5 things to know about GDP

Jan 30, 2019
Here's what those numbers reveal — and don't reveal — about the U.S. economy.
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What does public charge proposal mean for hospitals that treat immigrants?

Dec 10, 2018
Today is the final day for comment for the Trump administration’s public charge proposal that would make it harder for immigrants to qualify for citizenship if they’ve used public benefits, including SNAP, public housing and Medicaid. Immigrants who’ve received cash assistance or long-term medical care already have a strike against them when they apply for […]
Immigrants make up roughly 12 percent of the population in this country, but account for just 8.6 percent of heath care expenditures. 
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One of the few photographs of Neil Armstrong on the moon shows him working on his space craft on the lunar surface. The 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission is celebrated July 20, 1999.
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The outdoor economy is shifting the way we think about spending time outside

Nov 23, 2018
This sector of the U.S. economy is using its financial power to address the threat to public lands and to increase participation outdoors.
Hiking is one of the many activities included in the outdoor economy.
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The Trump administration is trying to "effectively kill" the WTO's Appellate Body

Oct 18, 2018
The Trump administration has been blocking the appointment and reappointment of judges to the panel as members' terms expire.
The World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva.
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The Trump administration is trying to "effectively kill" the WTO's Appellate Body

Oct 18, 2018
The Trump administration has been blocking the appointment and reappointment of judges to the panel as members' terms expire.
The World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva.
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Trade consultants get a boost from tariff tensions

Oct 12, 2018
Anxious importers are flooding the phone lines of trade advisers; one has seen a 20 percent jump in business.
A worker about to move stock at the Medsource Labs warehouse in Chaska, Minnesota.
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The U.S. is cutting carbon emissions despite Trump policy

Sep 12, 2018
A coalition of elected officials and business leaders sees progress toward Paris climate agreement targets.
Emissions spew out of a large stack at the coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station in 2014 in Newburg, Maryland.
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Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty of 8 charges

Aug 21, 2018
Following four days of jury deliberation, Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, was found guilty of eight financial crimes Tuesday.
Paul Manafort, former adviser to  Donald Trump's campaign, checks the teleprompters before Trump's speech at the Mayflower Hotel April 27, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
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Day laborers are pressed by Trump immigration policies

Aug 9, 2018
Supply and demand of the workers, many of whom are unauthorized, hasn't diminished in many cities in spite of the White House's immigration crackdown.
Day laborers wait for offers of work outside the Don Bosco workers center in Port Chester, New York.
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