Articles filed under Politics
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Sorry America, your taxes aren't highApr 16, 2017 7:20 am - Americans generally feel they're being overtaxed, especially around this time of the year. Even their president agrees. "With lower taxes on America's middle class and b...
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How GOP could weaken Consumer Financial Protection BureauApr 16, 2017 7:19 am - WASHINGTON - Republicans are working on a new plan for weakening the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by stripping the agency of its independence and severely limiti...
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Pregnant Uber driver with no maternity leave not alone in AmericaApr 16, 2017 7:18 am - Maya Warren sat in a hospital bed, clutching her stomach. Through the contractions, she tried to focus on the baby. But she thought instead of her bank account. "Hand me...
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Survey: Most Americans cities to build, sell Internet plansApr 15, 2017 7:18 am - With Internet providers ranking near the bottom of customer satisfaction surveys, seven-in-ten Americans say their towns or communities should be allowed to build new In...
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Tech companies want FCC to preserve net neutrality rulesApr 15, 2017 7:12 am - WASHINGTON - Tech companies are pushing the Federal Communications Commission not to water down its rules on net neutrality, teeing up a confrontation between Silicon Va...
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Could 200,000 foreign spouses lose right to work under Trump?Apr 15, 2017 7:00 am - Sudarshana Sengupta used to consider herself an immigrant success story. A scientist on the verge of launching a start-up, she thought she had checked all the right boxe...
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Editorial: As campaign swallows budget crisis, lawmakers must step upApr 12, 2017 11:00 pm - The 2018 gubernatorial campaign season has begun, which means whatever hope there is of solving Illinois budgetary issues before next year's election will not likely be ...
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FACT CHECK: Do Trump's Mar-a-Lago trips cost $3 million?Apr 12, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - With President Donald Trump making his seventh presidential trip this weekend to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, government watchdogs and Democrats a...
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House Intelligence Committee chair Nunes recuses himself from Russia probeApr 06, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., temporarily recused himself Thursday from all matters related to the committee's ongoing probe ...
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Senate Republicans force historic rule change to advance GorsuchApr 06, 2017 1:00 am - Senate Republicans ignited the "nuclear option" to allow confirmation of President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee and bar Democrats from blocking future picks...