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  • Jul 23, 2018

    How welfare has changed since 1996, in three charts

    President Bill Clinton discusses welfare reform, 1993.
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    Check out the national data and then use our tool to run the numbers on your state.

  • Jul 21, 2018

    Trump looks to add economic considerations into rules protecting threatened species

    The grey wolf is protected in the United States under the Endangered Species Act. 

    This week, the U.S. Department of Interior released proposed rule changes for the Endangered Species Act. It’s the 45-year-old act credited with reviving populations of bald eagles, gray wolves, lynxes and roughly 1,600 plants and animals at risk of extinction. Right now, the process used to protect species under the act requires only a scientific […]

  • Jul 21, 2018

    And now, a currency war?

    A man looks at information posted on a bank door showing how to distinguish real banknotes in Beijing on July 20, 2018. - China's yuan continued its steady decline on July 20, defying US President Donald Trump's warning over the dollar's rise and providing Beijing with a buffer against punitive trade tariffs imposed by Washington. 
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    President Donald Trump today accused Beijing of manipulating its currency. This is not a new charge. But what has occurred is an 8 percent fall in the Chinese currency against the dollar since the trade spat began in the spring. That helps Chinese exporters, because it effectively makes their products cheaper.   Click the audio […]

  • Jul 20, 2018

    So long as sharks are terrifying, there will be shark content

    One of the world's largest set of shark jaws contains about 180 fossil teeth from the prehistoric species Carcharocles megalodon, which grew to the size of a school bus.
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    We talk to the writer of "The Meg" books, which hit the silver screen in August.

  • Jul 20, 2018

    Comcast looks to Sky for international expansion

    Comcast looks to Sky for international expansion
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    Why the company is focused on Europe for growth.

  • Jul 20, 2018

    A dreaded ending to the tariff exemption process

     Todd Adams is vice president of Stainless Imports Inc., a small family-owned stainless steel manufacturer based in Florida. We had Adams on the show in early May. His company had applied for an exemption from tariffs on a specific product; the company had “combed the earth” to find a mill that could produce it and found one […]

  • Jul 20, 2018

    The Trump administration leans on companies to do a better job of training workers

    Today, surrounded by executives from some of the country’s best-known companies, President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the National Council for the American Worker, aimed at developing a stronger workforce. The strategy is heavy on pledges, committees and advisory boards. But who’s going to foot the bill? Click the audio player above to […]

  • Jul 19, 2018

    Why the auto industry (mostly) opposes proposed tariffs

    Volkswagen Golfs hang on the assembly line at the company's factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, in March.
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    Even so-called "domestic" carmakers are global companies with international supply chains.

  • Jul 19, 2018

    Summer brought to you by: Song of the summer

    Summer brought to you by: Song of the summer
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    What is really means to be the song of the summer.

  • Jul 19, 2018

    Is Kathy Kraninger qualified to run the CFPB?

    The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Thursday on Kathleen Kraninger, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The nomination is controversial because Kraninger has no consumer finance experience. Her work has been at the Office of Management and Budget, helping oversee homeland security. And her tenure there raises […]

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