Richard Lardner

Associated Press

In this May 20, 2019, file photo, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, and Energy Secretary Rick Perry share a joke during their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine.

Perry Supporters Win Huge Gas Deal in Ukraine

Two supporters of Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a lucrative oil and gas deal from the Ukrainian government after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country's new president.

Secretary of Labor nominee Eugene Scalia speaks during his nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday.

Scalia Confirmed as Trump's New Labor Sec.

A son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Eugene was confirmed by a 53-44 Senate vote.

Administration Relaxes Trucker Drive-Time Rules

Independent truck drivers feel the proposal offers a common-sense approach with greater flexibility.

JUUL Labs co-founder and Chief Product Officer James Monsees testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2019, during a hearing on the youth nicotine epidemic.

Juul: Never Planned Teen Craze

"Juul Labs isn't big tobacco," co-founder James Monsees told members of a House subcommittee.

Group Pushes Drugmakers' Message

As Congress and President Donald Trump's administration aim to lower prescription drug costs, outside groups like the Alliance for Patient Access are seeking to sway the outcome.

A worker walks up steps to the right of an avionics truck parked next to a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for TUI Group at Boeing Co.'s Renton Assembly Plant Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Renton, Wash. President Donald Trump says the U.S. is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian Airliner.

Grounding Shows Limits of Boeing's Power

The aerospace giant is a juggernaut, but the company's clout only goes so far.

Ground crew chat near a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane operated by Shanghai Airlines parked on tarmac at Hongqiao airport in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. U.S. aviation experts on Tuesday joined the investigation into the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, as a growing number of airlines grounded the new Boeing plane involved in the crash.

Criticism of FAA Mounts

The FAA has increasingly become cozy with airplane manufacturers and airlines when it should be more pro-active in safety, said Bill McGee, aviation adviser for Consumer Reports.

In this June 5, 2018, file photo, rolls of steel are shown in Baytown, Texas. Despite President Donald Trump's tough talk on trade, his administration has granted hundreds of companies permission to import millions of tons of steel made in China, Japan and other countries without paying the hefty tariff he put in place to protect U.S. manufacturers and jobs, according to an Associated Press analysis.

Feds Are Waiving Millions in Steel Tariffs

The Commerce Department has approved tariff exemption requests from 370 companies for up to 4.1 million tons of foreign steel.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks to reporters after a meeting with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, to discuss GM's announcement it would stop making the Chevy Cruze at its Lordstown, Ohio, plant, part of a massive restructuring for the Detroit-based automaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. General Motors is fighting to retain a valuable tax credit for electric vehicles as the nation's largest automaker grapples with the political fallout triggered by its plans to shutter several U.S. factories and shed thousands of workers.

GM Fights for EV Tax Credit

Preserving the $7,500 tax incentive for buyers is crucial for GM as the company pivots from internal combustion engines.

In this July 1, 2010 file photo, chickens poke their heads out of cages in Turner, Maine. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel, aluminum and other imported goods are threatening a trade deal with South Africa that gives U.S. chicken producers duty-free access to a market that had effectively been shut to them for years.

Farmers Cry Fowl Over Metal Tariffs

A lawsuit in South Africa aims to end duty-free imports of American chicken unless South Africa is exempted from Trump's metal tariffs.

In this Feb. 25, 2016 file photo, a truck carries a load at the Nucor Steel plant in Seattle. U.S. companies pursuing exemptions from President Donald Trump’s tariff on imported steel are accusing American steel manufacturers of spreading inaccurate and misleading information, and they fear it may torpedo their requests. The president of one company calls objections raised by U.S. Steel and Nucor to his waiver request “literal untruths.”

Firms Seek Steel Tariff Waiver, Face Backlash

Companies are raising objections relating to their competitors' requests, and some are accused of spreading inaccurate or misleading information.

Steel pipes are made at the Borusan Mannesmann Pipe manufacturing facility Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Baytown, Texas. Borusan is seeking a waiver from the steel tariff to import 135,000 metric tons of steel piping annually over the next two years.

Pipe Companies Want Tariff Waivers

The steel tariff — essentially a 25 percent tax — may backfire on the very people the president is aiming to help.