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Key negotiator of Paris climate agreement says pulling out is 'inexplicable'
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Andy Uhler
Jun 1, 2017
"The notion that the U.S. taxpayer is being robbed and that our economy is going to be crushed by the or by the U.S. emissions target under the Paris agreement just is not right."
Britain balks at Brexit bill
May 30, 2017
The European Union says the United Kingdom must pay big for leaving the bloc.
Should the Treasury take charge of managing student loans?
May 26, 2017
The Department of Education isn’t your typical go-to for high drama in Washington, D.C. But this week hasn’t been typical. First, President Trump’s budget proposal called for drastic cuts to the department’s budget. Then, James Runcie, who oversaw the office that manages the federal government’s $1.3 trillion student loan portfolio, walked. In a rather critical […]
Lifting Argentine lemon ban will cost U.S. growers
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Adriene Hill
May 26, 2017
'We get nailed,' a California citrus trade group says.
Proposed cuts to SNAP target families of more than six people
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Annie Baxter
May 26, 2017
The White House budget proposal would cut SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as food stamps, by $193 billion over 10 years. Right now a family of six gets about $900 a month in food aid. Under Trump’s proposal, that would be the cap, even for households with more people. Many families that receive […]
The administration has based its budget on 3 percent GDP. What happens if we don’t get there?
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Amy Scott
May 25, 2017
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin faced his second day of grilling on Capitol Hill today, this time appearing before the Senate Finance Committee to discuss his boss’s proposed budget for next year. Baked into that budget is the assumption that the U.S. economy will start growing at 3 percent or higher by the year 2021, which […]
Tax collectors are crying poor
May 25, 2017
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney were on Capitol Hill this week sounding the alarm on the debt ceiling. That’s the limit on how much debt the government can rack up. Mnuchin and Mulvaney said Congress might have to lift or suspend the debt limit sooner than planned. […]
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Here's why so much news seems to break late in the day
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Adriene Hill
May 25, 2017
Even the White House is said to dread what's coming at cocktail hour on the East Coast.
Warby Parker offers free glasses to reporter 'body-slammed' by Montana’s GOP candidate
May 25, 2017
It was just a matter of time before brands got involved.
Breaking down the new CBO score on the House's health care act
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Kai Ryssdal
May 24, 2017
The Congressional Budget Office estimates 23 million more Americans will be without insurance by 2026 under the amended bill.