Economy & Business

186 articles in the Economy & Business category.

A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
US NewsEconomy & BusinessOctober 11, 2026

Fourteen Democrat-Led States Sue Over Canceled Biden-Era Unemployment System Grants

By Tommy Flynn

Fourteen Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Friday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, seeking to recover more than $100 million in grants awarded under the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act to modernize state unemployment insurance computer systems. The complaint,...

President Trump smiling with two thumbs up
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsOctober 10, 2026

Trump Announces Russia Diesel Supply Deal

By Tommy Flynn

, October 10, 2026 President Donald Trump said Friday he concluded a discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which Russia agreed to supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel fuel immediately to the American and global marketplace, another 500,000 tons in November, and...

Gulf Oil Is Moving Through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Claim That It Controls the Strait Is Not.
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsOctober 9, 2026

Gulf Oil Is Moving Through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Claim That It Controls the Strait Is Not.

By Tommy Flynn

An adviser to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and that Iranian forces have “full control” of it. Tanker-tracking data for September say the opposite about everyone except Iran. Mohammadreza Naqdi told the Fars news...

Willow and Pikka projects in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska on May 15, 2026. -- Image: Official DOI Photo by Andrew King
Economy & BusinessUS NewsOctober 9, 2026

Interior Ends Case-by-Case Reviews for Winter Drilling in Alaska’s Petroleum Reserve

By Tommy Flynn

The Interior Department on Friday put in place a categorical exclusion for winter oil and gas exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, dropping the requirement that each qualifying project get its own environmental assessment. The notice, document 2026-20763, is...

Vance Cuts Microsoft, Adobe, and Outsourcing Firms Off the Green-Card Track
Immigration & BorderEconomy & BusinessOctober 9, 2026

Vance Cuts Microsoft, Adobe, and Outsourcing Firms Off the Green-Card Track

By Tommy Flynn

Vice President JD Vance said Thursday the administration is suspending Microsoft from the Permanent Labor Certification program, the Labor Department step most employers must clear before sponsoring a foreign worker for a green card. He said no company had abused the system...

Governor Ron DeSantis announcing the creation of Florida DOGE in April, 2025
Economy & BusinessHealthOctober 7, 2026

Florida Projects Nearly $1 Billion Less in Medicaid Autism-Therapy Spending

By Tommy Flynn

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that Florida’s Medicaid integrity push has cut projected spending on Applied Behavior Analysis services by nearly $1 billion for the coming fiscal year. The Agency for Health Care Administration had projected ABA spending, the therapy billed for...

President Trump does "The Trump Dance" as he ends his announcement of the new shipyard in Baltimore.
Economy & BusinessNational SecurityOctober 6, 2026

Trump Announces $6.6 Billion Submarine Yard at Baltimore’s Sparrows Point

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump went to Sparrows Point on Tuesday to announce Arsenal-2, an Anduril Industries shipyard on the former Bethlehem Steel site that will build components for the Navy’s Virginia-class attack submarines. Anduril is putting $3.7 billion of private capital into...

A gas station in Los Angeles shows a price of $8.99 for diesel.
Economy & BusinessUS NewsOctober 6, 2026

Trump Signs Order Opening Dyed Diesel to Highways and Deferring the Federal Tax

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday allowing off-road dyed diesel to be used on highways through the end of the year and directing the Treasury Department to defer the federal excise tax on that fuel without interest or penalties. The White House fact sheet,...

President Trump signing Executive Orders.
HealthEconomy & BusinessOctober 3, 2026

Medicaid Cutoff Hits Immigrants as Big Beautiful Bill Rules Take Effect

By Tommy Flynn

Federal Medicaid rules that took effect Thursday are ending coverage for hundreds of thousands of lawfully present immigrants who do not hold green cards, the first large eligibility cut from President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act to reach enrollees. The law, signed July...

A gas station in Los Angeles shows a price of $8.99 for diesel.
Economy & BusinessPolitics & ElectionsOctober 2, 2026

G7 Agrees to Release 100 Million Barrels; Trump Drops Diesel Export Ban

By Tommy Flynn

The Group of Seven agreed Friday to a coordinated release of 100 million barrels of oil and diesel over four months, and President Trump said a U.S. diesel export ban is off. The joint statement, released by the office of French President Emmanuel Macron, said the release will...

2026 May Day protests across the country were filled with Communist propaganda, slogans and imagery. -- Screenshot of the Chicago protest from the @FrontlinesTPUSA X page.
Economy & BusinessPolitics & ElectionsOctober 2, 2026

White House Council Scores DSA Agenda at $49 Trillion Over Ten Years

By Tommy Flynn

The White House Council of Economic Advisers released a report Thursday scoring the Democratic Socialists of America’s platform at a net fiscal cost of $48.9 trillion over ten years, or about $355,000 per American household. The report, “The Real Cost of Socialism in America,”...

Gulf Crude Exports Top a Pre-War Baseline as Iranian Loadings Stop
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsOctober 2, 2026

Gulf Crude Exports Top a Pre-War Baseline as Iranian Loadings Stop

By Tommy Flynn

Gulf crude exports climbed back above a pre-war baseline in the final week of September, while Iranian loadings have effectively stopped, according to tanker-tracking data from Kpler. Kpler figures cited by CNBC and Gulf News put regional crude exports at about 16.5 million...