Swiss president jets to U.S. seeking better trade deal with Trump
Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter is heading to Washington to seek a better trade deal for the Central European nation, which is bracing for job... Read More.
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Trump threatens tariff increase against India
President Donald Trump threatened to "substantially" increase the 25% tariff rate against India in the next 24 hours.
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DOJ scraps decree meant to boost diversity in federal workforce
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it has ended a decades-old race-based decree affecting federal hiring practices as it continues implementation of... Read More.
Newsom responds to federal freeze of UCLA research funds
After the Trump administration suspended research funding from the University of California, Los Angeles over claims of antisemitism, Gov. Gavin Newsom called the freeze... Read More.
New legislation introduced to force ICE agents to unmask
A new bill to try to force Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to unmask has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Colorado faces $1B budget deficit in wake of Big Beautiful Bill
Colorado officials are pointing fingers at cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act after recently announcing the state is facing a $1.2 billion... Read More.
Record 78,000 applicants to join ICE to support Trump deportation efforts
A record 78,000 people have applied to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to support Trump administration deportation efforts, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons... Read More.
Slotkin joins Dems on bill banning corporate PAC money
Michigan Democrat U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin joined other Democrats in reintroducing the Ban Corporate PAC Act, which would restrict campaign finance monies.
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Democratic leaders want ‘Big Four’ meeting to hash out funding disputes
After weeks of stalling, Democratic leaders are finally expressing willingness to engage with Republicans in the government funding process – but they’re wielding Medicaid... Read More.
Everyday Economics: Could this economic slowdown be difficult to reverse?
This week we get new data on U.S. productivity for Q2 (previous reading: -1.5%) and U.S. unit labor costs for Q2 (previous reading: 6.6%).... Read More.
