timef 02/11/2026

President Trump has reshaped the country’s economic policies, but the outlook for the budget remains dire.

A hiring slowdown and fears about artificial intelligence have investors on edge, and some in the Trump administration on the defensive.

Leaders across industries from airlines to packaged foods have said a growing divide between lower-income and wealthy consumers is changing their businesses.

Employment data for January is set to be released by the Labor Department on Wednesday.

Economists have noticed that betting markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are pretty good at predicting not just political events but economic data, too.

The latest jobs data, to be released on Wednesday, will shed light on how the labor market is faring, with vast implications for the Federal Reserve’s plans for interest rates.

A novel lawsuit in Portland argues the chemicals are a health threat that have soaked into apartment walls, furniture and even children’s toys.

The employment report due this week is expected to show that job growth was much weaker for 2024 and 2025 than thought.

Employment data for January is set to be released by the Labor Department on Wednesday.

Inside the arms race to satisfy travelers for whom exclusivity is everything and money is no object.

The makeup artist Pat McGrath was a favorite of Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian and Madonna. Then she became a billion-dollar brand.

President Trump’s recently announced executive order that would bar big investors from acquiring single-family homes includes an exemption that allows them to build homes for rent.

A French logistics behemoth promised $20 billion for the United States, but a year into President Trump’s second term, only a fraction of the money has arrived.

In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.

Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention to a younger brother or sister.

The vaccine maker said the U.S. regulator rejected its request to seek approval for a new product using mRNA technology, which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sharply criticized.

Ford Motor reported a big loss for 2025 because of its troubled electric vehicle division, which it has significantly scaled back.

Four Trump allies have been a driving force behind the administration’s efforts to rollback a key climate regulation.

The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.

After Republican criticism, a group that offers professional resources to judges withdrew a climate science chapter from its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.

The agency is racing to repeal a scientific finding that requires it to fight global warming. Experts say the goal is to get the matter before the justices while President Trump is still in office.

New documents detail Jeffrey Epstein’s efforts to foster strategic, sometimes reciprocal relationships with Russian officials.

The National Labor Relations Board, having accused the company of unfair retaliation in 2024, now says it has no jurisdiction over Elon Musk’s space company.

A new report paints a grim financial picture of Uncle Nearest, a high-profile brand named for an enslaved distiller. But its founder is fighting back.

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar surface. “One of them is wrong,” an expert said.

The musical, called “Galileo,” will star Raúl Esparza, and is scheduled to open in December at the Shubert Theater.

President Trump’s top aides have argued in recent days that the economy is strong, even if new data on Wednesday show sluggish hiring.

The relentless addition of artificial intelligence in popular apps raises questions about what’s at stake. The answer: the future of the internet and its lifeblood, digital advertising.

“I’m installing them into Kleenex boxes now,” the aide replied in the 2014 email exchange.