Consumer spending makes up two-thirds of U.S. GDP, but the economy cannot rely on wealthy consumers alone. Lower- and middle-income households account for the bulk of total consumption by volume. When ...

Consumer price likely rose 2.7% in the 12 months through December, according to forecasts, as inflation remains well above the Federal Reserve's target.

Anthropic’s agentic tool Claude Code has been an enormous hit with some software developers and hobbyists, and now the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Times obtained seven drafts of the LAFD’s after-action report on the Palisades fire. Deletions and revisions ...

The Fed cut interest rates over recent months in an effort to boost hiring. Hiring slowed in November, resuming sluggish performance that has bedeviled the labor market for much of this year and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

Meta Platforms (META) may release a new large language model in the first-quarter of 2026, as the Mark Zuckerberg-led company looks to further compete with Google (GOOG) (GOOGL), OpenAI (OPENAI) and ...

Maybe, if the country is lucky, the Supreme Court has decided to hear the case of Trump v. Barbara because it wants to reiterate something that the Constitution, federal law, and its own previous ...

President Trump's doctor said Monday that his overall health was excellent as the White House released a report about a "preventive" MRI the president was given in October. "As part of President ...

Senator Tim Kaine promises he’ll refile a war powers resolution in the Senate demanding President Trump ask for congressional approval before launching any military strikes against Venezuela. A ...