Trump's Agenda
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Is a Government Shutdown Now ‘Inevitable’ Because of Trump?
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Trump Says He’s Willing to Shut the Government to Get His Wall
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Trump’s Travel and Family Size Squeeze Secret Service Budget
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As Trump Announces Afghanistan Strategy, Here’s What the War Has Cost
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Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Inspire a Monthly Fast in Protest
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Why Trump’s NAFTA Strategy Is a Surefire Failure
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The Market Doesn’t Like What It’s Seeing in the White House
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The Walls Are Closing In as Allies Abandon Trump
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When Politicians Start Talking ‘Tax Reform,’ Check Your Wallet
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Why US Coal Producers Are Having a Very Good Year
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Why Renegotiating NAFTA Won’t Be as Easy as Trump Says
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Why Trump’s Press Conference Was Disappointing Even Before It Got Controversial
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Obamacare Premiums and Budget Deficits Will Soar If Trump Ends Insurer Subsidies
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What Happened to Trump’s Infrastructure Boom? Spending Is Actually Falling
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Multiple CEOs Have Now Quit Trump's Manufacturing Council
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Investors bullish Asia; long yuan positions at near three-year highs: Reuters poll
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Dutch police detain second suspect after Rotterdam concert threat
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China's JD.com partners Qihoo in push to broaden sales channels
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Qatar banks seek Asian, European funding as diplomatic crisis bites
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CRH sells U.S. distribution arm to Beacon Roofing for $2.6 billion
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Oil steady as storm heads into Gulf of Mexico
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Russia calls Japanese plans to deploy U.S. missile systems excessive
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Australia says organized crime in financial sector costing $28 billion a year
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Top U.S. general in Afghanistan says Trump's plan means long-term U.S. commitment
Newsletter
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Food Stamp Use Is Falling, and So Is the Cost
By Michael RaineyFewer Americans are using food stamps as the economy continues to chug along.
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Is a Government Shutdown Now ‘Inevitable’ Because of Trump?
Goldman Sachs last week put the chances of a brief government shutdown next month at 50 percent , “as the president seeks to solidify support among his base by embracing more controversial positions...
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How Tax Reform Could ‘Water Down’ the Mortgage Interest Deduction
By Diana Olick, CNBCThe mortgage interest tax deduction has long been considered politically untouchable — until now, that is. The hands-down favorite of taxpayers is back on the negotiating table as tax reform kicks...
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How Immigration Can Help Save Social Security
A new white paper details one crucial twist to the ongoing immigration debate: immigration can help boost the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund.
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Paul Ryan: Tax Reform Will Be ‘Far Easier’ Than Health Care
In his CNN town hall from Racine, Wisconsin, last night, House Speaker Paul Ryan reiterated that he thinks getting tax reform done this year will be “far easier” than the GOP’s effort to repeal and...
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As Trump Announces Afghanistan Strategy, Here’s What the War Has Cost
President Trump will deliver his first prime-time address to the nation at 9 p.m. EDT tonight and is expected to announce that he’s sending thousands more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. If that is the...
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Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Inspire a Monthly Fast in Protest
While many of us will be looking at or talking about the solar eclipse today, a group of religious anti-hunger activists are trying to draw the public's attention elsewhere. As USA Today reported on...
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What Can Be Done About Rising Drug Prices?
Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare may have collapsed, but as Northern Trust economists Carl R. Tannenbaum and Ankit Mital wrote in a note published Friday , there’s a broader...
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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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Will There Be a Government Shutdown? Goldman Says It’s a Coin Toss
By Tae Kim, CNBCPresident Donald Trump's popularity is falling due to his controversial comments about the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. That will have negative implications for the...