Kevin Hassett, President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser at the White House, signaled he’s confident that an eventual drop in oil prices will create space for the Federal Reserve to lower ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for her remilitarization push during his summit with US President Donald Trump in Beijing, the Financial Times reported, ...

A compromised chemical tank in California that has prompted the evacuation of more than 40,000 people is more likely to leak into its surroundings than explode, Environmental Protection Agency ...

When John Kurz left Alaska’s North Slope in 2009, he was staring at a grim future for what had once been the country’s ...

Congo suspended flights to the eastern city of Bunia and regional health ministers warned of escalating cross-border risks from Ebola as the outbreak spread across three provinces and overwhelmed ...

Uganda confirmed three new Ebola cases, including a health worker and a driver linked to the country’s first known infection, as authorities race to contain the outbreak.

Kevin Warsh has vowed to usher in “regime change” as the new chair of the Federal Reserve, but Fed watchers say there are limits to how much he can revamp on his own — and that even in areas where he ...

The war in Iran has transformed the US into the world’s emergency oil supplier, plugging the gap created by the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

US health authorities said they plan to temporarily bar permanent residents of the country from reentering if they’ve traveled recently to Ebola-affected areas in a new rule published Friday.

A Columbia University graduate student detained by US authorities over his role in pro-Palestinian protests will ask the US Supreme Court to halt his deportation after a federal appeals court rejected ...

The Walt Disney Co. and other major movie studios will move forward with their copyright claims against the makers of the ...

A longtime federal prosecutor’s detail to the Senate Judiciary Committee has been terminated after allegations she was ...