Approaching a midnight deadline, the Senate is preparing to give final approval to a new plan to prevent a government shutdown
Discount chain Big Lots is conducting going-out-of-business sales at its remaining locations after a sale of the company didn’t materialize
Federal officials investigating the deadly West Texas collision between at Union Pacific train and a tractor-trailer hauling a wind turbine base are trying to determine why the tractor-trailer was stopped on the tracks
Johnny Zuagar says he’s tried to hide his worries about a potential government shutdown from his three boys as he weighs how much to spend on Christmas presents
Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract
Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union are on strike for a second day at seven of the company’s delivery hubs just days before Christmas
U.S. stocks rose to turn what would have been one of the market’s worst weeks of the year into just a pretty bad one
The man charged with gunning down United Healthcare’s CEO outside a Manhattan hotel is now in a federal jail after being returned to New York City in dramatic fashion
A federal regulator has sued JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America
Workers at U.S. Starbucks stores have begun a five-day strike to protest a lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company
The government’s highway safety agency is proposing voluntary safety guidelines for self-driving vehicles
Some people who use flexible spending accounts may lose money left in the accounts if they don’t spend it by year’s end
Redbook Research releases its weekly gauge of retail sales on Tuesday
Netflix has secured the U.S. broadcasting rights to the Women’s World Cup in 2027 and 2031 as the streaming giant continues its push into live sports
Volkswagen’s employee representatives say they have reached a wage deal
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched a new policy that will allow beneficiaries of land taken from white people under controversial land reforms to sell it and to be able to borrow from banks using it as collateral
Tesla is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles because of an issue with the warning light on the tire pressure monitoring system
An inflation gauge that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve barely rose last month in a sign that price pressures cooled after two months of sharp gains
Italy’s data protection authority says it has fined OpenAI $15.6 million after wrapping up a probe into the collection of personal data by its generative artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has dismissed an assertion by Elon Musk that only a far-right party can “save Germany.”
Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel in the U.S. The auto club AAA predicts that more than 119 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between Saturday and New Year’s Day
The House has resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan to fund federal operations and suspend the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown
Hungary has given political asylum to a Polish opposition politician who is wanted on suspicions of corruption
Donald Trump seemed poised to inherit a relatively strong economy when he begins a second term in the White House in January
Whether dressed in black, mimicking bare branches or decked out with enough bows for a Taylor Swift concert, the Christmas trees in some U.S. homes this year display an unconventional streak
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