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  • Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) arrives at Democratic Party caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/ File Photo

    Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?

    By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker, Reuters

    In shutdowns, nonessential government employees are furloughed, or placed on temporary unpaid leave. Workers deemed essential, including those dealing with public safety and national security, keep...

  • FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds prescription painkiller OxyContin at a local pharmacy in Provo

    Delaware Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors Over Epidemic

    By Nate Raymond, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Delaware on Friday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing corporations of helping fuel the national opioid epidemic, suing a wide range of companies involved in making,...

  • usFILE PHOTO: A bulldozer moves coal at the Murray Energy Corporation port facility in Powhatan Point, Ohio

    Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles in Most States

    By Valerie Volcovici, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew...

  • FILE PHOTO - Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a tax reform industry meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Trump Tries to Sell Tax Reform to Democrats

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to sell Democrats on his tax reform plan on Wednesday even as Senate Republicans edged closer to passing a budget measure that...

  • FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson (L) listens to Representative Tom Marino (R-PA) (R) before a House Judiciary committee hearing on the 'Oversight of the US Department of Homeland Security' on Capitol Hill in Washington July 14, 20

    Trump's drug czar nominee withdraws from consideration

    By Sarah N. Lynch and Makini Brice, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. lawmaker who was President Donald Trump's pick for drug czar withdrew on Tuesday after a report he spearheaded a bill that hurt the government's ability to crack down...

  • The entrance gate to The Walt Disney Co is pictured in Burbank, California February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

    Disney shares stumble as expectations outpace reality

    By Narottam Medhora and Anya George Tharakan, Reuters

    (Reuters) - For Walt Disney's Peter Pan, flying was "all a matter of faith and trust." Investors in Walt Disney Co showed a lack of both in the company's stock on Wednesday. Disney's shares fell 4.5...

  • Budweiser Renames Its Beer ‘America’ and Twitter Almost Chokes Laughing

    By Josh Stelzer, The Fiscal Times

    Bye-bye, Budweiser. The iconic American beer that’s now part of a multinational megabrewer based in Belgium and Brazil has decided to change its name to “America” as part of its summer advertising...

  • Why Job Growth Is Faltering in the Rust Belt

    By Timothy Aeppel, Reuters

    The U.S. factory sector appears to be stabilizing after a long and painful slide, but not when it comes to jobs. You might not hear that from Washington, where the latest job report for April showed...

  • A McDonald's restaurant is pictured in Encinitas, California September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake

    Here Is McDonald's Next Big Thing: Garlic Fries

    By Sarah Whitten, CNBC

    All-day breakfast isn't the only popular menu item at McDonald's. The chains "Gilroy Garlic Fries," a limited-time menu item in the San Francisco Bay Area, have sold out. Related: All-day breakfast,...

  • CRH380 Harmony bullet trains are seen at a high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan

    Bullet Trains May Finally Come to the US, Thanks to Chinese Investors

    By Robin Respaut, Reuters

    It took years of lawsuits and political battles for California to finally break ground last year on the nation’s first bullet train, which aims to connect San Francisco to Los Angeles by 2029. High-...