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WATCH: Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth

By Kostya Manenkov, Christopher Rugaber, Mike Corder, David McHugh, Associated Press

Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth and human welfare, even as they leave older companies in the dust.

Trump threatens more tariffs after China restricts key exports

By Josh Boak, Didi Tang, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Friday that “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea and threatened additional tariffs after China restricted exports of rare earths needed…

‘RIFs have begun.’ Vought announces start of mass firings during government shutdown

By Seung Min Kim, Stephen Groves, Associated Press

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers in the ongoing government shutdown.

U.S. opens Tesla probe after more crashes involving its so-called full self-driving technology

By Associated Press

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a filing dated Tuesday that it has 58 incident reports of Tesla vehicles violating traffic safety laws while operating in full self-driving mode.

WATCH: ‘Do your damn job,’ federal worker union leaders tell Congress mired in shutdown

By Associated Press

Union leaders criticized both parties in Congress but also targeted President Donald Trump, accusing him of using federal workers as “political pawns” after warnings Tuesday that back pay is not guaranteed.

Without a new jobs report, U.S. ‘flying blind’ on hiring in an uncertain economy

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern as everyone awaits the Labor Department's crucial monthly jobs report. Not this month, though.

Amid shutdown fight, Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

In a post on his Truth Social site Thursday morning, Trump announced he would be meeting with his budget chief, “Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a…

Shutdowns usually don’t do much economic damage, but there are reasons to worry this time

By Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Trump's massive layoff threat and the precarious state of the American economy raise the odds of longer-lasting damage.

Vital economic data, including Friday’s jobs report, cut off in government shutdown

By Christopher Rugaber, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the U.S. economy.