Washington Times - Business
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Hiring in the U.S. slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
U.S. employers slowed hiring last month, but still added a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump's trade wars.
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News rating agencies under federal scrutiny for colluding to shut down conservative outlets
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether advertisers and companies that claim to rate media fairness are illegally colluding to...
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U.S. trade deficit dropped by record amount in April, Commerce Dept. says
The U.S. trade deficit saw a dramatic decrease in April as companies adjusted to President Trump's ever-changing tariff policy, according to a...
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Pentagon watchdog investigates if staffers were asked to delete Hegseth's Signal messages
The Pentagon watchdog is looking into whether any of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's aides was asked to delete Signal messages that may have...
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U.S. employment increased 139,000 in May; tally is a slowdown from April, yet it beat forecasts
The U.S. added 139,000 jobs in May, the government said in a monthly report that showed a slowdown from the prior month but stronger growth than...
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Feds paid $80 billion to bogus Social Security numbers during pandemic
Federal agencies paid out nearly $80 billion in pandemic money to applications that used stolen or invalid Social Security numbers, according to a...
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Goodbye Mr. Nice Guy? Investors dump Tesla on bet Trump may lash out at Musk through his car company
Investors bought hundreds of billions of dollars of Tesla stock after President Trump was elected on a bet that politics were more important than...
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Musk threatens to decommission SpaceX capsule, a key space station link, after Trump attack
As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk argued on social media on Thursday, the world's richest man threatened to decommission a space capsule used...
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Private Japanese lunar lander crashes into moon in failed mission
A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon.
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Trump and Xi's phone call sets up more trade talks, 'straightens out' rare earth minerals dispute
President Trump said he had a "very positive" call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that focused solely on trade disputes and set the...
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Trump-Musk breakup gets nasty battling over 'big, beautiful bill'
Elon Musk is upping his public relations battle against President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" by turning the president's own words against him...
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Online scammers blame Trump tariffs for not shipping fake goods
Online scammers are duping victims by blaming the nondelivery of their fake goods on the Trump administration's tariffs, the Better Business Bureau...