U.S. stocks fall despite strong retail sales data as consumer sentiment sags

Stocks plateau as an S&P 500 stall-out nears historic territory

U.S. stocks closed lower overall, as the S&P 500 extended a long streak of indecisiveness. Read More

Trump’s delayed signing of the new relief bill won’t create a loss of unemployment payments after all

A $900 billion stimulus bill passed into law on Sunday will, along with other programs, provide extended and enhanced unemployment benefits to millions of Americans. But leading up to the bill’s passage, state agencies and labor experts believed that President Donald Trump’s delay in signing the bill would create a one-week gap in benefits for […]

Supreme Court on vaccine mandates: Hospitals OK, general employment a no

(credit: Getty Images) The Biden administration has made vaccine mandates central to its attempts to limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Or at least it has tried to; various states and other organizations have used the courts to challenge the federal government’s authority to impose these mandates. Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments […]