Feb. 6 marked the deadline for federal workers to accept the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Trump Administration’s offer of a buyout. These buyouts, or the option of “deferred resignation,” were offered via email from the OPM to over two million federal employees. All federal workers were given the choice of a…
President Donald Trump said he will introduce 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports on Monday in an ongoing escalation of a trade war with trading partners including the U.S.’s closest neighbors. Trump made the announcement while speaking to reporters on Air Force One on his way to Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans…
(This story was updated to include new information) President Donald Trump on Saturday followed through with his threat to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, pushing the world’s largest economy into a trade war with two neighbors and a superpower. Mexico and Canada, the top two U.S. trading partners, immediately vowed retaliatory tariffs, while China…
What do southeast Florida’s Treasure Coast residents and A-list property owners have in common? They have to pay property taxes. The Treasure Coast is an attractive option for celebrities because of its laid-back environment away from hounding paparazzi and the limelight of South Florida. But how much does owning property cost its A-list residents? Here’s…
The chief executive of Nvidia, a leading manufacturer of computer chips used by Artificial Intelligence companies, is meeting with President Donald Trump as his administration weighs whether to expand limits on shipping advanced chips to China. The meeting comes during a week when the Chinese startup DeepSeek threw the AI industry into upheaval and sent…
Wall Street clawed back some of Wednesday’s steep losses after the Federal Reserve pulled back its forecast for rate cuts next year. The Fed lowered its benchmark, short-term fed funds rate late Wednesday by a quarter percentage point, as expected, but pared back its forecast for rate cuts next year. It only expects to cut…