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Video: The envelope, please?

by Jennie Josephson
Feb 27, 2017
On our weekly Facebook Live video, Kai and Molly talk about the Oscars historic snafu, the president's upcoming budget and more.
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Weekly Wrap: What's the plan?

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 24, 2017
Wrapping up the week in business news with Nela Richardson of Redfin and Catherine Rampell of the Washington Post.
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Why unions are so worried about right-to-work laws

by Jana Kasperkevic
Feb 24, 2017
It has to do with money, power and influence.
Labor union members protest Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's proposed budget cuts in 2011.
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Top U.S. gunmaker says sales will pick back up under Trump

by Jana Kasperkevic
Feb 23, 2017
Sturm Ruger CEO Michael Fifer says owning firearms is 'more socially acceptable.'
The proprietor of this Merrimack, New Hampshire, gun store said his October 2016 sales were double that of 2015, with customers expressing anxiety about the November election.
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Immigration and politics on a Georgia campus in Trump country

by Eliza Mills
Feb 17, 2017
A group of friends at Dalton State College talk about racial tensions and American pride.
From left, Juan Garcia, Meghan O'Toole, Marlen Hernandez Garcia, Laurely Caycho and Diego Alvarado Ruiz at Dalton State College in Dalton, Georgia.
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Andrew Puzder withdraws his labor secretary nomination

by Marketplace Contributor
Feb 15, 2017
Andrew Puzder says he is withdrawing as President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary. The fast food executive says in a statement provided to The Associated Press that he was “honored to have been considered by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Labor and put America’s workers and businesses back on a path […]
Andy Puzder departing Trump Tower on Wednesday.
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Does Donald Trump dislike economists?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Feb 10, 2017
The chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers is usually part of the president’s cabinet, but that won’t be the case in Donald Trump’s White House. Plus, Trump hasn’t even nominated anyone for the slot yet. What’s the upshot of this demotion? Some suspect it has more to do with politics than anything […]
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SNL brings in highest ratings in over 20 years

by Amy Scott
Feb 10, 2017
The post-election political climate has meant big business for 'Saturday Night Live.'
Melissa McCarthy as press secretary Sean Spicer in last week's episode of Saturday Night Live.
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Federal workers stay mum on Trump and turn to unions

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Feb 10, 2017
Fearful workers are reluctant to talk to reporters, leaving that to their union.
President Donald Trump ordered a government hiring freeze for all departments but the military in his first week in office. 
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U.S. appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban

by Marketplace Contributor
Feb 9, 2017
Government lawyers argued that the ban was a "lawful exercise" of the president's authority.
Yemenis who were among those stranded in Djibouti when President Donald Trump ordered his travel ban, arrive to Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 8 in Los Angeles, California.
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