U.S. Economy

Israel-Hamas war ratchets up pressure on Republicans to select House speaker in coming days

Republican lawmakers are under mounting pressure to settle on a candidate to replace Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House…

Kaiser Permanente health workers threaten more strikes if demands not met

Kaiser Permanente workers on Friday threatened further strikes if executives don’t meet their demands over health-care staffing and job outsourcing.…

Republican House speaker candidates back out of Fox News debate

The top Republicans vying to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy as the next speaker of the House of Representatives have backed…

Inflation is ‘always going to be a risk’ with the U.S. economy now fundamentally changed, ADP chief economist says

Inflation is “always going to be a risk” in the U.S. due to structural changes in the labor market, according…

Kaiser Permanente workers strike for second day in dispute over health-care staffing

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers remained on strike Thursday for a second day over a short-staffing crisis at…

California woman pleads guilty in $1.6 million counterfeit Series I savings bond scheme

WASHINGTON — A California woman pled guilty to helping process more than $1.6 million in counterfeit Treasury Department Series I…

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani sues Biden for defamation over ‘Russian pawn’ crack

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani sued President Joe Biden for defamation Wednesday, saying he lost clients and podcast listeners after Biden…

Lab owner who defrauded Medicare to forfeit $187 million, Ferrari

A Miami federal judge ordered a lab owner convicted of defrauding Medicare to forfeit more than $187 million worth of…

More than 75,000 workers strike at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente health facilities across U.S.

More than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente — the nation’s largest health-care nonprofit organization — went on strike Wednesday at…

The job market is strong, economists say — but workers don’t think so

The job market remains strong despite gradual cooling from pandemic-era highs, according to labor economists — but workers don’t seem…