Washington Times - Business
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Advocacy groups are petitioning for the end of SNAP interview requirements
Student and legal advocacy groups are petitioning the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lift the interview requirement for Supplemental Nutrition...
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Lawsuit over California group's do-not-eat listing for American lobster dismissed
A California court has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of fishermen against a conservation group that added New England lobster to its list of...
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Shell to sell big piece of its Nigeria oil business, but activists want pollution cleaned up first
Shell said Tuesday it agreed to sell its onshore business in Nigeria's Niger Delta to a consortium of companies in a deal worth $2.4 billion, the...
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Uber cuts off Drizly, the alcohol delivery app it bought for $1.1 billion three years ago
Uber is shutting down alcohol delivery app Drizly, the company confirmed, three years after acquiring the platform for $1.1 billion.
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Tokyo Governor Koike asked to stop $2.45 billion plan to remake park, famous baseball stadium
Governor Yuriko Koike was asked Tuesday to stop a disputed $2.45 billion project to convert a Tokyo park district, renowned for its rows of...
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Congress reaches bipartisan deal on tax credits for children, corporations
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill struck a bipartisan deal Tuesday to boost child tax credits and cut taxes for corporations, marking a rare agreement...
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Zelenskyy takes center stage in Davos as he tries to rally support for Ukraine's fight
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is headlining a frenzied first full day of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in the Swiss ski...
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Live updates | Israeli soldiers exchange fire along the border with Egypt as regional tensions rise
Israel said one of its troops was “slightly injured” in an exchange of fire along the country’s border with Egypt, which Cairo attributed to drug...
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Baltimore Sun bought by Sinclair media executive
The Baltimore Sun newspaper has been purchased by David D. Smith, the executive chairman of the media conglomerate Sinclair Inc.
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Congress inches toward rare bipartisan tax deal
Congress is scrambling to reach a bipartisan tax agreement to be included in the annual budget.
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New Houthi missile hits American-owned cargo ship off coast of Yemen, U.S. officials confirm
A missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen struck a U.S.-owned cargo ship traveling off the country's coast near the Gulf of Aden on Monday, U.S....
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Hamas fights with a patchwork of weapons built by Iran, China, Russia and North Korea
Iranian sniper rifles. AK-47 assault rifles from China and Russia. North Korean- and Bulgarian-built rocket-propelled grenades. Anti-tank rockets...