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Congress clears massive spending bill in midnight vote
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2018
The House approved a $1.3 trillion spending bill Thursday to fund the government for the rest of fiscal year 2018 and the Senate followed suit early Friday morning, beating the shutdown deadline and leaving Republicans and Democrats to…
Fed raises rates as it weighs tighter money over the next few years
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2018
The Federal Reserve announced an increase in its target interest rate Wednesday afternoon, continuing its careful efforts to withdraw its crisis-era stimulus measures, while also hinting at faster rate hikes over the next two years.
White House, Dems restart negotiations over DACA, funding border wall
Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2018
The White House and congressional Democrats traded proposals over the weekend about how to fix an Obama-era program protecting hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation, Fox News has learned.
House Intel releases verdict in Russia probe: No collusion
Posted on Monday, March 12, 2018
The House Intelligence Committee has released findings from its upcoming report on the Trump-Russia affair — and its main conclusion is that it has discovered no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to influence the…
Trump considering tariff exemptions for Canada, Mexico
Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2018
The White House opened the door Wednesday to exempting Canada and Mexico from the proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, the first pullback from a plan that critics say will spark a trade war.
Republicans blitz Trump to head off tariffs
Posted on Monday, March 5, 2018
Congressional Republicans are making an eleventh-hour push to walk President Donald Trump back from the brink on tariffs, arguing that such levies would undercut his economic message.
Judge rules Trump’s DACA phaseout legal
Posted on Monday, March 5, 2018
A federal judge ruled Monday that President Trump’s phaseout of the Obama-era DACA program is legal, adding heft to the administration’s defense but doing little to solve the ongoing court quagmire.
