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Boxes of imported Italian pasta are seen on shelves, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Shutdown saves spaghetti, for now, with tariff on Italian pasta delayed

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The likeness of George Washington is seen on a U.S. one-dollar bill, March 13, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

U.S. economy expanded at a surprising 3.8% pace in significant upgrade of second quarter growth

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

China dumping electric vehicle battery material on the United States of America illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

A Trumpian win versus China on EV batteries

By Peter Navarro

President Donald Trump, left, listens as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, July 6, 2025, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts

By Brian Slodysko and Michael Biesecker - Associated Press

American farmers and Mexican tomato producers illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Leveling the playing field for American farmers

By Robert Guenther

Shipping containers are seen ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in the Nansha district in southern China's Guangdong province, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

U.S. trade deficit hits record high as businesses, consumers try to get ahead of Trump tariffs

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips - Associated Press

A consumer places a flat of eggs in a shopping cart in a Costco warehouse Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sheridan, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Second estimate of U.S. growth confirms a 2.3% annual pace expansion in fourth quarter

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

Young shoppers look over a row of large-screen televisions on display in a Costco warehouse Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

U.S. economy grows solid 2.3% in October-December on eve of Trump return to White House, 2.8% in ‘24

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: Make goods in U.S.

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Sept. 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Sen. Joni Ernst tells Commerce Department to stop spending spree

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this image taken with a drone, Jason Kwapi operates a combine, at left, during soybean harvesting on the Voss farm near Palo, Iowa, Oct. 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP, File)

U.S. economy grows at 2.8% pace in third quarter on consumer spending, unchanged from first estimate

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

A construction worker maneuvers a lift outside a commercial building site in Mount Prospect, Ill., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. economic growth for last quarter is revised up to a solid 3% annual rate

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

FILE - 2024 Ford F-150 trucks are assembled at Ford's Dearborn Truck Plant on April 11, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. On Thursday, June 27, 2024, the government issues the third and final estimate of economic growth – the gross domestic product – in the January-March quarter. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

U.S. economic growth for last quarter is revised up slightly to a 1.4% annual rate

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

The sign is seen above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has denied it is a security threat after the U.S. Commerce Department banned the use of its software in the United States. Kaspersky said in a statement that the Commerce Department's decision, announced Thursday, June 20, 2024, would not affect its ability to sell and promote its cyberthreat intelligance offerings and training in the U.S. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Biden administration restricts Russia’s Kaspersky; Kremlin cries ‘unfair’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A near-empty corridor is seen in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, part of the U.S. Capitol complex, after an unprecedented number of cases in the Capitol community affecting hundreds of individuals, according to the Capitol physician, in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Dr. Brian Monahan is urging a move to maximum telework as a seven-day average rate of infection at the Capitol's testing center has risen from less than 1% to more than 13%. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

‘Taxpayer theft’: Federal agencies overpay teleworkers who moved out of Washington

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Seagate hard drives were sold to China's Huawei Technologies after the Commerce Department restricted exports of microchips or equipment containing microchips. (Associated Press/File)

Washington eyes giving new spy powers to Commerce Department

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Market status to Vietnam and China normalized trade mistake illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Granting market status to Vietnam would repeat the ‘China mistake’

By Michael Stumo

President Joe Biden speaks about his economic agenda at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden administration announces $162 million to expand computer chip factories in Colorado and Oregon

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

A Chinese microchip is seen through a microscope set up at the booth for the state-controlled Tsinghua Unigroup project which is aimed at driving China's semiconductor ambitions during the 21st China Beijing International High-tech Expo in Beijing, China, on May 17, 2018. China has imposed export curbs on two metals used in computer chips and solar cells, expanding a squabble with Washington over high-tech trade ahead of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's visit to Beijing this week. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

U.S. uses sanctions to deny China tools for brain warfare, toxin weapons

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The TikTok startup page is displayed on an iPhone in Ottawa, Ontario, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. The federal government is banning TikTok from its mobile devices just days after federal and provincial privacy commissioners launched an investigation into the social media platform. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Senate intel chairman leads new push to crack down on TikTok and foreign tech

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times