WNBA players, league far apart on new CBA talks ahead of in-person discussions
The two sides will have their first face-to-face meeting about a new collective bargaining agreement in Indianapolis on Thursday heading into All-Star weekend.
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United States imposes 17% duty on Mexican tomatoes
Proponents said the import tax announced Monday will help rebuild the shrinking U.S. tomato industry.
Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
The high court action enables the administration to resume work on winding down the department, one of President Trump’s biggest campaign promises.
Boys & Girls Club programs threatened by Trump grant freeze serve thousands of families
About 1.4 million children and teenagers around the country attend after-school and summer programming at a Boys & Girls Club, the YMCA or a public school for free thanks to federal taxpayers.
Trump threatens Russia with tariffs if war on Ukraine isn’t resolved within 50 days
President Trump has long boasted of his friendly relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Russia’s relentless onslaught against civilian areas of Ukraine wore down Trump’s patience.
Manufacturing stuck in rut despite subsidies from Biden, protection from Trump
The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, reported that manufacturing activity in the United States shrank in June for the fourth straight month.
Bitcoin soars to new all-time high as lawmakers focus on pro-crypto legislation
The world’s oldest and most popular cryptocurrency is currently the fifth most valuable asset class in the world, at $2.4 trillion, giving it a higher market cap than Amazon.
Nursing home employment struggles with immigration crackdown
More than a quarter of an estimated 4 million nursing assistants, home health aides, personal care aides and other so-called direct care workers are foreign born.
New tax break for auto loans could save some buyers thousands of dollars. But will it boost sales?
Under President Donald Trump’s new tax-cut law, many people for the first time could claim a tax deduction for interest on their vehicle loans. But there are caveats, including whether the vehicle was assembled in the U.S.
EU delays retaliatory tariffs on US goods in hopes of reaching deal by Aug. 1
The value of EU-U.S. trade in goods and services amounted to $2 trillion in 2024. Europe’s biggest exports to the U.S. are pharmaceuticals, cars, aircraft, chemicals, medical instruments and wine and spirits.
Walgreens shareholders approve $10B private equity buyout
The buyout, which will take the drugstore chain private for the first time in nearly a century, will give it more flexibility to make changes to improve its business without worrying about Wall Street’s reaction.
Walmart recalls 850K water bottles after 2 users suffer vision loss from ejecting lids
When a consumer attempts to open the bottles “after food, carbonated beverages or perishable beverages, such as juice or milk, are stored inside over time,” the lid can eject forcefully, authorities noted.
Bitcoin tops $118,000 for the first time
A soft U.S. dollar and the digital currency friendliness of President Donald Trump’s administration has helped to push the price of bitcoin to unprecedented levels.
Head Start to be cut off for immigrants without legal status, Trump administration says
The move is part of a broad effort to limit access to federal benefits for immigrants who lack legal status.
Trump plans to hike tariffs on Canadian goods to 35%
While multiple countries have received tariff letters this week, Canada—the United States’ second largest trading partner after Mexico— has become something of a foil to President Trump.
New college sports agency rejecting some athlete NIL deals with donor-backed collectives
The rejected deals hold no “valid business purpose,” the agency said, and don’t adhere to rules that call for outside NIL deals to be between players and companies that provide goods or services to the general public for profit.
March Madness expansion to 72 or 76 teams under consideration
NCAA President Charlie Baker said the organization has had “good conversations” about expansion with TV partners CBS and Warner Bros., whose deal runs through 2032 at the cost of around $1.1 billion a year.
Poll: Most adults say child care costs are ‘major’ problem
About three-quarters of U.S. adults see child care costs as a “major problem,” but only about half say helping working families pay for child care should be a “high priority” for the federal government, according to the poll.
What to know—and what isn’t known yet—about tax deductions for tips, overtime pay
Which workers will qualify for the new deductions is among the details the government has to work out after President Donald Trump’s signature spending and policy package won final congressional approval.
Thousands of Outlook users report issues accessing their email
Microsoft 365’s status page first said that it was investigating an issue with Outlook on Wednesday night.