By PAUL WISEMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is waging a trade war without getting approval from Congress: He declared a national emergency to slap import taxes — tariffs — on almost every country … Continued
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press Business Writer U.S. retail egg prices fell in April from the record-high prices they hit earlier this year, according to government data released Tuesday. The average price for a dozen Grade A eggs dropped 12.7% … Continued
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writers Wall Street is on track to open with losses Tuesday as the initial euphoria over the 90-day truce in the U.S.-China trade war faded and markets turned their attention to … Continued
At an April 2017 committee hearing in a meeting room tucked away in the Capitol’s underground extension, state Senator Paul Bettencourt, a bespectacled Houston Republican, touted a proposal of his then called Senate Bill 1882. The bill was meant to … Continued
By THOMAS ADAMSON, JOHN LEICESTER and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Kim Kardashian testified Tuesday that she feared she would be raped and killed during a 2016 armed robbery in Paris, describing the ordeal in stark, emotional terms. … Continued
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty is stepping down for personal reasons and the nation’s largest health insurer suspended its full-year financial outlook due to higher-than-expected medical costs. Chairman Stephen Hemsley will become CEO, effective … Continued