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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...

  • How a No-Booze Budget Can Save You a Fortune

    By Chris Taylor, Reuters

    Would you give up alcohol to help balance the family budget? I posed that very question on social media recently. These were some of the answers I got: "Yeah, right." "Gosh no - it's what gets us...

  • Brazil election poll shows Rousseff and Silva neck and neck

    Brazil election poll shows Rousseff and Silva neck and neck

    By Reuters

    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her main challenger Marina Silva are running neck and neck if the October presidential election goes to a runoff, according to a poll...

  • Exclusive: Ukraine prime minister says Russians 'want us to freeze'

    Exclusive: Ukraine prime minister says Russians 'want us to freeze'

    By Louis Charbonneau, Reuters

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The prime minister of the Kiev government accused Russia on Thursday of attempting to freeze Ukraine in the coming winter by using natural gas as a weapon to subjugate the...

  • Why the Soda Industry Is Still Full of Hot Air

    By Marine Cole

    Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Dr. Pepper Snapple have committed to reduce calories in their sodas by 20 percent by 2025 – but for health advocates, this isn’t nearly enough to seriously address the issue of...

  • Here’s Why the Middle Class Is Being Hollowed Out

    By Sam Ro, Business Insider

    The labor market is extremely complex and it's constantly evolving. There are two big themes we've seen in recent decades: 1) companies have increasingly outsourced tasks overseas and 2) companies...