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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 15 Highest-Paid Coaches in College Football

    By Beth Braverman

    Clemson may be ranked above Alabama going into the national championship game, but the Crimson Tide is widely expected to win the title. ‘Bama Coach Nick Saban holds another title that’s not up for...

  • Soros Warns We May Be Repeating 2008 Crisis

    By Matt Clinch, CNBC

    Billionaire financier George Soros is warning of an impending financial markets crisis as investors around the world were roiled by turmoil in China trade for the second time this week. Speaking at...

  • FILE PHOTO - A view of the exterior of the Nasdaq market site in Times Square in New York City, NY, U.S. April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

    Wall Street hit by China tumult, oil slide

    By Tanya Agrawal, Reuters

    (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were lower on Thursday, but off their session lows, as market volatility in China and a relentless slide in oil prices unnerved investors, already jittery after a shaky start...

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    The 10 Best Cars of 2016

    By Beth Braverman

    Thanks to a strengthening economy, low gas prices and pent-up demand following the recession, auto sales hit a record level in 2015. The industry sold 17.47 million new cars and light trucks last...

  • An Iranian protester holds a placard with the picture of Shi'ite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr (top L), who was executed in Saudi Arabia, during a rally after Friday prayers in Tehran January 8, 2016. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA

    How the Saudi-Iran Crisis Could Drive Oil Prices Lower

    By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.com

    Oil prices jumped on the first trading day of 2016 as Middle East tension outweighed a selloff in financial markets around the world. Oil markets remain oversupplied and depressed, but geopolitical...