Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Bannon Is Out, but Economic Nationalism Still Thrives at the White House
By Linette Lopez, Business InsiderJust because Steve Bannon is out of the White House, doesn't mean that his ideas are gone — especially when it comes to economics.
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More Good News on Jobs Gives the Fed a Green Light to Start Unwinding
By Lucia Mutikani, ReutersThe number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to near a six-month low last week, pointing to a further tightening in the labor market that could encourage the Federal Reserve to lay...
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The Walls Are Closing In as Allies Abandon Trump
By Rob GarverThings have looked grim for Donald Trump’s future more than once in his relatively brief career as a politician. But on Wednesday, the cracks in the edifice of his public standing were really...
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Household Debt in the US Just Hit an All-Time High
By Jonathan Spicer, ReutersAmericans' debt level notched another record high in the second quarter, after having earlier in the year surpassed its pre-crisis peak, on the back of modest rises in mortgage, auto and credit card...
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Trump Is Headed for a Collision With the Auto Industry as NAFTA Talks Loom
By David Lawder, ReutersThe Trump administration has set a collision course with the auto industry as it launches renegotiations of the 23-year-old NAFTA trade pact this week, aiming to shrink a growing trade deficit with...
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Here’s Why Trump Deserves Credit for the Stock Market Surge
By Liz PeekAs of Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had scored record highs for nine days in a row; the gains are driving anti-Trumpers crazy. Though the president’s boasts are not always accurate,...
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Are You Rich? Tax Reform May Answer That Question for You
By YLAN Q. MUI, CNBCWhether to raise taxes on the rich is one of the thorniest issues in tax reform. Underlying that debate is an even more fundamental question: Who exactly qualifies as wealthy? Everyone can agree that...
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A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over
A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
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Is Wage Growth Finally Coming for American Workers?
By Jeff Cox, CNBCWage growth has been the missing link throughout a period that has produced more than 18.5 million new jobs, including 209,000 in July. But Amy Glaser, who helps run Adecco Staffing, believes the...
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Trump May Be in a Legislative Slump, but His Energy Agenda Is Getting Lots of Hits
By Tom DiChristopher, CNBCPresident Donald Trump may be fuming over Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare, but he can certainly take solace in the GOP's swift overhaul of the Obama administration's energy and...
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U.S. joins lawsuit against firm that vetted Snowden
By Aruna Viswanatha and David Ingram, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it had joined a lawsuit filed by a whistleblower against United States Investigations Services, the private firm that vetted...
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Did Yellen Mute the Warning Bell on Housing Crisis?
By Marilyn W. Thompson and ANN SAPHIR and Alister Bull, ReutersWhen Janet Yellen became president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in June 2004, a massive real estate bubble was building in the vast nine-state area that it oversees. Her staff alerted...
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Fed maintains strong stimulus as U.S. growth stumbles
By Pedro da Costa and Alister Bull, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve extended its support for a soft U.S. economy on Wednesday, sounding a bit less optimistic about growth as it announced plans to keep buying $85 billion in...
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U.S. private hiring slows, inflation stays muted
By Lucia Mutikani, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. private-sector employers hired the fewest workers in six months in October while tepid domestic demand kept inflation benign last month, suggesting the economy was still...
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France denies paying ransom as Sahel hostages return
By Abdoulaye Massalatchi and Nicholas Vinocur, ReutersNIAMEY/PARIS (Reuters) - Four Frenchmen held hostage in the Sahara desert by al Qaeda-linked gunmen for three years flew home and were reunited with their families on Wednesday, with Paris dismissing...