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U.S. employers added 272,000 jobs in May -- more than forecasters had expected. The unemployment rate inched up to 4% from 3.9% in April.

NATO foreign ministers are gathered in Washington this week to mark the organization's 70th year. The head of NATO is appealing for trans-Atlantic unity at a time of tension.

A tax on all imported steel and aluminum could give a helping hand to domestic steel and aluminum makers, but raise costs for businesses and consumers that buy the metals.

Council Majority Leader Leah Halton-Pope explained the initiative would help offset future property tax increases for those whose tax liabilities take a certain percentage of what they earn.

When asked about the shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., President Obama said there is a pattern of mass shootings in the U.S. that has "no parallel anywhere else in the world."

The Justice Department has sued Visa, accusing the giant payments company of seeking to monopolize the debit card business.

The agency and Novo Nordisk, which makes Ozempic, said Monday that they had learned about "several hundred units" of the drug that made it onto the market outside the company's approved supply chain.

U.S. employers added 147,000 jobs in June as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%. Job gains were concentrated in health care and state and local government.

The crackdown on the video game and its users is just the latest in what democracy and human rights advocates say is an erosion of Hong Kong's civil rights and freedoms.

The U.S. economy grew this spring after a slowdown earlier this year. A report from the Commerce Department shows the nation's GDP grew at an annual rate of 3% in the second quarter of the year.