Industrials

Q&A: How Trump's tariffs could affect people and companies

President Donald Trump's vow Thursday to slap tariffs on imported steel and aluminum spooked investors, raised fears that other nations would punch back with their own sanctions and threatened to raise prices for U.S. consumers and companies that use steel and aluminum.

The Latest: L.L. Bean raises age to 21 to buy rifles

The Latest on tension between corporate America and the gun lobby (all times local): 5:20 p.m. Outdoor retailer REI says it's halting future orders of some popular brands — including CamelBak water carriers, Giro helmets and Camp Chef stoves — whose parent company also makes ammunition and assault-style rifles.

Pro-gun Georgia lawmakers punish Delta for crossing the NRA

Georgia lawmakers are expected to vote on a sweeping tax bill that no longer includes a proposed jet fuel tax break which had been in Republicans' crosshairs ever since Delta Air Lines severed ties with the National Rifle Association.

Lawmakers: Penalize railroads that don't hit safety deadline

The mother of a woman killed when a speeding Amtrak train hurtled from the tracks in May 2015 told a Senate committee on Thursday that she is seething over the prospect of more delays in installing speed controls that could have prevented that wreck and dozens of others.