National & International Business News

As the July 8 deadline for President Trump's tariffs loom, this week the U.S. firmed up a trade deal with the United Kingdom.

Inflation has pumped up food prices for consumers at the grocery store and for restaurants. NPR speaks with restaurant owners across the U.S. who sell regional classics to see how they are faring.

A nationwide listeria outbreak has been linked to 17 illnesses, and three deaths, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others have said that seed oils are poisoning Americans. The medical community mostly rejects those claims, but they are causing problems for farmers.

Federal aviation authorities have been trying for years to hire more air traffic controllers, but they've fallen short of their goals. We look at why it's so hard to train enough controllers.

For decades, the U.S. has welcomed the flow of foreign capital into the country. But two tax measures nestled into President Trump's spending package could change that.

The U.S. is no longer a player in the world of commercial shipbuilding. But that could change.

Leonard Lauder, the son of the founder of Estée Lauder and the company's former CEO, passed away this weekend at 92.

The Fed held interest rates steady on Wednesday. NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG, about the state of the U.S. economy and what it means for consumers.

Chief diversity officer was once a hot job. But now DEI is under attack and executives like Candace Byrdsong Williams, who built a career in diversity, equity and inclusion, are out in the cold.