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U.S. decision would hit families’ pocketbooks in El Salvador
Jan 10, 2018
The Trump administration is ending temporary protected status for nearly 200,000 Salvadorans.
U.S. employers add 148,000 jobs, unemployment rate stays at 4.1 percent
Jan 5, 2018
The unemployment rate remained the same for the third straight month.
Trump moves to vastly expand offshore drilling off U.S. coasts
Jan 4, 2018
The new five-year drilling plan also could open new areas of oil and gas exploration in areas off the East Coast from Georgia to Maine, where drilling has been blocked for decades.
U.S. to end lenient policy that let legal pot flourish
Jan 4, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding the Obama-era policy that has generally barred federal law enforcement officials from interfering with marijuana sales in states where the drug is legal.
On the streets of Tehran, Iranians feel protesters’ pain
Jan 2, 2018
Many residents said the country's soaring unemployment and rising prices had driven people to the point of desperation.
Thousands pay their 2018 taxes early in hopes of using eliminated deductions
Dec 27, 2017
Long lines form at tax offices as homeowners try to hack the tax reform bill.
Trump signs $1.5 trillion tax overhaul into law
Dec 22, 2017
It's the first major tax overhaul since 1986.
House backs temporary spending bill to avert a shutdown
Dec 21, 2017
The wrap-up measure allows Republicans controlling Washington to savor their tax-package win this week.
It’s a done deal: Congress wraps up massive tax package
Dec 20, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans delivered an epic overhaul of U.S. tax laws to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, bringing generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans while providing smaller cuts for middle- and low-income families. In a re-vote due to a last-minute hiccup, the House passed the massive $1.5 trillion tax package […]
New blow for Uber as top European Union court says it’s a taxi company
Dec 20, 2017
The decision reflects a larger dilemma about how governments should treat companies that operate online.