Manufacturing

Onlookers had expected President Trump wouldn't find too many allies at the famously globalist World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Trump finds an ally at Davos in French oil giant Total

John Siciliano · January 26, 2018 3:20 am

For proof that we are in the midst of extraordinarily prosperous times, the fact that stocks are closing higher on Wall Street is just one example. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Rep. Andy Biggs: It’s a prosperous new year, even if the media haven’t told you

Rep. Andy Biggs · January 25, 2018 5:01 am

The talks have not gone well for the U.S., Canadian, and Mexican officials negotiating the NAFTA free trade deal. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Democrats slam Mexico on labor rights, urge tough NAFTA stance

Sean Higgins · January 25, 2018 12:24 am

As one of the handful of changes, all nonbirth parents will receive up to six weeks of paid leave. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Starbucks cites tax reform as reason for raises, expanded benefits, thousands of new jobs

Anna Giaritelli · January 24, 2018 11:14 am

President Trump On Tuesday imposed new tariffs on imported solar-energy components and large washing machines in a bid to help U.S. manufacturers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s trade protectionism cuts into your new tax break

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2018 5:01 am

General Electric is cooperating with a Justice Department probe of a discontinued mortgage business.

The decline and fall of General Electric, the poster child of Obamanomics

Timothy P. Carney · January 24, 2018 4:07 am

"We are too small for all of the missions that the nation is asking us to do," says Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson: ‘This is not a game. It’s a very dangerous world’

Jamie McIntyre · January 23, 2018 5:01 am

Photovoltaic modules sit on a factory rooftop in Germany, where many of the company's primary investors are from. (Martin Leissl/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

A dangerous precedent on trade, brought to you by solar panel tariffs

Bryan Riley · January 23, 2018 3:03 am

President Trump (pictured center-right) stands with many of the Pennsylvania delegation during an official visit at H&K Equipment, a rental and sales company for specialized material handling solutions in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 18, 2018. Trump visited the facility to talk about the Republican tax reform policy that was passed in late December. (Photo by Justin Merriman for the Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Trump returns to Pennsylvania touting tax cuts, the economy, and a little politics

Salena Zito · January 19, 2018 12:15 am

"I am writing you on the eve of your decision on solar tariffs to make a personal plea to consider the real impact on American jobs and our economy," wrote Abigail Ross Hopper, CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, in a letter to President Trump. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Energy and Environment

Solar industry makes last-minute plea to Trump

John Siciliano · January 17, 2018 11:33 pm

More companies will set up more business in the U.S., because it's now easier to compete by doing so thanks to the new tax law. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Tax cuts drive business back to the Motor City

Washington Examiner · January 14, 2018 5:01 am

Without a clear educational path to reclaiming their displaced jobs, middle-age to older workers often choose not to re-enter the workforce or re-enroll in school, preferring instead to collect unemployment checks. (iStock by Getty Images)

Red Alert Politics

Community colleges focus on retraining workers displaced by artificial intelligence

Kate Hardiman · January 12, 2018 8:15 pm