Lydia DePillis

The threat of tariffs may have helped push more capital into the United States, but other factors are pushing it away.

President Trump is berating gasoline retailers for keeping prices high. Evidence suggests the business has grown more profitable.

The ruling on Temporary Protection Status will have swift repercussions for migrants and employers alike.

OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon and Microsoft have signed on to an effort led by Gina Raimondo, a former commerce secretary.

People drove less and bought more-efficient cars when fuel prices surged, habits that could stick over the long term.

Companies appear hesitant to pass those price increases on to weary consumers, whose wages aren’t keeping up.

Unemployment is steady and companies are hiring, but wage growth is not keeping up with higher prices.

The Trump administration is allowing in more agricultural guest workers under the H-2A program, but preventing abuses is proving difficult.

Mr. Pulte has had difficulty boosting the housing market as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Now he will also serve as acting intelligence director.

President Trump has argued that the United States is “stupid” for granting citizenship at birth. Most countries don’t do so, but that can create problems.

The methodically planned strategy is intended to pressure noncitizens, including many with legal status, to leave the United States.

But details remained scant after officials said last week that, with “extraordinary” exceptions, people seeking permanent residency must first leave the country.

The United Nations has a new plan for weighing economic gains alongside health and environmental progress. But consensus is elusive.

The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier as higher energy costs replaced tariffs as the driver of higher prices for Americans.

Fuel station owners take some of the hit for consumers when oil prices surge. On the way down, they try to get their money back.