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The Trump administration has proposed $25 billion for new border security measures, including the border wall. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Economy

Mick Mulvaney tells employees CFPB will no longer ‘push the envelope’

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January 23, 2018 11:34 pm

The 64 year-old Jerome Powell is set to take over from current Chairwoman Janet Yellen when her term expires Feb. 3. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Economy

Jerome Powell confirmed as next chairman of the Fed

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January 23, 2018 10:32 pm

Business

Small business owners favor Trump policies, GOP on economy: Survey

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January 23, 2018 10:01 pm

The Senate on Tuesday voted 84-12 to advance Jerome Powell's final confirmation vote to the floor. Powell is President Trump's nominee to head the Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Economy

Jerome Powell heads toward confirmation as Fed chairman as he clears procedural vote

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January 23, 2018 8:24 pm

Marvin Goodfriend is sworn in before testimony at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on his nomination to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Economy

Democrats pound Trump’s Fed nominee: ‘Why were you so wrong?’

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January 23, 2018 5:23 pm

Under Iowa's current tax code, the Trump tax cuts would result in an automatic tax increase as the state has a 100 percent deduction for federal income taxes paid. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (pictured above) wants to eliminate the deduction as part of a state-level income tax reform, so taxpayers can receive the full value of the federal tax cuts. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Economy

New tax law means tax hikes in Iowa unless state intervenes

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January 23, 2018 5:01 am

Jelena McWilliams is President Trump's pick to head the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the agency responsible for regulating banks that receive federal deposit insurance and making sure that they are safe. (iStock)

Economy

Trump’s top banking nominee arrived in US solo on 18th birthday with $500

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January 22, 2018 11:09 pm

In recent weeks, some companies have sent their stocks soaring by announcing that they are getting involved with Bitcoin or blockchain technologies as cryptocurrency prices have soared. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Economy

SEC chairman warns companies against renaming themselves ‘Blockchain-R-Us’

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January 22, 2018 10:12 pm

At the peak of the 2013 shutdown, roughly 850,000 employees were furloughed each day, about 40 percent of the federal civilian workforce. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Economy

What happens to the government if there’s a shutdown

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January 19, 2018 7:03 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, (pictured center) said he will gauge the law's success by whether it encourages companies to bring back jobs, operations, and headquarters from overseas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Business

Bonuses aside, here’s how one of the tax bill’s authors will judge its success

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January 19, 2018 1:06 am

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Mick Mulvaney tells employees CFPB will no longer ‘push the envelope’

Jerome Powell confirmed as next chairman of the Fed

Small business owners favor Trump policies, GOP on economy: Survey

Jerome Powell heads toward confirmation as Fed chairman as he clears procedural vote

Democrats pound Trump’s Fed nominee: ‘Why were you so wrong?’

New tax law means tax hikes in Iowa unless state intervenes

Trump’s top banking nominee arrived in US solo on 18th birthday with $500

SEC chairman warns companies against renaming themselves ‘Blockchain-R-Us’

What happens to the government if there’s a shutdown

Bonuses aside, here’s how one of the tax bill’s authors will judge its success

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