Tag: Washington news

Here are some of the deadliest plane crashes in US history

An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while coming in for a...

Stock market today: Asia shares mostly rise while some regional markets stay closed for holidays

TOKYO -- Asian shares mostly rose Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve opted not to cut interest rates for the first time...

After talking tough during campaign, Trump appears to ease up on China

WASHINGTON -- On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump talked tough about imposing tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods...

Stock market today: Asian stocks advance ahead of the Fed's rate decision as panic over AI fades

HONG KONG -- Asian stocks advanced Wednesday in thin Lunar New Year trading following a rebound on Wall Street driven by tech stocks...

Trump fires two Democratic commissioners of agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace

ARLINGTON, Va. -- President Donald Trump fired two of the three Democratic commissioners of the federal agency that enforces civil rights law in...

Trump fills his government with billionaires after running on a working-class message

ATLANTA -- President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the...