Trump to place import taxes on drugs, home furnishings and heavy trucks President Trump said he will put import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1. The Associated Press
Trump advances TikTok deal with new executive order The new order says that the deal to turn over a majority stake in TikTok to a group of U.S. investors meets the terms ordered by Congress, and will allow it to stay online in the U.S. John Ruwitch
Starbucks to close hundreds of stores, lay off 900 workers as part of turnaround plan Starbucks said Thursday it’s closing hundreds of U.S. and Canadian stores and laying off 900 nonretail employees as it focuses more of its resources on a turnaround. Associated Press
Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle lawsuit over 'tricking' people into Prime Federal regulators say Amazon has settled their lawsuit over whether its web designs have manipulated millions of people into paying for Prime subscriptions that were purposefully hard to cancel. Monica Nickelsburg
A judge ruled their firings were illegal. The government got to do it anyway A judge ruled the firing of thousands of federal employees was illegal. But he stopped short of ordering the government to reinstate them, predicting the Supreme Court would overturn it. Andrea Hsu
Housing prices are causing some people to have smaller families than planned Home prices skyrocketed during the pandemic — and have stayed high. For some Americans, making their budget work means having fewer children than they'd envisioned. Laurel Wamsley
Examining Kimmel's brief suspension and Trump's threats to free speech Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back, but New York Times reporter Adam Liptak and former Washington Post editor Marty Baron say the Trump administration is using federal power to control speech and the press. Terry Gross
Despite past complications, crypto company Tether is ready for American debut Global crypto giant Tether has a controversial history but it now has an ambitious plan to expand across the U.S. It's a sign of how much things have changed for crypto under President Trump. Rafael Nam
The surprisingly lucrative business of making a list of 500 stocks What even is the business of the S&P 500, and how does it make so much money? Alex Mayyasi
Americans are crazy for shrimp. Much of it came from India — until now India's shrimp exports to the U.S. were once a success story. Now the industry faces ruin amid President Trump's 50% tariff on imports from the country. Diaa Hadid
