for those who can afford to pay their actual healthcare expenses out of pocket while leaving their health savings account assets in place to grow.

President Donald Trump was poised to impose 25% taxes on imports from Canada and Mexico Tuesday and to double to 20% his levies on Chinese products.

Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest an additional $100 billion in the United States, President Donald Trump announced Monday as he appeared with the company’s head at the White House.

Sunday night marked Hulu’s first time airing the Oscars live.

Melania Trump says it’s “heartbreaking” to see teens and especially girls grapple with the fallout after they’re targeted by malicious and sexually explicit online content.

Cryptocurrency prices briefly jumped after President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement he wants the U.S. government to purchase and hold a variety of digital assets in a strategic reserve fund, an announcement that highlights Trump’s growing attempts to use volatile cryptocurrency prices as a barometer of his public support.

Logistics operators based in Asia have been leasing more warehouses in the U.S. in response to changes in e-commerce, global trade and manufacturing.

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum says that her administration is waiting to see if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican imports.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “is still very, very far away."

The U.S. Treasury Department says it will not enforce a Biden-era small business rule intended to curb money laundering and shell company formation.

The U.K.’s data protection watchdog says that it's investigating how TikTok uses the personal information of teenagers to deliver content recommendations to them when they use the social media platform.

Kroger Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen is stepping down after an internal investigation into his personal conduct.

Elon Musk appears be to turning off potential Tesla buyers with his embrace of far-right politicians around the world, analysts say, and the hit couldn't come at a worse time.

Inflation in Europe eased to 2.4% in February, supporting the case for another interest rate cut from the European Central Bank but leaving open how far the central bank will go in lowering borrowing costs.

China’s annual major political event gets underway this week to endorse decisions already made by the all-powerful Chinese Communist Party.

An Iranian official who was key to the country's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers has reportedly tendered his resignation from the government of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Chinese manufacturers reported stronger orders in February as importers rushed to beat higher U.S. tariffs.

U.S. stocks fell sharply and wiped out even more of their gains since President Donald Trump’s election after he said that tariffs on Canada and Mexico would take effect within hours.

After thousands of Hulu users reported issues logging in while trying to watch the 2025 Academy Awards, the streaming service announced the problem has been resolved.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.

A private lunar lander has touched down on the moon, delivering a drill and other experiments for NASA.

The 25% tariff on most imported Canadian goods that President Donald Trump’s plans to impose Tuesday has touched off a range of emotions along the world’s longest international border.

Miami Beach broke up with spring break last year and city leaders still aren’t interested in couples counseling.

Argentina’s libertarian president Javier Milei has signaled that a new and much-anticipated deal with the International Monetary Fund is imminent.

Demonstrators have gathered outside Tesla stores across the U.S. to protest the automaker’s billionaire leader, Elon Musk.

President Donald Trump has signed a pair of actions to increase domestic lumber production.

Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers have reported issues with services like Outlook.

Guyana’s president has denounced an incursion by an armed Venezuelan naval vessel in disputed waters and home to a mammoth offshore oil deposit being developed by ExxonMobil.

Earth's warming climate is causing problems for big coffee producers everywhere and some are looking to a rarely cultivated species that may stand up better to drought and heat.

Chip Ganassi Racing on Friday said it has partnered on a strategic research collaboration with OpenAI — a deal that makes the two-time reigning IndyCar championship winning team the first to bring in a partner from the artificial intelligence field.

President Donald Trump’s trade wars threaten to claim a casualty on the home front: the American auto industry.

Two-time reigning Indianapolis 500 winner champion Josef Newgarden has signed with Klutch Sports Group.

Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online.

President Donald Trump’s administration is backing off its demand for an extra layer of federal scrutiny whenever states seek even minor changes to their transportation plans.

Czech firefighters are battling a major blaze in eastern Czech Republic after a freight train derailed and carcinogenic benzene from damaged tank wagons caught fire.

The U.S. lobster industry continued a multiyear slide in catch last year.

Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday.

Students in Bangladesh who led a mass uprising to topple former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August are now diving into politics by forming a new political party.

Ongoing tariff threats from Washington and potentially sweeping government job cuts have darkened consumers’ mood and may be weighing on an otherwise mostly healthy economy.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it has suggested restoring direct air links between Russia and the United States during the latest round of consultations with Washington.

India and the European Union have agreed to finalize a long-pending free trade agreement this year and boost cooperation in trade, technology, connectivity and defense.

Egg producers blame the ongoing bird flu outbreak for driving prices up to record highs.

President Donald Trump has made the raw materials of modern life a pillar of U.S. foreign policy.

Wall Street closed its dreary February on a brighter note, as U.S. stock indexes rallied.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has won reelection to lead Canada’s most populous province, giving him the mandate he wanted to fight tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump.

Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar are set to return home Friday as the repatriation effort for such workers strains regional resources.

President Donald Trump is planning a “gold card” visa with a potential pathway to U.S. citizenship for $5 million.

An “economic blackout” promoted on social media is underway but with no clear indication of how many people took part or whether retail companies and restaurants will notice any effect from the grassroots protest.

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has dropped several enforcement actions against companies like Capital One and Rocket Homes, just weeks under new leadership and turmoil at the agency caused by orders from Trump administration.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she has serious concerns about the British government’s reported demand that Apple provide backdoor access to any data stored in the cloud.

Pending home sales in the United States slid to an all-time low in January as high mortgage rates, record-high home prices, and possibly the terrible weather last month hindered those seeking to buy.

A Senate committee has advanced the nomination of President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Labor.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will head to Washington in the coming days to meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and discuss economic and political cooperation.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says if the United States imposes tariffs, his country has billion of dollars' worth of U.S. products that'll be subject to tariffs as well.

Applications for U.S. jobless benefits rose to a three-month high last week but remained within the same healthy range of the past three years.

The American economy grew at a solid 2.3% annual rate the last three months of 2024, supported by a burst of year-end consumer spending, the government said, leaving unchanged its initial estimate of fourth-quarter growth.

Disasters tend to elicit widespread support for those impacted and the weeks since Los Angeles’ most destructive wildfires are proving no different in that regard.

Pat Frost, one of San Antonio’s most prominent civic and business leaders, discusses the Spurs' potential plans to move out of the Frost Bank Center, which has raised many questions about the future of the arena and the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.

Officials say a nearly week-long closure of a key crossing on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border has disrupted bilateral trade and the movement of people.

The U.K. government has provided provisional approval to the creation of a second runway at Gatwick Airport outside London.

The European Union is getting good at adapting to unprecedented circumstances.

An independent investigative committee in Greece has released a long-awaited investigation into the country's deadliest train crash.

The European Union is insisting that the 27-nation bloc is not out to undermine the United States as U.S. President Donald Trump put it.

Vietnam is revising its energy plans to focus more on large solar farms and less on reliance on coal and natural gas.

The French defense minister says France is also seeking access to Ukraine’s deposits of critical minerals, indicating that the United States isn’t the only player.