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1 day ago | 
usnews.com | Tim Smart
Employers added a better-than-expected 139,000 jobs in May, as there was little effect from President Donald Trump’s sweeping import tariffs, the Labor Department reported on Friday. Forecasts had varied in advance but ranged from around 100,000 to 125,000 jobs expected. In April, employers added a downwardly revised 147,000 jobs. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%. By sector, health care added 62,000 jobs, while employment in leisure and hospitality rose by 48,000.
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2 days ago | 
usnews.com | Alan Kronenberg
Americans’ interest in purchasing electric vehicles appears to be powering down, coinciding with the Trump administration’s efforts to end electric vehicle uptake.
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3 days ago | 
usnews.com | Mark Williams
As a middle-aged gay guy who’s been to 47 U.S. states, I understand that not every place is ready to welcome LGBTQ+ travelers. Traversing the country, I’ve been called homophobic slurs, spit on and pushed to the ground. These incidents all occurred in red states – but I’m not ready to give up on visiting them, and I hope other LGBTQ+ travellers won’t either.
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3 days ago | 
usnews.com | Divya Rajagopal
By Divya RajagopalTORONTO (Reuters) -Canadian companies and a major union said on Wednesday higher U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum could result in more job losses and lost sales, as Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada is preparing reprisals. The U.S. tariff hike on the two metals to 50% from the 25% rate introduced in March took effect at 12:01 a.m. (0401 GMT) on Wednesday.
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3 days ago | 
usnews.com | Tim Smart
The labor market slowed sharply in May as private employers added a paltry 37,000 jobs, payroll firm ADP said on Wednesday. The monthly employment report came in lower than the 110,000 expected by analysts and also below the 62,000 in April. “After a strong start to the year, hiring is losing momentum,” said ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson.
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4 days ago | 
usnews.com | Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
More than 50 volcanoes have erupted so far in 2025 – most notably and recently, Italy’s Mount Etna, which spewed smoke, ash and bits of rock on Monday morning, terrifying visitors to the Sicilian peak. Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has also been spouting off recently. It released a 1,000-foot plume of lava late last month as part of an ongoing eruption. More than 1,2000 volcanoes across the globe have erupted during the Holocene, our current geological period, which covers the last 12,000 years.
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4 days ago | 
usnews.com | Erin (Shields) Evans |Catriona Kendall |Rachael Hood
When it comes to booking a trip, there are dozens of things on the checklist to remember: what to pack, tours and activities to book, restaurant reservations to make and more. Sometimes protecting your trip with travel insurance might slip your mind. In that case, a last-minute travel insurance policy is an easy way to make sure your trip investment is protected.
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4 days ago | 
usnews.com | Tim Smart
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on Tuesday further downgraded the outlook for U.S. economic growth this year, citing continued concerns over President Donald Trump’s ever-changing tariff policies. The OECD now sees 2025 growth in the U.S. falling to 1.6% from 2.2% back in March. The organization also trimmed global growth forecasts.
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5 days ago | 
usnews.com | Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced last week that the federal government was investing more than $1.5 billion to repair roads and bridges damaged during natural disasters. The repairs target roadways and bridge spans in more than two-thirds of all states, plus some U.S. territories and Washington, D.C.But federal data shows that much more investment is needed to shore up the nation’s ailing bridges.
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5 days ago | 
usnews.com | Olivier Knox
Ukraine carried out what appeared to be its most ambitious attack on Russian soil over the weekend, claiming to have struck air bases as far away as Siberia with fleets of drones launched from the backs of trucks and destroying aircraft including nuclear-capable bombers. “We are doing everything to make Russia feel the need to end this war. Russia started this war, Russia must end it,” Ukrainian President Volodymur Zelenskyy declared on social media.