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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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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, ReutersIn 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...
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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,...
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Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles in Most States
By Valerie Volcovici, ReutersWASHINGTON (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...
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Trump's drug czar nominee withdraws from consideration
By Sarah N. Lynch and Makini Brice, ReutersWASHINGTON (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...
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U.S. consumer finance agency expected to punish Equifax: lawyers
By Reuters and Patrick RuckerBy Lisa Lambert and Patrick Rucker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. consumer finance watchdog agency is expected to punish Equifax for its cyber breach with the wide-ranging powers it has used with...
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Congress sends Trump disaster aid, debt limit increase
By Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to provide disaster aid, extend the debt ceiling and fund the federal government for three months on Friday, delivering on...
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Congress Must Raise Debt Ceiling by Mid-October: CBO
By Ginger Gibson, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress will need to raise the nation's debt limit by early to mid-October to avoid defaulting on loan payments, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report on...
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The Five Largest US Banks are Launching Their Venmo 'Killer'
By David Henry and Anna Irrera, ReutersThe U.S. banking industry is about to launch its answer to the popular mobile payments app Venmo, in what is likely to be the biggest change in years in how individuals exchange funds digitally. Over...
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Forget Trump, Here's What's Driving Stocks Higher
By Alex Rosenberg, CNBCIt looks like investor hopes about President Donald Trump will go unfulfilled, but stocks will keep rising anyway, according to famed investment strategist Byron Wien. "At the beginning of the year,...
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Are the Banks Flashing a Warning Sign for the Economy?
By Jeff Cox, CNBCDespite high levels of economic confidence expressed by business owners and consumers, one key indicator shows that it has not translated into much action yet. Loan issuance declined in the first...
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Why Chipotle Wants to Give Its Workers More Than a McJob
By Millie DentChipotle workers are about to receive a major benefit boost. The fast casual chain said Thursday that it will expand benefits formerly reserved for salaried workers, including full tuition...
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The Gorilla of Wall Street Is Still an Ape
It’s been years since Dick Fuld, the CEO who presided over the collapse of Lehman Brothers, has been in the public spotlight or, for that matter, the congressional hot seat. So as Fuld last Thursday...
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$6 Billion Fine for 4 Big Banks That Rigged Forex Market
By KAREN FREIFELD, ReutersFive of the world's largest banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc, were fined roughly $5.7 billion, and four of them pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal charges over manipulation of...
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A Bull Market for the Escort Business
By Turney Duff, CNBCWhen speaking about escorts, Charlie Sheen once said, "I don't pay them for sex, I pay them to leave." And, like Sheen, a lot of Wall Street guys don't need to pay for sex either, but they'd rather...
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Don't Fall for This Big Bank Scare Tactic
By David DayenMoney laundering is a crime in America, but we see a version of it in newspapers every day. When corporations want to shape public opinion without directly advocating for deregulation or tax relief,...