The U.S. government posted a $258 billion budget surplus for April, up 23%, or about $49 billion, from a year earlier, ...

U.S. consumer spending held steady in April, with average credit and debit card purchases per household rising just 1% from ...

The White House is proposing average cuts of 35% to agencies — except for the Pentagon and Homeland Security. Actual spending cuts though are up to Congress.

Boston Scientific, the medical-device maker, is speeding up efforts to cut discretionary spending including travel. The railroad operator Norfolk Southern, meanwhile, is more closely scrutinizing ...

Barclays analysts wrote in a note on April 15, that in March and the early part of April, much of the retail market may have experienced a "pull forward" of discretionary spending as consumers ...

New Orleans joins a growing list of coastal cities throughout the US that scientists warn are in danger of being washed away by flooding and rising sea levels. Overall, two dozen cities are at ...

In 2024, the U.K. was spending an estimated 2.33% of GDP on defense, according to NATO data. UK SLASHES SOME TARIFFS AGAINST US AMID TRUMP'S TARIFF WAR: 'NO COUNTRY OFF THE HOOK' Reeves added that ...

The United Kingdom is boosting its defense spending to do its part to bolster ... Uk-based Jaguar Land Rover Puts Pause On Shipments To Us Amid Trump Tariffs Jaguar Land Rover, a British automaker ...

said he’s “not very keen” on the $150 billion increase in defense spending but would be open to it if Republicans found a way to offset it by freezing or lowering it in discretionary ...