Trump says South Korea will put $200 billion into American energy projects, led by eight nuclear reactors. The Alaska gas line in the package still depends on conditions Seoul has not waived.
Fox News reports the Justice Department is looking at Texas Majority PAC after an organizer was recorded describing paid voter classes as a roundabout way of paying for votes. The group says he got it wrong and fired him.
The Pentagon's new Project Meridian asks three outsiders to imagine the weapons America's grandchildren will need. Two of them run companies that sell to the Pentagon, and the rules for that have not been spelled out.
Core inflation came in at 3.0% for August, lighter than Wall Street expected. The all-items number families actually live with was 3.4%, and consumers spent far faster than they earned.
A federal judge in Oklahoma blocked the state from rejecting a Jewish charter school for being religious. The ruling does not approve the school, but it sets up a likely Supreme Court sequel.
First-time unemployment claims slipped to 197,000, one of the lowest readings in decades, even as energy costs squeeze employers. The next jobs report will say whether hiring is slowing underneath.
