Live updates and the latest news as a D.C. law enforcement checkpoint draws protestors and Trump and Putin prepare for their ...

Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 9 fell by 3,000 to 224,000, the Labor Department reported. That’s below the 230,000 new applications that economists had forecast.

Inflation, as measured by the producer price index, shot up to 3.3% for the year ending in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday — the largest 12 month increase since February. On a ...

California’s high-speed rail struggles with costs, delays and funding cuts. Is it too ambitious, or a vital transportation solution for the growing state?

A man was charged Wednesday after allegedly throwing a sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, D.C., ...

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a giant picture of Adolf Hitler’s favorite battleship in ...

Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...

Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...

The S&P 500 dipped 0.3% after flirting with its all-time high, which was set two weeks ago, earlier in the day. The Dow Jones ...

Senior White House officials say there’s no plan to suspend the crucial monthly jobs report, shooting down an idea espoused ...

Increasing tariffs on foreign goods and the impact of deportations on the work force cited as job growth slows in Texas.

More Republicans are expressing approval for the idea that a president should have broad hiring and firing authorities over the federal workforce.