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  • President Donald Trump, his mouth agape on Air Force One.Politics

    Trump Administration races to rebuild tariff revenue after Supreme Court setback

    By The Associated Press and Christopher Rugaber
  • A crane unloads a container at the Uiwang ICD Terminal in Uiwang, South Korea, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Economy

    Trump seeks to close a $1.6 trillion revenue gap with new tariffs that will be easier for people to challenge

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • FILE -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Politics

    Judge quashes Fed subpoenas, saying DOJ has ‘produced essentially zero evidence’ against Powell, who hints at future as board governor

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Waller speaks and points with a microphone in his hand.Economy

    Below zero: Fed governor wouldn’t be surprised at negative job growth number

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jobseekers speak with recruiters during the WorkSource North Seattle Career Fair in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. The January employment report has been rescheduled for February 11, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after a partial government shutdown delayed the data. Photgrapher: David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInnovation

    GDP growth sharply slows to 1.4%, less than half of fourth quarter expectations

    By Christopher Rugaber, Matt Ott, and others
  • FILE- In this Oct. 29, 2014, file photo honoree Perry Sook, Chairman, President and CEO of Nexstar Broadcasting Group, attends the 24th Annual Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)Politics

    Trump backs Nexstar’s $6.2 billion takeover of broadcast rival Tegna, a few months after blasting merger of ‘Radical Left Networks’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • bessentBanking

    Before Kevin Warsh has even taken over as Fed chair, Trump is joking about suing him. Scott Bessent is fine with that

    By Fatima Hussein, Christopher Rugaber, and others
  • FILE – President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)Economy

    Trump boasts that tariffs are an American economic miracle. The real data tells a different story

    By Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber, and others
  • powellEconomy

    Something broke in the economy in 2023 that explains why so many people are miserable about it, New York Fed says

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • warshBanking

    ‘That’s exactly what a sock puppet does’: Elizabeth Warren accuses Kevin Warsh of softening his rate stance for Trump

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • warshPolitics

    Trump predicts Kevin Warsh will ‘go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,’ plus he’s ‘central casting’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • powellBanking

    Jerome Powell says economy has ‘clearly improved’ since December as he defends rate pause

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • powellBanking

    Jerome Powell poised to displease Trump yet again with more inaction on rate cuts

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome PowellPolitics

    Jerome Powell to attend Supreme Court oral argument on Lisa Cook’s attempted firing from Federal Reserve

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Federal Reserve, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Economy

    Republican lawmakers close ranks around Powell, who spent years building ties in Congress. ‘He gets in there, pets the dog, shoots the breeze’

    By Joey Cappelletti, Christopher Rugaber, and others