Workers assemble watches at a factory in Detroit, Mich., on Jan. 4, 2017. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images A key pipeline inflation indicator unexpectedly increased in July, driven mainly by an increase in wholesale services. According to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Aug. 14, the producer price index (PPI) increased
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Oval Office at the White House on July 14, 2025. Nathan Howard/Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Aug. 13 revoked or restricted visas for some Brazilian, Caribbean, and African officials over their alleged involvement with a Cuban program that sends doctors abroad. Rubio said in
The Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. Cory Huston/NASA via AP President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 13 to ease regulations for the commercial space industry and enhance “American greatness in
Workers from PG&E work on repairing and restoring power lines in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 13, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has named David Rosner as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency announced on Wednesday. Rosner was already serving as interim chair at the federal energy
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 1, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images An Illinois judge on Aug. 13 denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to enforce civil arrest warrants for Texas House Democrats who left the state to try blocking a mid-cycle redistricting effort that could
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on July 31, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump signed a brief executive order on Aug. 13 revoking an order from his predecessor that directed agencies to crack down on anti-competitive practices in industries like pharmaceuticals
Gasoline prices at a Shell station in Los Angeles on Oct. 5, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images The California Energy Commission (CEC) has tabled a resolution calling for a pause in implementing a 2023 state law that would impose financial penalties on gasoline producers accused of accruing “excess profits” while “price gouging” consumers.