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U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar became the first Democratic presidential candidate to release a detailed federal infrastructure plan, calling for $1 trillion in investment and putting pressure on a wide field of contenders to come up with their own proposals.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Despite a perceived slowdown in the U.S. economy, 52% of small and medium-size carriers said they are growing and remain optimistic about business in 2019 and 2020, according to research by Bibby Financial Services of Georgia.

U.S. economic growth cooled by more than initially reported last quarter on revisions to consumer and government spending, signaling mounting challenges to the expansion as it nears a record duration.

After President Donald Trump promised Iowa voters he would unleash high-ethanol gasoline, his administration fast-tracked a plan to lift summertime restrictions on the fuel, forgoing studies of its potential price tag and hastily ending a review of the measure.

Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits have fallen to a two-month low, suggesting the labor market remains healthy in data reflecting revisions going back to 2014.

President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of OPEC, saying the cartel should increase production because prices are getting “too high.”

A Canadian company that makes alcohol-detection devices attached to steering wheels of school buses hopes to expand to North American trucking companies.

London did it. So did Singapore and Stockholm. Now New York may be coming around to congestion pricing.

The U.S. trade deficit pulled back in January from the widest level in a decade as imports from China plunged, suggesting American companies had been rushing shipments the prior month to beat an expected tariff boost.

The nation’s biggest ports are off to a mixed start compared with 2018’s record year, showing slower 20-foot-equivalent container volume as the economy gradually slows and with U.S.-China trade talks set to resume shortly.