Job openings slid in December while hiring, voluntary quits and layoffs held steady, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.

General Motors is laying off roughly half of the employees who remain at its discontinued Cruise robotaxi business.

The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Education Department, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cleared a key hurdle Tuesday after a Senate panel voted to advance his nomination to be health and human services secretary to the full chamber.

Fox Corp. is finally getting into the direct-to-consumer streaming game.

Tariffs on goods from China go into effect

China is retaliating after President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on all Chinese goods, which aims to stop the trade of narcotics into the United States, the White House says. This comes as the tariffs against Canada and Mexico are pulled back with added security promised at the northern and southern border. NBC’s Christine Romans reports for TODAY.

NBC News’ Sahil Kapur reports on Democrats’ latest effort, led by Sen. Brian Schatz, to push back on the Trump administration’s political moves.

Days after announcing a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump agreed to delay them for one month after leaders from Canada and Mexico announced moves to ramp up security at their borders — averting, at least for now, tariffs that could have driven up prices for U.S. consumers and stalled the countries’ economies.

Elon Musk is serving in the Trump administration as a “special government employee,” according to a White House official.