April 5, 2025
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April 5, 2025
This is exactly what happens to your pension when …
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April 5, 2025
7 Americans Weigh In on Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs
‘As a business owner, you don’t make money right away, right?’ Hamid Chaudhry, 53, from Reading, Pa. “I live in Trump country,” Hamid Chaudhry said. “Nobody is panicking.” The owner of a farmer’s market,
April 5, 2025
Lesotho, a Small African Nation, Expects a Big Hit…
The nation that the Trump administration slapped with the heftiest tariff this week is a small, rural, landlocked country in southern Africa that is among the world’s poorest. Lesotho, which makes denim that goes
April 5, 2025
Republicans Like to Cut Taxes. With Tariffs, Trump…
The Republican Party embarked this week on a haphazard experiment in economic policymaking, wagering that the United States can weather a monumental tax increase in the form of broad tariffs on imported goods as
April 4, 2025
Neonatal care leave will make ‘huge difference’ fo…
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April 4, 2025
Ted Cruz and Other Senate Republicans Question Tru…
Some Republican senators on Capitol Hill, including one of President Trump’s most ardent supporters, have signaled their uneasiness to the sweeping global tariffs that the president announced this week and that sent global markets
April 4, 2025
U.S. Employers Added 228,000 Jobs in March, but Ou…
U.S. employers accelerated hiring in March, a surprising show of strength that analysts warned might be the high-water mark for the labor market as the Trump administration’s economic policies began to play out. Employers
April 4, 2025
Nintendo Delays Preorders for the Switch 2, Citing…
The Japanese video game company Nintendo said on Friday that it would delay preorders for its new console, the Switch 2, in the United States because of the tariffs imposed by President Trump. The
April 4, 2025