• Sen. Tim Scott and South Carolina’s governor will chair Lindsey Graham’s reelection bid
    South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest congressional allies, is kicking off his pursuit of a fifth term with two of his home state’s top Republicans chairing his 2026 campaign, an early show of strength in a race where the longtime lawmaker is expected to face primary challengers. Graham’s campaign told […]
  • Estee Lauder to cut up to 7,000 jobs as sales slide
    NEW YORK (AP) — Estee Lauder may trim as many as 7,000 jobs by fiscal 2026, more than 11% of its workforce, after the global beauty cosmetics maker lost money in its most recent quarter as reported a 6% sales slump. The New York company behind such brands as MAC, La Mer and Aveda tempered […]
  • Recovery work resumes at the site of the deadly plane and chopper collision near Washington
    ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Crews worked Tuesday to try to recover the plane’s cockpit and the rest of the remains of the 67 people who died in the midair collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter near the nation’s capital last week. They say their work might depend upon the wind and tidal conditions […]
  • US job openings fall sharply in December; layoffs low
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings dropped sharply in December, but low layoffs suggested that the labor market was not abruptly slowing down. Job openings, a measure of labor demand, decreased 556,000 to 7.6 million on the last day of December, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its Job Openings and Labor […]
  • Trump adviser Navarro says Mexican cartels expanding in Canada
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Peter Navarro, senior trade adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, said Mexico had been “very cooperative” on efforts to crack down on the influx of fentanyl into the U.S., and Canada had started to understand that it needed to do more. Navarro insisted during an event hosted by Politico Live that Trump’s […]