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Trump tax cuts and the middle class: Here are the facts | Fox Business
While the rhetoric of the left has sought to portray the Republican tax cuts as a negative for the middle class, nothing could be further from the truth.
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Tame Inflation Shows Tariffs Are Not Taxing American Consumers | Breitbart
Consumer prices once again demonstrate that American households are not being squeezed by tariffs on metals and China imports. | Economy
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US Steel Cites Trump in Resuming Construction Project
U.S. Steel Corp. will restart construction on an idled manufacturing facility in Alabama, and it gave some of the credit to Trump’s trade policies.
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Americans' Confidence in Their Finances Keeps Growing
Rarely in the past four decades have Americans been as positive as they are now about their personal finances, whether looking ahead to the next year or looking back at the previous one.
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China Buys US Soybeans a Day After Trade Talks, Traders Say
Chinese state-owned firms bought at least 1 million tonnes of U.S. soybeans on Feb. 1, a day after ...
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Some States Consistently Live Beyond Their Means — 'A Warning Sign Of Trouble Ahead' | Investor's Business Daily
Since 2003, ten states have repeatedly run deficits, spending more than they take in. It can't go on forever. Perpetual deficits are sure signs of trouble.
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Jobs Report: Trump Delivers For Workers … After Years Of Empty Obama Promises | Investor's Business Daily
The latest expectation-shattering jobs report isn't a fluke. It's another sign that President Trump's economic policies are improving the lives of middle class families.
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Manufacturing Unexpectedly Surges in January | Breitbart
Factory activity increased and, despite all the worries about tariffs, prices of raw materials used by manufacturers fell. | Economy
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States that spend the most on welfare | Fox Business
Although California has the highest public welfare expenditures, it didn’t make the list.
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New federal income tax form: 5 things to do before you file
Anxiety will run high this tax season. But doing your taxes still requires steps like finding the 2017 return and understanding key changes.
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Steve Forbes: Passing US/Mexico/Canada Deal would bring big benefits to our economy | Fox News
Congress should act as soon as possible to approve the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), now rebranded as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). This deal is a win-win for American workers, manufacturers and other emp
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U.S. Could Soon Pump More Crude Than Saudis Can at Their Peak
(Bloomberg) -- America’s journey to preeminence in the global oil trade is about to hit another milestone. Propelled by the shale-oil boom, the U.S. is already producing more crude than either Russia or Saudi Arabia, who until recently vied for the to
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US veteran unemployment rate hits all-time low in 2018 | Fox Business
Homelessness among veterans also decreased by 5.4 percent last year.
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China says it is 'ready to work with US' - BBC News
China's latest statement suggests trade negotiations between the two countries are progressing.
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The Next Financial Calamity Is Coming. Here’s What to Watch. - The New York Times
Fast-growing pockets of debt could be a source of trouble.
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The Miracle of $2 A Gallon Gas Prices | Investor's Business Daily
What seemed like an impossibility just a few years ago is now a reality for many across the country: gasoline that costs less than $2 a gallon.
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The exodus of New York City’s endangered middle class
After decades of sharp income erosion in the face of relentless taxes, escalating living costs and wage reductions through technological changes, the full extent of this shocking exodus is laid bare in the latest US Census data.
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Trump Signs Order to Boost Investment in Opportunity Zones
President Donald Trump is creating a White House council to manage the so-called opportunity zones, a program designed ...
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Trump Signs Order to Boost Investment in Opportunity Zones
President Donald Trump is creating a White House council to manage the so-called opportunity zones, a program designed ...
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Report: Aluminum Tariffs Boost Jobs, Production, Investment
WASHINGTON—The U.S. aluminum industry was on the brink of extinction a year ago, but it is thriving now ...
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Worker shortage holding US economy back: Kevin Brady | Fox Business
Brady’s comments come on the heel of the Department of Labor’s November jobs report.
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Following Record Jobs Report, Fewer Than Ever Know Someone Unemployed - Rasmussen Reports®
Rasmussen Reports - The best place to look for polls that are spot on
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California: More than 7-in-10 Noncitizen Households Are on Welfare
More than 7-in-10 households headed by immigrants in the state of California are on taxpayer-funded welfare, a new study reveals.
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Trump is winning on trade -- Don't let the 'experts' fool you | Fox News
The U.S. has hemorrhaged middle-class manufacturing jobs for more than a generation thanks to bad trade policies. President Trump is changing that.
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Disability Reform: A Good Economy Makes This a Good Time to Start | National Review
A labor market with adequate jobs and rising wages is the perfect opportunity.
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Donald Trump's Migration Policy Boosts Farm Productivity, Wages
Public opposition to cheap-labor migration is forcing farm CEOs to reluctantly invest in labor-saving machinery.
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Oil about to post its longest losing streak in 34 years, here's why | Fox Business
Oil enters a bear market, and the losses are continuing.
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U. S. workers see fastest wage growth in a decade, but inflation takes a toll - The Washington Post
Wages and salaries grew 2.9 percent from September 2017 to September 2018, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.
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Chart shows how everything has changed since Trump became president
Since Donald Trump won the presidency, he has presided over one of the most tumultuous political environments in recent memory as well as the best economy the country has seen since well before the financial crisis.
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Trump Offers Test Plan to Lower Medicare Drug Costs - WSJ
President Trump unveiled a plan designed to drive down the price Medicare pays for some drugs, responding to public concern over rising health-care costs.
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Making an end-run around opponents, U.S. eyes military bases for coal exports
The Trump administration is considering using West Coast military bases or other federal properties as transit points for shipments of U.S. coal and natural gas to Asia, as officials seek to bolster the domestic energy industry and circumvent environmenta
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Brexit Boom: UK Exports to Israel Soar by 75 Percent in 2018
As the UK readies to depart the EU, latest figures show its exports to Israel soared by 75 percent in 2018 ahead of Brexit.
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WashPost: Trump's Economy Boosts Blue-Collar Jobs | Breitbart
More Pay Gains Likely As Firms Fight for Workers, says New York Times.
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Narrative Fail: Business Prices Fall Despite Rising Tariffs | Breitbart
Critics said tariffs would be a tax on U.S. consumers. The recent data on producer prices, however, show higher costs are not getting passed on to American consumers. | Economics
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Pay is rising for these lower-wage jobs | Fox Business
San Francisco was the city that saw the largest pay growth.
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Doctor Tells Truth About Gender Pay Gap In Medicine. Then He Was Forced To Apologize.
Telling the truth – albeit not in the best terms – about why women in any particular field earn less than men in the same field will automatically trigger an online rage mob screaming “sexism!’ as Plano, Texas doctor Gary Tigges learned this past
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Blue-Collar Workers Increasingly Optimistic Under Trump
Nearly two years into the Trump presidency, blue-collar workers are increasingly optimistic about their social and economic circumstances.
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Trump seeks to update retirement rules, help Americans save more | Fox Business
The president signed an order on Friday aimed at helping Americans save for retirement.
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U.S. Workers Report Highest Job Satisfaction Since 2005 - WSJ
Worker contentment in the U.S. is at the highest level since 2005, according to a new report from The Conference Board, a business-research group.
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Dow jumps more than 250 points, Nasdaq hits 8,000 as US and Mexico strike trade deal
Stocks jumped on Monday as the United States and Mexico closed a new trade deal. Investors also digested reassuring comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on the central bank's policy-tightening path.
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Lana Del Rey defends decision to perform in Israel, says music should 'bring us together' | Fox News
Lana Del Rey has defended her decision to perform at Israel’s Meteor Festival on Friday, Sept. 7. On August 19, the singer wrote, “I believe music is universal and should be used to bring us together.
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Youth Unemployment Hits 52-Year Low - WSJ
The unemployment rate among young Americans fell to its lowest level in more than 50 years this summer, though the share of young people looking for work remained well below its peak in 1989.
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More Than Half of Foreign Refugees Are on Taxpayer-Funded Food Stamps
More than half of the annual inflow of foreign refugees arriving in the U.S. are on food stamps, analysis of a government report reveals.
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Economic Boom: Media Rewrite History To Credit Obama Instead Of Trump
The stronger the economy gets under President Trump, the more desperate his critics are to hand credit for the economic boom to Obama. Even if that entails changing the past.
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IBD/TIPP Poll: Americans Give Trump An 'A' For Economy
A new IBD/TIPP Poll suggests Americans aren't just more optimistic about the economy, but that groups not known to be Trump-friendly in their politics are among the most optimistic of all.
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Remarks by President Trump Before Dinner with Business Leaders
Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, New Jersey 7:43 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello everybody. Thank you very much. It's great to have you in Bedminster
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California Examples of Tax Reform Good News | Americans for Tax Reform
Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by the Republican congress and signed by President Donald Trump, 90 percent of wage earners have higher take-home pay.
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Hundreds line up for gushing West Texas oil jobs
By Liz Hampton ODESSA, TEXAS (Reuters) - Job fairs are stocked with people hungry for better opportunities, but inside the MCM Grande Hotel in Odessa, Texas, oil services giant Halliburton is the one doing the wooing. “We need to hire you is our message
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Investment expert: Tariffs ‘bullish’ for economy in a way nobody understands | Fox Business
Naysayers have a huge fear of a tiny little thing.
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Trump's Tight Labor Market: Businesses 'Increasingly' Hiring Disabled Americans
President Donald Trump's strict immigration enforcement is delievering an increasingly tight labor market for Americans with disabilities.
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These American states are drowning in ‘irretrievable’ debt | Fox Business
Connecticut, New York and California are some of the U.S. states drowning in debt.
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Top Obama Economist: GDP Even Stronger Than It Looks | Breitbart
The data underlying the 4.1% second quarter GDP growth suggest the economy may be even stronger than it looks. | Big Government
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'What does a trucker look like?' It's changing, amid a big shortage :: WRAL.com
WASHINGTON -- America's booming economy has a problem: a shortage of truck drivers.
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US GDP Q2 2018
Gross domestic product grew at a solid 4.1 percent pace in the second quarter, its best pace since 2014, boosting hopes that the economy is ready to break out of its decade-long slumber.
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The US economic recovery in five charts | Fox Business
The U.S. economic rebound by the numbers.
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'Made in America': Lockheed Martin adds jobs to boost F-35 production | Fox Business
Lockheed’s announcement comes as the F-35 was featured at the White House as part of the Trump administration’s “Made in America” event.
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Energy Group: Highest-Ever U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Liquids Production
API's June statistical report released on Thursday shows the highest-ever production of U.S. crude oil and natural gas liquids.
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Texas becoming a hotspot for startups | Fox Business
The uptick is being fueled by energy and a benign tax regime.
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California gains just 800 jobs in June; unemployment remains at record low
California gained a meager 800 net jobs in June, while the unemployment rate held steady at a record low of 4.2%, according to data released Friday by the state’s Employment Development Department.
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Powell backs more rate hikes as economy growing 'considerably stronger'
The U.S. economy is running at a fast enough pace to justify continued interest rate increases, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday.
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Kimberley Strassel:Trump could deliver a second tax cut -- without having to deal with Congress. Here's how | Fox News
What if President Trump had the authority—on his own—to enact a second powerful tax reform?
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Food Stamp Usage Drops Below 40 Million for First Time in 8 Years | Breitbart
Food stamp participation dropped below 40 million for the first time in eight years, according to the latest numbers from the USDA.
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J.P. Morgan Chase Says 'Trade War' Is Not Hurting Business | Breitbart
Jamie Dimon, the bank's chief executive, said that trade war talk was more about "psyche" than "economics." | Big Government
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5-in-7 Americans: Cheap Foreign Labor Helped Collapse of Manufacturing Industry
A majority of Americans say that cheap foreign labor displacing U.S. jobs contributed to the collapse of the American manufacturing industry.
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The U.S.' Colorblind Jobs Boom Under Trump Continues
It may come as a surprise, but President Trump is nowhere near as unpopular among black, Hispanic and Asian voters as the biased mainstream media suggest he should be. How can that be? In a word, jobs.
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Congress eyes truck driver shortage solution | Fox Business
The DRIVE-Safe Act would open cross-state truck driving positions to 18-year-olds.
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Rising oil demand may outstrip supply, boosting economy | Fox Business
Growing global oil demand would be a strong indicator of a robust global economy.
