Housing market starting to shift in favor of buyers
Here is encouraging news for Americans looking to purchase a home this Spring.
U.S. economy
US consumers cut spending in January more drastically than at any point in the last four years
U.S. consumers cut back sharply on spending last month, the most since February 2021, even as inflation declined, though stiff tariffs threatened by the White House could disrupt that progress.
AI industry sees increase in jobs
The artificial intelligence job market is booming.
Aluminum tariffs could cost 100K jobs
A U.S. industry leader warns President Trump’s plan to impose a 25% tariff on all imported aluminum could cost 100,000 American jobs.
USDA previews plan for bird flu
Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is outlining a new strategy she says will mitigate the spread of bird flu and lower egg prices.
Consumer confidence plunges amid inflation fears
According to several recent surveys, many Americans are worried about their wallets.
House Speaker Mike Johnson tries to push Trump’s ‘big’ agenda forward, but GOP votes are in jeopardy
House Speaker Mike Johnson will try against the odds to muscle a Republican budget blueprint to passage this week, a step toward delivering President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” with $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts over stiff opposition from Democrats — and even some Republicans.
U.S. turns to Turkey for eggs
The current U.S. egg shortage has led businesses to look for supply beyond our borders.
USDA scholarship for students at historically Black colleges suspended
A federal scholarship aimed at boosting students from underserved and rural areas attending historically Black colleges and universities has been put on hold.
The Trump administration is putting USAID staffers on leave worldwide and firing at least 1,600
The Trump administration moved its fast-paced dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development toward what appeared to be its final phases, telling all but a fraction of staffers worldwide that they were on leave as of Monday and notifying at least 1,600 of the U.S.-based staffers they were being fired.
