Jul 24, 2019

DOJ takes on Big Tech

Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

Today, we break down what that means for consumers and Silicon Valley. Plus: new players in local news and changes to the investor visa.

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Digital startups see opportunity in local journalism

by Laura Benshoff

Jul 24, 2019

A handful of news media startups are finding new ways of generating revenue in straitened circumstances.

A tablet displaying a news website is shown on top of print versions of the newspaper in 2016.

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My Economy

Owning your worth as a worker

by Daniel Shin

Jul 24, 2019

Rachel Whitener is a self-employed private chef who makes a living cooking for families. She sets her own hours, rates and terms.

Rachel Whitener, Los Angeles-based private chef.

Courtesy of Rachel Whitener

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The GOP lost the budget fight ... again

by Kai Ryssdal , Andie Corban and Sean McHenry

Jul 24, 2019

John Harwood of CNBC explains why Republicans "support spending cuts in theory" but have a hard time getting there in practice.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, above, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., negotiated a budget deal this week that increases federal spending.

Juan Mabromata/Getty Images

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Trade showdown

In the U.S., China's economic slowdown starts to bite

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Jul 24, 2019

Caterpillar has lowered expectations for the year, blaming tariffs and China's economic slowdown.

A worker looks on as a cargo ship is loaded at a port in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province in 2017.

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Music from the episode

Bees Caribou

Hanging Gardens Classixx

Mermaid In Heaven The Neptunes

What Happened? Gilligan Moss

Sunny Sloth Monster Rally

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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