Latest U.S. Small Business Administration News

As small businesses face fire devastation and try to get back on their feet, a variety of aid exists

Jan. 28, 2025 16:44 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The fires in California have been devastating for many small business owners and others who saw their homes, businesses or livelihoods go up in smoke. Raquel “Rockey” Smeir startedMy Friends Café in Sierra Madre, California, in 2021. While the fires spared her...

Trump fills his government with billionaires after running on a working-class message

Jan. 28, 2025 09:33 AM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the U.S. economy’s trajectory, could never afford to live in his Manhattan skyscraper or visit his club in south...

Wildfires latest: An additional 84,000 people could be ordered to evacuate, officials warn

Jan. 14, 2025 21:02 PM EST

Firefighters around Los Angeles were preparing on Tuesday to attack flare-ups or new blazes. The National Weather Service issued a rare warning that dry winds combined with severely dry conditions created a “ particularly dangerous situation," indicating that any new fire could explode in size....