APRIL 10, 2025
Effects of Chinese tariffs on US SMB Retailers. - Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Casey Ames is used to tough competition. As a longtime Amazon seller in a competitive market, he faces fierce, lower-priced rivals every day.
Still, the 34-year-old father of two has managed to build a profitable 10-person Idaho-based small business that generated $5 million in sales over the past...
APRIL 10, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Shoppers browse a Walmart Supercenter a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced new tariffs, in Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S. April 3, 2025. - REUTERS/Siddharth Cavale/File photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in March amid cheaper gasoline and used motor vehicles, but the improvement in inflation is unlikely to be sustained after President...
APRIL 10, 2025
A Florida high school teacher lost her job after calling a student by an alternative name without parental permission, sparking community backlash in the conservative birthplace of Moms for Liberty as school officials sought to comply with state law.
It’s the first known dismissal resulting from the campaign to shut down recognition of alternative gender identities — a...
APRIL 9, 2025
Protest outside court for detained Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil in New York. - EPA
Donald Trump’s administration is “immediately” reviewing immigrants’ social media accounts for what it considers “antisemitic activity” that could be used as evidence to deny them legal status in the United States.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service is “considering” what it calls “antisemitic activity on social media” as well...
APRIL 9, 2025
Meta Security Hearing. - Mark Schiefelbein
Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, accusing the social media company of undermining national security and briefing China on U.S. artificial intelligence efforts in order to grow its business there.
“We are engaged in a high-stakes AI arms race against China. And during my time at Meta, company...
APRIL 9, 2025
FILE PHOTO: FBI Director Kash Patel attends a House Intelligence Committee hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2025. - REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. - FBI Director Kash Patel was removed from his role as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and replaced by Army Secretary...
APRIL 9, 2025
The Queen wore her wedding outfit from 2005 on her 20th anniversary - Victoria Jones/AFP
The Queen has arrived at the Italian Parliament wearing her civil wedding outfit from 2005, as she and the King mark their 20th wedding anniversary in Rome.
The King and Queen are celebrating the milestone during their state visit to Rome, where he will...
APRIL 9, 2025
FILE PHOTO: French employers body MEDEF union leader Patrick Martin leaves after a meeting with the French Prime Minister, trade unions leaders and employers' groups for talks on the 2023 pension reform at the Labour Ministry in Paris, France, January 17, 2025. - REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File photo
PARIS, FRANCE - The leader of the main French business federation, Patrick...
APRIL 9, 2025
A new housing development built along a canal near the Mokelumne River is viewed on May 22, 2023, near Stockton, California.
At the end of January, foreign countries owned $1.32 trillion worth of U.S. mortgage-backed securities, or 15% of the total outstanding, according to Ginnie Mae.
"If China wanted to hit us hard, they could unload Treasurys....
APRIL 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on April 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. - (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump signed an executive order this afternoon, directing the Department Of Justice to investigate two former White House employees, one of whom admitted to being part of...
