Walmart WMT -0.02 %decrease; red down pointing triangle is taking the biggest step yet to overhaul ingredients used in America’s food supply. The country’s largest grocer said Wednesday that it was working to remove synthetic dyes from all its store-brand foods, including Great Value, Marketside, Freshness Guaranteed and Bettergoods. Walmart also plans to eliminate 30 other ingredients, ranging from certain artificial sweeteners to preservatives.

Companies in the private sector in June, payroll processing firm ADP said Wednesday. The figure is below economists’ estimates of a gain of 50,000 jobs. The prior month's payrolls number was revised downward to a loss of 3,000 from an initially reported gain of 54,000. "Despite the strong economic growth we saw in the second quarter, this month's release further validates what we've been seeing in the labor market, that U.S. employers have been cautious with hiring," said ADP chief economist...

U.S. Lost 32,000 Jobs in September, Says Payroll Processor

Elon Musk has cancelled his Netflix subscription after a TV series creator was accused of calling conservative activist Charlie Kirk a nazi. Hamish Steele's work in the animated show Dead End: Paranormal Park was already under scrutiny for including transgender themes in the children's show. But the criticism grew sharply after multiple screenshots of an X post purportedly showing the creator using profanities and calling Charlie Kirk a 'Nazi' went viral. The images showed a response from...

Passengers aboard an American Airlines jet headed from California to Massachusetts were delayed Sunday after it had to abort takeoff. American Airlines flight 2453 was attempting to leave Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for Boston around 10:35 p.m. when "the crew observed another aircraft on the runway," the airline confirmed to FOX Business. The flight was operated on an Airbus 321. It had 94 customers and seven crew members aboard, and re-departed later in the evening, American said....

A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully targeted noncitizens for their pro-Palestinian activism by threatening to deport them, calling the case “perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court.” Judge William Young, who was appointed by Ronald Reagan, wrote in his 161-page opinion that the case “squarely presents the issue whether noncitizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is shutting down rumors about changes to the country’s immigration and border policies amid the government shutdown. The shutdown has left many Americans wondering what government services would be suspended. ICE worked to quash speculation that the funding dispute would prevent its agents from carrying out their duties. "Rumors that a U.S. government shutdown will allow illegal immigrants to enter the United States are FALSE," ICE wrote in a post on X...

The U.S. government is taking a minority stake in Lithium Americas, a company that is developing one of the world's largest lithium mines in northern Nevada. The Department of Energy will take a five per cent equity stake in the miner, which is based in Vancouver. It will also take a five per cent stake in the Thacker Pass lithium mining project, a joint venture with General Motors. Shares of Lithium Americas spiked more than 33 per cent before the opening bell Wednesday. U.S. Energy Secretary...

The U.S. government has officially entered a shutdown, bringing with it the rising threat of mass federal layoffs and cuts to safety-net programs. In the final hours before funding lapsed, President Donald Trump escalated the stakes, warning that the administration might exploit the shutdown to enact “irreversible” cuts to health care and social benefit programs. “We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday, referring to...

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