Articles filed under Washington Post
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U.S economy slowed in the spring, but remains healthyJul 26, 2019 1:00 am - The U.S. economy slowed in the spring but continues to grow at a healthy pace that shows little sign of a recession. The economy expanded at a 2.1% annual rate from Apri...
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The 6 most important quotes from Mueller's six hours of testimonyJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Robert Mueller chose his words carefully. The former special counsel responded monosyllabically to hundreds of questions on Wednesday. He clearly did not wa...
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Mueller made a case for election security, but lawmakers seemed largely disinterestedJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Robert Mueller sounded a warning bell yesterday about Russian efforts to compromise future U.S. elections, but the House lawmakers who grilled him for six h...
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Major automakers strike climate deal with California, rebuffing Trump's mileage freezeJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - Four automakers from three continents have struck a deal with California to produce more fuel-efficient cars for their U.S. fleets in coming years, undercutting one of t...
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U.S. to resume prisoner executions, which most of world has bannedJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it would resume executing prisoners on death row in federal prison, a practice it hasn't carried out since 2003. The resu...
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2nd heat wave breaks records across EuropeJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - PARIS - Europe suffered a second devastating heat wave on Thursday, with life-threatening temperatures breaking records across the continent. The latest heat wave is one...
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'Like watching depressed paint dry': TV comics rip Mueller's 'low-key' testimonyJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - By 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the halls of the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill were already clogged with long lines of people. Across Washington, a handful of ba...
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Mortgage rates fall, reaching nearly three-year lowJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - Mortgage rates dipped slightly to a nearly three-year low because of concern about a potential global economic slowdown and some weak home sale news. According to the la...
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Fact check: Is Trump cutting Medicare to give tax breaks to billionaires?Jul 24, 2019 1:00 am - "I paid into Medicare my whole life. Trump wants to cut it just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires." - "Bill A.," in Priorities USA ad released July 23, 2019 - - - It...
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Private equity's role in retail has decimated 1.3 million jobs, study saysJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - She's been looking for more than a year, but Giovanna De La Rosa has yet to find a job. After 20 years with Toys R Us in San Diego, she was one of 33,000 workers laid of...