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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave How did you find the partly sunny skies and gusts around 30 mph amid the mild mid-40s to near 50? It’s led to effective drying out, which we’ll continue into tomorrow. Below we look ahead to some threats with Tuesday’s storm and glance briefly at how our […]
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US stock futures slid on Wednesday as bond yields rose, as optimism for fast interest-rate cuts waned ahead of fresh jobs data and the release of Federal Reserve meeting minutes. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) and the benchmark S&P 500 (
WASHINGTON — Demetrius Briscoe voted for Joe Biden in 2020, but the senior at Bowie State University, a historically Black university in Maryland, is on the fence about whether he will support the president next year. Briscoe, 25, doesn’t think many of his peers will vote for Biden because he hasn’t demanded a cease-fire in […]
WASHINGTON — The United States and China are the two global economic heavyweights. Combined, they produce more than 40% of the world’s goods and services. So when Washington and Beijing do economic battle, as they have for five years running, the rest of the world suffers, too. And when they hold a rare high-level summit, […]
Nov. 3, 2023, 6:30 a.m. ET Nov. 3, 2023, 6:30 a.m. ET Many employers are still struggling to find available workers, but the labor market is loosening. At the same time, companies are balancing cost concerns — especially as interest rates remain elevated — with the need to entice employees. Overall, labor market churn has […]
Schumer and five other U.S. senators representing both the Republican and Democratic parties met with Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier on Monday, among other high-level meetings. The meeting lasted about 80 minutes, Schumer said, about twice what had been expected. US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (R) attends a bilateral meeting with Chinese Commerce Minister […]
Sept. 1, 2023, 6:00 a.m. ET Sept. 1, 2023, 6:00 a.m. ET It has been an active summer of labor unrest, and the showdown in Hollywood may be large enough to throw off the August employment numbers, although the data will probably underestimate the total impact because of the way the industry is structured. The […]
Tony Berastegui Jr., right, and his sister Giselle Berastegui drink water, Monday, July 17, 2023, in Phoenix. A historic heat wave that turned the Southwest into a blast furnace throughout July is beginning to abate with the late arrival of the monsoon rains. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Tony Berastegui […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Beijing, Sunday, June 18, 2023. Leah Millis/AP hide caption toggle caption Leah Millis/AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Beijing, Sunday, June 18, 2023. Leah Millis/AP BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to […]