Washington Times - Business
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Trump to invoke Schedule F to make it easier to fire some federal workers
President Donald Trump is preparing to make one of the controversial personnel changes laid out in the conservative Project 2025 blueprint for his...
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AP loses bid to reclaim special access to White House
A federal judge on Friday gave tentative approval to a new White House press policy that demotes The Associated Press to the same status as...
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Judge pauses Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A federal judge who blocked President Trump's administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ruled Friday that the bureau...
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Venice expands its day-tripper tax program in bid to combat overtourism
Venice is charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year starting Friday, a measure aimed at combating the kind...
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Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the U.S. under Trump
Among the threats tariffs pose to the U.S. economy, none may be as strange as the sell-off in the dollar.
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U.S. lawmakers' bipartisan Taiwan visit signals support despite harsh words and tariffs from Trump
Republican and Democratic lawmakers made their first trip to Taiwan under the new Trump administration a bipartisan one, aiming to show both Taiwan...
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The U.S. has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more
America's only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump's tariffs this month by limiting...
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New U.S. ambassador to Japan says he's optimistic a tariffs deal can be reached
The new U.S. ambassador to Japan arrived in Tokyo on Friday and said he is optimistic that his country and its key Asian ally will reach a deal in...
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FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections
When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping job cuts at his department last month, he said that safety inspectors who oversee...
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Crews restore power to nearly all customers after island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico
Power was restored to 98.8% of customers early Friday after an island-wide blackout hit Puerto earlier this week, authorities said.
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Drake complains about Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Super Bowl performance in new defamation claims
Hip hop superstar Drake is now complaining about rival rapper Kendrick Lamar's performance of "Not Like Us" at this year's Super Bowl, adding it to...
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Into the woods: Trump says U.S. should rely on its own lumber
The U.S. construction market is a demanding one, consuming at least 50 billion board feet of lumber each year.