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Trump brushes off early posting of confidential jobs figures

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unusual move, President Donald Trump posted a graph Thursday night on social media that reflected jobs data from December that weren't supposed to be released until the Labor Department issued the monthly employment report Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern. The ...

Wall Street reaches more records on Big Tech gains

NEW YORK (AP) — Broad gains led by technology stocks pushed Wall Street to more records on Tuesday. The gains mirror much of the action from the previous year, when big technology stocks often drove the market to a series of records. Technology stocks led the gains, but several other ...

Wall Street edges higher in a wobbly start to 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks eked out small gains on Wall Street on Friday in a wobbly day of trading to kick off the new year. Markets were mostly quiet on the first trading day of 2026, with the influential technology sector driving much of the up-and-down action. The mostly minor moves ...