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Aug 31, 2016

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Mr. Trump goes to Mexico, the sinking shipping industry and sinking oil prices. Plus: only one of Dallas' top-100 CEOs is a woman, and everything you need to know about Trump's national finance chairman Steven Mnuchin. 

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Immigrants in Alabama wait years for deportation

Aug 31, 2016
The ICE budget increased in 2016 and part of that funding goes toward beds at detention facilities.
Immigrant families stand in line to get bus tickets in McAllen, Texas, shortly after crossing the Rio Grande. 
John Moore/Getty Images

Is this man our next Treasury secretary?

Aug 31, 2016
Steven Mnuchin is a Wall Street financier and Donald Trump's national campaign finance manager.
Steve Mnuchin speaks onstage at City Harvest: An Event Of Practical Magic on April 24, 2014 in New York City. 

 
Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for City Harvest

The shipping industry sinks as global trade slows

Aug 31, 2016
Shipbuilders also produce way too much new capacity after the recession.
A fully loaded cargo ship heads out to sea from New York Harbor on August 22, 2016 in New York City.
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Before Instagram, there were daguerreotypes

Aug 31, 2016
A daguerreotypist explains the art and technology behind an early form of photography.
A daguerreotype of Jack Be Little Squash.
Jerry Spagnoli/Heirloom Harvest

Of the 100 top-paid CEOs in Dallas Ft Worth, one is a woman

Aug 31, 2016
Former MoneyGram International CEO Pam Patsley wants other women to join her.
Pam Patsley served as CEO of MoneyGram International for six years. She was the only woman on a recent survey of the top-paid 100 public company CEO's in the Dallas area.
MoneyGram International

How are Mexicans reacting to Trump's visit?

Aug 31, 2016
For a presidential candidate that's said some nasty things about Mexicans, his visit with President Nieto comes as a surprise.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump motions to the crowd following a speech at a rally on May 26, 2016 in Billings, Montana.  
Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Trump’s visit to Mexico: Trade... and about that wall

Aug 31, 2016
The takeaway from Trump's surprise visit to Mexico, where he met with President Enrique Peña Nieto.
EVERETT, WA - AUGUST 30: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on August 30, 2016 at Xfinity Arena in Everett, Washington. Trump addressed immigration issues on the same night that his campaign confirmed an August 31 meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Matt Mills McKnight / Getty Images

Mr. Trump goes to Mexico, the sinking shipping industry and sinking oil prices. Plus: only one of Dallas’ top-100 CEOs is a woman, and everything you need to know about Trump’s national finance chairman Steven Mnuchin. 

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