U.S. job growth stalled in July, with just 73,000 jobs added. Also, employment numbers for May and June were lowered, prompting President Trump to fire the commissioner overseeing the agency that reports unemployment data.

McEntarfer was appointed to her post by Joe Biden in 2023 and confirmed in 2024 by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote in the Senate, after a long government career in which she served under presidents of both parties, including Trump.

President Donald Trump fired an official in charge of compiling basic statistics about the U.S. economy on Friday after revised data showed higher unemployment in May and June, falsely claiming the numbers were “faked.

There has been something of a shift in the conventional wisdom about President Donald Trump’s tariffs of late.

On Thursday, Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs against U.S. trading partners that will go into effect next week. The announcement came on the same day that an appeals court grappled with the question of whether Trump’s tariffs are even legal.

N.Y., weighs in on Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., calling former President Joe Biden compromised and President Donald Trump imposing baseline tariffs after his deadline.

Switzerland’s 11th-hour phone call with Donald Trump offered the nation a harsh reality check: A trade deal isn’t a deal unless the US president personally closes it.

The Swiss watch industry has been suffering from weak global demand and sales. A new 39% tariff on Swiss goods from the may add to their hard time.

Renderings for the new White House ballroom are reminiscent of the Donald J. Trump Grand Ballroom that opened in 2005 at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach.