All Stories
How a weaker dollar is quietly making life more expensive
A hidden force is quietly pushing up costs for everything from your summer vacation to your weekly grocery bills: a weaker U.S. dollar.
TSA agents will soon be paid but it may not mean immediate relief at airport security lines
With spring break in full swing, airline passengers continued to wait it out at major U.S. airports after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration officers aimed...
What to know about President Trump’s order to pay TSA officers and its impact on airport security lines
President Trump's executive order on Friday instructed the Department of Homeland Security to pay TSA officers immediately.
Anxious travelers scramble as Iran war strands tens of thousands across the Middle East
Frustrated and anxious travelers clamored Tuesday for flights out of the Middle East and other regions where a widening Iran war has stranded tens of thousands of people, closed major...
Soaring coffee prices rewrite some Americans’ daily routines
Years of steadily climbing coffee prices have some in this country of coffee lovers upending their habits by nixing café visits, switching to cheaper brews or foregoing it altogether.
As Trump promises Venezuelan renaissance, locals struggle with crumbling economy
At the White House, President Donald Trump vows American intervention in Venezuela will pour billions of dollars into the country’s infrastructure, revive its once-thriving oil industry and eventually deliver a...
Truce fizzles as U.S.-China trade tensions return to full boil
A series of tit-for-tat moves this week by the two superpowers has thrust trade hostilities back in the global spotlight, roiling markets and raising alarms of what might come next.
What are Nexstar and Sinclair, the ABC affiliate owners who issued statements against Jimmy Kimmel
Two ABC affiliate owners spoke out against late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel ahead of ABC’s decision to suspend the presenter over comments he made about the killing of...
Spike in steel tariffs could imperil President Donald Trump’s promise of lower grocery prices
President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum could hit Americans in an unexpected place: grocery aisles.
Older people in crosshairs as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loans
As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, a surprising population has been caught in the crosshairs: Hundreds of thousands of older Americans whose decades-old debts now put...