Economy Dec 31 Average U.S. long-term mortgage rate falls to the lowest level of the year at 6.15% By Matt Ott, Associated Press
Politics Dec 31 These Trump tariff threats never materialized in 2025 President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year. Many materialized into a barrage of new import taxes that overturned decades of U.S. economic policy — but others have yet to be fulfilled as 2025… By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press
Economy Dec 31 U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell below 200,000 last week with layoffs historically low Unemployment benefit filings are often distorted during holiday-shortened weeks since the shorter week can cause some who have lost jobs to delay filing claims. By Matt Ott, Associated Press
Nation Dec 30 Inside Red Lobster's comeback Red Lobster CEO Damola Adamolekun first came to the U.S. as a child after growing up in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and the Netherlands. After stints in finance, he found himself leading restaurant chain P.F Chang’s and last year was appointed CEO… By Geoff Bennett
Economy Dec 24 U.S. unemployment claims dropped again last week, remaining at a historically healthy level U.S. applications for jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 20 fell by 10,000 to 214,000 from the previous week's 224,000, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. By Matt Ott, Associated Press
Dec 23 Watch 8:32 How 'Trump accounts' for children work, and who will benefit most By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes You may have heard about new savings and investment accounts for children known as "Trump accounts." They got a big boost from a philanthropic donation that's among the largest ever delivered directly to Americans. The accounts are expected to open… Continue watching
Dec 23 Trump administration says it will begin garnishing wages of student loan borrowers in default By Annie Ma, Associated Press Millions of borrowers are considered in default, meaning they are 270 days past due on their payments. Continue reading
Dec 23 U.S. drivers are seeing lower gas prices this holiday season, according to AAA By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press The national average for unleaded gasoline has stayed below the $3 mark since Dec. 2, falling to its lowest level of about $2.85 a gallon on Monday. Continue reading
Dec 23 The U.S. stock market had a rocky start to the year, thanks to tariffs and Trump's fight with the Fed. But it's ending on a high note By Stan Choe, Associated Press Outside of stocks, bitcoin soared and then swooned and the "queasy" bond market got Trump's attention. Continue reading
Dec 23 Consumer confidence drops in December to lowest level since U.S. tariffs rolled out in April By Matt Ott, Associated Press Write-in responses to the survey showed that prices and inflation remained consumers' biggest concern, along with tariffs. Continue reading