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President Donald Trump is expected to focus more on trade deals with individual countries now that he has ended U.S. participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. Could the bilateral deals be better for the US than the 12-nation TPP? Click the above audio player to hear the full story.

One of the first things President Donald Trump did after being sworn in was suspend a planned cut in mortgage insurance premiums for Federal Housing Administration loans. Democrats favored the cut as a way to make homes more affordable. Republicans worried lower premiums would increase the risk of a bailout. The move will cost some […]

But Washington is more tortoise than hare.

Trump has signed an order withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and will reportedly renegotiate NAFTA. We'll talk about some other international trade moves we can expect from the administration. Also in Trump-related news: a lawsuit that accuses Trump of violating the U.S. Constitution and Trump's new choice for agriculture secretary.

When uninsured people get sick and can’t pay out of pocket, they often go to public hospitals. And the bills they can’t pay get passed down to residents in the form of property taxes. The Affordable Care Act helped some counties lower those taxes by giving states billions of dollars to expand Medicaid. With a […]

As GE reports fourth-quarter earnings, we’ll look at the company’s focus on manufacturing with a digital emphasis. GE’s been investing in cloud-based industrial management tools and the “internet of things.”  Does that put the company in a good position to capitalize on the Trump administration’s interest in spurring domestic manufacturing? Click the above audio player […]