Experts say Trump pullout from UN climate fighting will hurt world and leave U.S. out of green surge

January 10, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the entire United Nations climate-fighting apparatus takes America’s environmental isolation to another level and is likely to damage both the United States and the world as the planet flirts with ecological tipping points, experts say. Leaders from around the world say the United States will be left behind as more than 190 other nations join in what they call a blossoming green economy that is transitioning from polluting coal, oil and gas to cleaner and cheaper solar, wind and other renewable energies. Wednesday’s ...

Early gains fade as Wall Street wobbles into 2026

January 3, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered on Wall Street Friday to kick off the new year as early gains led by technology stocks failed to hold up. The S&P 500 fell 0.1% after having been up as much as 0.7% at the start of trading. The benchmark index is coming off a gain of more than 16% in ...

Stocks dip slightly as investors return from Christmas holiday in light trading

December 27, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks moved slightly lower in afternoon Friday trading as investors returned from the Christmas holiday in extremely light trading. The S&P 500 index was down 0.1% as of 2:30 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite was up ...

Resilient U.S. consumers drive strongest economic expansion in 2 years

December 24, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a surprisingly strong 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter, the most rapid expansion in two years, driven by consumers who continue to spend in the face of ongoing inflation. U.S. gross domestic product from July through September — the ...

Consumer confidence slumps to lowest level since the U.S. rolled out tariffs in April

December 24, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers’ confidence in the economy was shaken in December as Americans grew anxious about high prices and the impact of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 3.8 points to 89.1 in ...

European Central Bank leaves rates unchanged with economy showing signs of modest growth

December 19, 2025

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged Thursday for the fourth meeting in a row as the economy in the 20 countries that use the euro increasingly looks strong enough to get by without the stimulus of lower borrowing costs for businesses and ...