By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – Irish designer Paul Costelloe drew inspiration from the equestrian world for his latest collection at London Fashion Week on Friday, showing jodhpur-shaped culottes, tweeds and prints featuring show jumpers. Costelloe’s autumn-winter 2025 line included dressage-like fitted jackets and structured skirts and shorts, sometimes paired with caps and boots. Models […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington has allowed President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided Thursday he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to temporarily block the layoffs. He found that their complaint amounted to an employment dispute and […]

(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into UnitedHealth’s Medicare billing practices in recent months, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the company fell nearly 10% in premarket trading. Shares of other health insurers also fell before the bell. The new civil fraud investigation […]

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump says value-added taxes carry a lot of blame for America’s near trillion dollar trade deficit with the rest of the world. The 170-plus countries who charge VAT – including top U.S. trade partners in Europe – insist they have no impact.  So who to believe? […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The budget resolution from Republicans was on the agenda in the Senate, but the late-night debate encompassed so much more. Democrats used the overnight session that ended early Friday morning as a platform for their outrage over what President Donald Trump has wrought during his first month in office, and their warnings […]