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Mr. Musk, who says he will devote more time to his private companies, never came close to achieving his goal of cutting $1 trillion from the federal budget. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/politics/trump-elon-musk.html

The agreement includes across-the-board wage increases of 13.5 percent. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/business/microsoft-video-game-union.html

Trump administration officials are getting a second chance to try to sever ties with China by starting a trade war, imposing export controls and revoking student visas. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/trump-china-visas-tariffs.html

The question for the justices was whether an agency had complied with a federal law by issuing a 3,600-page report on the impact of a proposed railway in Utah. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/supreme-court-environmental-reviews.html

President Trump has stopped some critical products and technologies made only in the United States from flowing to China, flexing the government’s power over global supply chains. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/business/economy/jet-engine-chip-software-exports-to-china.html

He exposed corrupt officials and greedy landlords, and his reporting on prison violence was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/business/media/tom-robbins-dead.html

Officials at the Federal Reserve have adopted a wait-and-see approach to policy moves amid extreme uncertainty about the economic outlook. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/business/fed-interest-rates-inflation-tariffs.html

​Big players in the crypto sector argue that new European cryptocurrency rules may be enabling recent abductions and are demanding changes and more security. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/world/europe/france-crypto-kidnappings.html

President Trump’s steep global tariffs have supercharged efforts to evade them. Some U.S. companies say the government is ill-equipped to keep up. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/business/economy/trump-tariffs-trade-crime.html

Here are eight terms, some brand-new, others recently resurfaced, that match today’s travel trends. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/travel/new-travel-terms.html

Lawmakers approved a plan to help companies and consumers as officials bargain in Washington for relief from debilitating auto levies. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/business/japan-economy-trump-tariffs.html

A chronic housing slowdown and high youth unemployment rate have made China more vulnerable than it was in President Trump’s first term. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/business/china-unemployment-jobs.html

The legislation cuts in half a tax write-off potentially worth hundreds of millions to some professional sports team owners. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/business/house-budget-bill-taxes-sports-owners.html

Battery-operated vehicles were a mainstay more than a hundred years ago, but only a few still exist — one happens to be in Jay Leno’s garage. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/business/electric-vehicles-history.html

Moviegoing in the United States and Canada has rebounded over the last two months. Theater owners credit a wider variety of releases. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/business/media/lilo-stitch-mission-impossible-sinners-box-office.html

Veterans, in particular, are seeking free legal work from firms that cut deals with the White House like Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis and Paul Weiss. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/business/trump-law-firms-pro-bono.html

A wealthy Qatari businessman’s campaign to lead the sport’s global body is being investigated. One of his critics was detained and interrogated in Doha. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/world/middleeast/qatar-table-tennis.html

President Trump’s statement appeared to approve a deal linking the U.S. and Japanese steel makers that had been blocked on national security grounds. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/business/us-steel-nippon-trump.html

A deal between the plane maker and the Justice Department, which was opposed by some of the families of those who died in the crashes, includes paying millions into a victims’ fund. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/business/boeing-doj-737-max-crashes.html

A Lululemon “2-in-1” maxi dress has become a lightning rod for debate. It is also mostly sold out. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/style/lululemon-maxi-dress-debate-tiktok.html

The consultant had deleted records involving McKinsey’s role in pushing OxyContin sales and driving the opioid crisis. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/business/mckinsey-obstruction-opioids.html

The sale of access to the president to investors in his memecoin has been assailed by Democrats and even some Republicans as unethical. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/trump-memecoin-dinner.html

The billionaire’s marriage to David Armstrong ended with the familiar “irreconcilable differences.” Is Mr. Geffen’s fortune in jeopardy? source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/style/david-geffen-divorce-prenup.html

Proposed changes making their way through Congress would benefit many employees, but many details are still in flux. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/dining/no-tax-on-tips-bill.html

His was not exactly a rags-to-riches story, but his family made $1.3 billion from an original down payment of $75,000 in savings. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/business/monroe-milstein-dead.html

Now all three major credit rating firms no longer give the United States their best rating. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/business/us-credit-downgrade-moodys.html

A decision by the Justice Department not to pursue a guilty plea from Boeing would be the latest about-face in a long effort to hold the plane maker accountable for the crashes of two 737 Max jets. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/business/boeing-737-max-crashes-guilty-plea.html

Economists say companies generally have to pass along the cost of tariffs. But populists on the left and right say the president may have a point. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/business/trump-tariffs-price-increases.html

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet his international counterparts at a G7 finance ministers meeting in Canada. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/g7-canada-trump-trade-war.html

The government is widening a crackdown on tourist rentals as it seeks to alleviate a painful housing crunch. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/business/airbnb-listings-spain.html

Leaving your device at home might seem daunting, but it can result in a deeper connection to a place and more authentic interactions with locals. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/travel/travel-without-phone.html

A downgrade by Moody’s amplified some existing worries about the cost of President Trump’s policies and the health of the U.S. economy. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/business/stock-markets-moodys-sp500.html

The voluntary recall was prompted after routine testing. It is the second such recall recently of baby food over possible lead contamination. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/business/publix-baby-food-recall-lead.html

With demand for steel down and a trade war underway, miners in the Iron Range of Minnesota are feeling the hit. But they hope better times are ahead. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/business/trump-tariffs-mining-steel.html

Depositors said the bank cheated them out of higher interest rates. As part of the settlement, the bank admitted no wrongdoing and agreed to make up for lost interest earnings. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/business/capital-one-settlement-savings-accounts.html

Their union objected over the unilateral policy change. Starbucks said the disruption has been minimal. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/business/starbucks-strike-baristas-walk-outs.html

Many airlines, hotels and analysts are forecasting a downbeat tourism season in America, as threats of tariffs and unpopular policy decisions take their toll. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/travel/us-summer-travel-trump.html

Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and replaced with a Trump hotel. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/politics/trump-kushner-hotel-serbia.html

Big deals to sell chips to the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia have divided the U.S. government over whether they could be remembered for shipping cutting-edge A.I. overseas. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/business/economy/trump-chips-ai-uae.html

The sale was expected, and the disclosure form did not include details of the transaction, including specific timing or the number of shares Ms. Bondi traded. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/politics/bondi-trump-media-stock.html

There is a degree of political agreement over so-called debanking, but no easy answers to the hot topic in Washington. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/business/trump-debanking-crypto.html

As cremation rates rise and consumer preferences shift, funeral homes are innovating in surprisingly unconventional ways so they don’t die out. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/business/funeral-home-industry-innovations-cremation.html

The board of the organization behind the annual Davos conference received a letter accusing Klaus Schwab, its former chair, of misusing funds and making inappropriate comments. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/business/world-economic-forum-davos-klaus-schwab.html

Elon Musk’s group is no longer claiming credit for canceling those contracts after The New York Times reported that they were revived. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/doge-musk-contracts-trump.html

The company is introducing hotel-like services, along with a new selection of local tours and classes. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/travel/airbnb-experiences-hotel-services.html

Although they long for more clarity about tariffs, investors feel they can’t sit on the sidelines as stocks climb. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/business/stock-market-trump-tariffs.html

The firm, which the U.S. government scrutinized for its ties to China, is angling for hundreds of thousands of advanced artificial intelligence chips in a deal that could be finalized this week. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/business/economy/trump-chip-sale-to-emirati-ai-firm-g42.html

American Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency firm co-founded by Eric Trump, said it was merging with a company traded on the Nasdaq, the latest expansion of the family’s investments in crypto. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/business/trump-american-bitcoin-crypto.html

Austan D. Goolsbee, president of the Chicago Fed, said there was still a risk of higher consumer prices and slower growth amid elevated uncertainty about the White House’s trade policy. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/business/fed-economy-stagflation-trump-tariffs.html

Britain is spending billions of pounds more on defense, but wants the money to go beyond nuclear submarines to improve local jobs and prosperity. Barrow-in-Furness may be the model. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/business/uk-military-spending-economy.html

Investors were optimistic after American officials touted progress in trade negotiations over the weekend, though details had yet to be released. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/business/us-china-trade-stock-market.html

The president announced an executive order aimed at lowering U.S. drug costs, revisiting an idea that was blocked in court during his first term. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/drug-prices-executive-order.html

CVS Caremark decided to stop offering Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed by insurance that disrupt treatments for patients. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/health/zepbound-wegovy-weight-loss-drugs.html

Not content to battle it out in the boardroom, crypto bros, tech executives and start-up founders have embraced an old-fashioned version of masculinity. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/technology/tech-crypto-martial-arts.html

Top officials are scheduled to conclude their weekend of trade negotiations in Geneva on Sunday. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/business/us-china-tariffs.html

European officials call food safety standards a “red line,” as Trump administration officials criticize rules that keep American beef and other meats off grocery shelves. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/world/europe/tariffs-farm-products-beef-meat-european-union-trump.html

A movement of manufacturing to Vietnam that began in President Trump’s first term is accelerating as sky-high U.S. tariffs block Chinese exports. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/business/trump-tariffs-vietnam-china.html

The Trump administration could use the investigation to impose new tariffs on imported planes, jet engines and other aerospace parts. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/business/trump-tariffs-planes-aviation.html

The agreement President Trump announced Thursday still needs to be finalized, but the administration said the deal with one of America’s closest allies would be the first of many. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/business/economy/trump-britain-trade-tariffs.html

He shared an Emmy for his reporting on “Nightline” about South Africa’s policy of racial segregation. The National Association of Black Journalists named him journalist of the year. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/business/media/kenneth-walker-dead.html

Democratic supporters of the measure to regulate parts of the industry refused to allow it to move forward amid concerns in their party that President Trump and his family are profiting from cryptocurrency. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/crypto-bill-senate.html

A deal would be a positive sign for both governments, which have eyed an agreement since President Trump’s first term. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/business/economy/trump-trade-britain.html

A technical outage in Philadelphia last week terrified air traffic controllers and stranded passengers. As the summer travel season looms, the F.A.A. is racing to address the problems. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/newark-airport-delays.html

As president, he helped persuade companies like Estée Lauder and Ford to advertise in the pages of the first mass-circulation magazine directed at Black women. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/business/media/clarence-o-smith-dead.html

The U.S. central bank is widely expected to stick to a wait-and-see approach as officials brace for President Trump’s tariffs to stoke higher inflation and slower growth. source https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/07/business/fed-interest-rates/what-to-know-about-the-feds-decision

The gift is the largest in Tel Aviv University’s history, and is expected to help relieve Israel’s shortage of doctors. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/business/blackstone-tel-aviv-university-medical-school.html

Mattel, the U.S. toy company, said it would increase prices of some U.S. toys, citing levies on Chinese imports. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/business/mattel-barbie-trump-tariffs-prices.html

Fearing the wrath of President Trump, some elite law firms are declining pro bono work on lawsuits challenging the administration’s policies. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/business/trump-law-firms-pro-bono-immigration.html

Ford Motor also reported a sharp drop in profits in the first three months of the year. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/economy/ford-earnings-tariffs.html

Here is the full list of winners and finalists. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/media/pulitzer-prize-winners-list.html

The New Yorker won three Pulitzers, and ProPublica was given the public service award for its coverage of the deadly consequences of state abortion bans across the country. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/media/pulitzer-prize-winners.html

U.S. oil prices fell to around $56 a barrel after the OPEC Plus cartel said it would bring more oil to market. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/business/energy-environment/oil-prices.html

Declaring foreign film production a national security threat, the president said he had asked his top trade official to start the process of imposing a tax on Hollywood. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/business/trump-tariffs-movies.html

Mr. Buffett, 94, was crowned the “Oracle of Omaha” because of smart investments he made as the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway. He also made some mistakes. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/business/buffett-timeline.html

The idea of “value investing” had long existed. But no one did it as successfully or for as long as he did. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/business/dealbook/warren-buffett-investing.html

Millions of single-family homes are underused, on spacious lots. Refitting them for “roommate houses” or backyard cottages could make a difference. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/business/economy/housing-crisis-multifamily-adu.html

The threat of 46 percent levies, among the highest for any country, is rattling Vietnam’s factory managers and workers, as well as thousands of exporters. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/business/trump-tariffs-vietnam-factories.html

The early vote tally on Saturday night was “well past” the majority needed to approve the incorporation of Starbase, an election official said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/business/spacex-starbase-south-texas-vote.html

The picture of a steady job market, even if backward looking, reassured investors worried about a trade-induced economic slowdown. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/business/jobs-report-april-tariffs.html

In a lawsuit filed last week, the woman said the airline did not come to her aid when a man attacked her on a red-eye flight last year. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/travel/american-airlines-sexual-assault.html

The company is recalling Ninja Foodi OP300 series pressure cookers that were sold between January 2019 and March 2025 after more than 100 reported burn injuries, officials said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/business/sharkninja-foodi-pressure-cooker-recall.html

Independent vendors who sell on sites like Etsy and eBay are trying to blunt the pain from tariffs on low-cost Chinese-made goods. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/business/trump-tariffs-china-online-sellers.html