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Data showing cracks in the U.S. labor market and President Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs shook investors around the world, weighing on stocks, the dollar and more.

The largest U.S. energy companies reported their lowest second-quarter profits in years, as tariffs have weighed on oil prices.

President Trump’s executive order carved out a special tariff on goods shipped indirectly to the United States by way of other countries.

Swiss officials plan to negotiate urgently for a lower rate, before the punishing levy takes effect next week.

The Trump administration is weighing yet more tariffs on chips, Taiwan’s main exports.

Decades of threats have heightened security in New York City. But Monday’s attack in a Park Avenue office building shows the limits of preparedness.

In a still largely speculative vision of the future, A.I. tools would be full employees that work independently, with a bit of management.

Economists say the way the Trump administration is imposing tariffs is backfiring for some of the businesses they are meant to help.

Initially 49%, it was lowered to 19%, easing worries of a damaging hit to the country’s garment and footwear production industries.

The European Union acknowledged for the first time that a top official reviewed the messages, but said it had no duty to keep them, despite intense interest.

Latin America’s biggest economy can weather the shock of a high tariff rate. But American coffee lovers and Brazilian ranchers are likely to feel the pain.

Despite recent criticism about its product outlook, the company reported strong sales of iPhones, Macs and services.

Consumers spent more than expected on the e-commerce giant’s site, while margins tightened at the company’s all-important cloud computing division.

The administration has not put forward a clear legal authority to compel drugmakers to reduce their prices.