Washington Times - Business

• FedEx board member Steiner is picked to be next USPS postmaster general amid talk of privatization

  10-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 53

  David Steiner, a former CEO of the nation's largest waste management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors, is poised to...

• Air traffic controllers briefly lose radar access again at Newark airport

  10-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 47

  The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks.

• Trump on higher taxes for the rich: 'Probably not'

  9-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 49

  President Trump said he would be "OK" with a higher tax rate on the wealthy, but Republicans in Congress should probably scrap the idea as they...

• Republicans flinch at rare chance to slash spending

  9-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 42

  Congressional Republicans, who finally have the power to reduce massive federal spending, are paralyzed over how to make cuts and could instead...

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• Trump floats 80% tariff on China

  9-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 50

  President Trump says an 80% tariff "seems right," setting a potential guidepost ahead of weekend talks in Switzerland between the U.S. and Chinese...

• House Republicans search for waste to cut in food stamp program

  9-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 77

  House Republicans' search for waste and fraud to cut from federal spending put them on a crash course with food stamps, a massive program that...

• Treasury sanctions Chinese firms, ships for role in Iranian oil sales

  9-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 120

  The Treasury Department on Thursday slapped sanctions on several Chinese companies and other elements the department said are involved in buying...

• U.S. will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

  9-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 67

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods,...

• Trump says slow ports mean U.S. losing less money

  9-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 57

  President Trump said the slowness at U.S. ports due to tariffs on Chinese goods is a "good thing."

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other U.S. tech leaders testify to Congress on AI competition with China

  9-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 78

  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and executives from Microsoft and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices testified on Capitol Hill about the biggest opportunities,...

• White House proposes a major overhaul of the outdated U.S. air traffic control system

  9-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 80

  The Trump administration proposed a major overhaul of the U.S. air traffic control system on Thursday in the wake of recent deadly plane crashes...

• What's in the U.S.-U.K. trade deal? A broad agreement with limited details

  9-5-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 51

  The Trump administration announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom Thursday in grandiose terms, but with only limited details about what it...