Trump threatens to cut Musks contracts

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump threatened to cut Elon Musk's government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated into a public feud Thursday. Hours after Trump lamented his breakup with Musk, Trump threatened to use the U.S. government to hurt Musk's bottom line.

US and Europe trade negotiators discuss tariffs in Paris

PARIS (AP) - Europe and the United States are meeting in Paris to negotiate a settlement of a tense tariff spat with global economic ramifications between two global economic powerhouses.

Editorials from The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and others

Editorials from The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and others

3 surprising market winners in 2025

Investors brave enough to peek at their account statements know that it's been a rocky 2025. Even before tariff-related volatility, DeepSeek AI's launch clouded the major technology theme that powered the market in 2023 and 2024, as AI stocks entered a bear market in March.

Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly 'scraping' user comments

Social media platform Reddit has sued the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, alleging that it is illegally “scraping” the comments of Reddit users to train its chatbot Claude.

Victoria's Secret to postpone earnings report after security breach

NEW YORK (AP) - Victoria’s Secret is postponing the release of its quarterly earnings following a security breach that disrupted the popular lingerie brand’s corporate operations and led it to take down its U.S. shopping site for several days last week.

Dollar General posts record sales as bargain stores attract more people

Dollar General set a quarterly sales record of $10.44 billion and upgraded its annual profit and sales outlook as Americans tighten their budgets and spend more at bargain stores and off-price retailers amid economic uncertainty.

Ground beef at Whole Foods may be tainted with E. coli

U.S. agriculture officials are warning that ground beef sold at Whole Foods markets nationwide may be contaminated with potentially dangerous E. coli bacteria.