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Apr 29, 2025
The Postal Inspection Service recently joined a federal task force to locate undocumented immigrants using data from mail and packages, according to people familiar with the effort and records obtained by The Washington Post.
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Apr 29, 2025
A slower phase-in for tariffs on auto parts will give manufacturers time to ramp up manufacturing in the United States. Some warn they will still drive up car prices.
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Apr 29, 2025
Amazon said staff had considered listing tariff costs on its Temu competitor, Amazon Haul, but that it's "not going to happen." The Trump administration had condemned the idea.
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Apr 29, 2025
Amazon disputed a news report that it would display import fees, saying staff considered the move on its low-cost Temu competitor, Amazon Haul, but that nothing has been implemented.
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Apr 29, 2025
Amazon disputed a news report that it would display import fees, saying staff considered the move on its low-cost Temu competitor, Amazon Haul, but that nothing has been implemented.
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Apr 29, 2025
As the trade war between the two economic giants continues, Beijing declared that "bowing to a bully is like drinking poison to quench a thirst."
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Apr 28, 2025
A coalition that also includes nonprofits argued in a lawsuit that the U.S. DOGE Service's federal workforce cuts and reorganization plans are unconstitutional.
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Apr 28, 2025
With the shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, rules are changing on bank overdraft fees, medical debt's credit impact, and more.
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Apr 27, 2025
Investment fund giant Vanguard said that as of mid-April, roughly 97 percent of its account-holders hadn't initiated any trades in 2025.
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Apr 27, 2025
The economic effects of new trade wars could be hard for the United States to dodge even if talks yield new deals soon.
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Apr 26, 2025
Like his predecessors, Trump may have belatedly discovered that criticizing the Fed in public doesn't typically work.
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Apr 25, 2025
A federal judge said a Trump executive order stripping union rights from hundreds of thousands of federal employees was "unlawful."
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Apr 25, 2025
The tech company added a few hundred jobs at HQ2 in Virginia last year but seems less like the economic cushion many hoped for as the D.C. area suffers from federal cuts.
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Apr 25, 2025
Most Americans say they disapprove of Trump's tariff policies and worry about inflation, a new Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds.
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Apr 25, 2025
George Bogden, a senior aide at Customs and Border Protection, was pushed aside after officials circulated a photo of him at Miles Taylor's wedding.
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Apr 25, 2025
As the U.S. spurns EVs, the rest of the world is eagerly buying Chinese models. That's left U.S. auto firms behind, with Trump's policies adding to the peril.
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Apr 25, 2025
As the U.S. spurns EVs, the rest of the world is eagerly buying Chinese models. That's left U.S. auto firms behind, with Trump's policies adding to the peril.
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Apr 25, 2025
As the U.S. spurns EVs, the rest of the world is eagerly buying Chinese models. It's left U.S. auto firms behind, with Trump's policies adding to the peril.
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Apr 25, 2025
As the U.S. spurns EVs, the rest of the world is eagerly buying Chinese models. It's left U.S. auto firms behind, with Trump's policies adding to the peril.
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Apr 25, 2025
George Bogden, a senior aide at Customs and Border Protection, was pushed aside after officials circulated a photo of him at Miles Taylor's wedding.
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Apr 25, 2025
This week, we dig into data showing that Americans in their 20s are about half as likely to adopt their spouses' names as were their octogenarian grandparents.
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Apr 25, 2025
After a five-year pandemic-related payment freeze, the Education Department announced it will resume collections of its defaulted federal student-loan portfolio in May.
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Apr 24, 2025
The makeshift housing is the latest effort to ease crowding as the Trump administration ramps up arrests.
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Apr 24, 2025
President Donald Trump thew into turmoil a global effort to limit mining in the deep sea, signing an order to open up international waters to excavation.
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Apr 24, 2025
See the difference in monthly costs between a typical mortgage signed today and one signed just a few months ago.
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Apr 24, 2025
Beijing's curbs on rare earth exports, used to make military drones, consumer electronics, electric cars and more, have caused alarm across federal agencies.
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Apr 24, 2025
Beijing's curbs on rare earth exports, used to make military drones, consumer electronics, electric cars and more, have caused alarm across federal agencies.
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Apr 23, 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that President Trump will not reduce tariffs on China without an agreement by both governments to deescalate their trade conflict.
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Apr 23, 2025
The president's about-face on the central bank chief, following advice from his treasury and commerce secretaries, sent markets surging.
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Apr 23, 2025
The treasury secretary said the Trump administration remains committed to playing a leadership role in the IMF and the World Bank but will "demand that the management and staff of these institutions be accountable for demonstrating real progress.
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Apr 23, 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. remains committed to playing a leadership role in the IMF and World Bank but wants to see changes.
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Apr 23, 2025
As digital transactions have become the norm, splitting partners are getting more creative in how they hide money from their spouses.
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Apr 23, 2025
Are banks safe under Trump 2.0? Readers ask about keeping cash at home.
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Apr 22, 2025
President Donald Trump said he had "no intention" of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell in remarks from the Oval Office late Tuesday.
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Apr 22, 2025
The vice president and budget director are viewed internally as open to the idea, but some conservatives warn of "Bernie Sanders economics."
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Apr 22, 2025
Trump's tariffs are forecast to slow the global economy sharply this year, the International Monetary Fund said.
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Apr 21, 2025
President Donald Trump called for Powell to cut interest rates, and markets fell on the news.
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Apr 21, 2025
Challengers said the Preventive Services Taskforce was unconstitutional because its members should be appointed by the president and approved by the Senate.
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Apr 21, 2025
Consumers were enrolled in the subscription service without their consent and had to navigate a "maze" of screens to cancel, the lawsuit says.
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Apr 21, 2025
President Donald Trump called for Powell to cut interest rates, and markets fell on the news.
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Apr 21, 2025
President Trump calls for Powell to cut interest rates, and markets fell on the news.
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Apr 21, 2025
His female co-worker is spying on him at work and following him when he leaves. Managers suggest he transfer or learn to let it go. Are those his only options?
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Apr 21, 2025
His female co-worker is spying on him at work and following him when he leaves. Managers suggest he transfer or learn to let it go. Are those his only options?
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Apr 21, 2025
The spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank begin this week with a goal of keeping a low profile, since President Donald Trump is not a fan.
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Apr 20, 2025
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has pressed Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick to lead NASA, to continue the space agency's moon plans.
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Apr 19, 2025
As more companies require workers to return to an office five days a week, anxiety is rising for some of the millions of people who identify as neurodivergent — those whose brains function differently such as with ADHD, autism or dyslexia.
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Apr 19, 2025
Smithfield Foods operates hog farms that create large amounts of methane, a dangerous greenhouse gas. Here's how California subsidies reward Smithfield for its own pollution.
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Apr 18, 2025
The development comes amid a spat between Elon Musk and Treasury Department officials.
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Apr 18, 2025
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued another injunction Friday barring the agency from carrying out plans to lay off most of its workers.
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Apr 18, 2025
The development comes amid a spat between Elon Musk and Treasury Department officials.
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Apr 18, 2025
Some immigrant detention centers across the country are over capacity. The administration has asked for emergency contracts to add more facilities.
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Apr 18, 2025
Despite the current turmoil at the IRS, it still doesn't pay to ignore or delay your tax bill.
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Apr 18, 2025
As the trade war worsens, Beijing has banned the export of critical minerals used in the defense industry — but also for some cancer treatments and MRI exams.
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Apr 18, 2025
Japan and South Korea have rebuffed — gently — Beijing's suggestion that they form a united front against Trump as the U.S. allies try to negotiate lower tariffs.
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Apr 17, 2025
The action flouting a federal judge's protective order follows an announced shift of focus away from supervising and fining companies.
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Apr 17, 2025
Experts say the outreach on behalf of Lindell, a Trump political ally, is highly unusual and represents a change in how political appointees engage with the IRS.
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Apr 17, 2025
Apple's CEO Tim Cook spoke to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last week about the potential impact of the tariffs on iPhone prices.
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Apr 17, 2025
The president said Jerome H. Powell's "termination cannot come fast enough," but there's no precedent for removing a Federal Reserve chair early.
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Apr 17, 2025
Trump has said his sweeping protective tariffs will reduce the U.S. trade deficit, but levies on Boeing's parts supply line will tax a company that is America's biggest exporter of goods.
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Apr 17, 2025
After Jerome H. Powell's warning on tariffs, the president posted on Truth Social that the Federal Reserve chairman's "termination cannot come fast enough!"
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Apr 17, 2025
The upcoming "Hubris Maximus" book details Tesla CEO Elon Musk's disregard for the public and his contempt for regulators charged with overseeing his companies.
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Apr 17, 2025
An excerpt from the book "Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk," which will be released April 22.
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Apr 17, 2025
China has long tried to present itself as the world's true champion of globalization, with little success. Now Beijing has a new opening to push its message.
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Apr 16, 2025
Restaurant owners worry they'll be forced to pare down their offerings, raise their prices and hinge their futures on increasingly razor-thin profit margins.
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Apr 16, 2025
The directive to the IRS is a significant escalation of President Trump's feud with Harvard University and other Ivy League institutions and other nonprofit groups his administration views as "woke."
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Apr 16, 2025
The Fed chief warns higher inflation is likely, although officials routinely say their outlook depends on how Trump's policies — on trade, immigration and more — shake out.
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Apr 16, 2025
The Fed chief warns higher inflation is likely, although officials routinely say their outlook depends on how Trump's policies — on trade, immigration and more — shake out.
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Apr 16, 2025
Builders are already feeling the sting of rising prices from tariffs, making it harder to build more homes and fix America's shortage.
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Apr 16, 2025
Trump has said his sweeping protective tariffs will reduce the U.S. trade deficit, but levies on Boeing's parts supply line will tax a company that is America's biggest exporter of goods.
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Apr 16, 2025
Trump has said his sweeping protective tariffs will reduce the U.S. trade deficit, but levies on Boeing's parts supply line will tax a company that is America's biggest exporter of goods.
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Apr 16, 2025
Trump has said his sweeping protective tariffs will reduce the U.S. trade deficit, but levies on Boeing's parts supply line will tax a company that is America's biggest exporter of goods.
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Apr 16, 2025
Clothes, shoes, toys and yes, smartphones: See the Chinese imports Americans depend on
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Apr 16, 2025
A surge in exports before U.S. tariffs kicked in helped China's economy grow at the start of the year — but a slowdown is expected as the trade war takes hold.
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Apr 16, 2025
Tax debt is not like wine. It doesn't get better with age.
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Apr 15, 2025
Gary Shapley, previously a mid-level career agent, was named a senior adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in March.
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Apr 15, 2025
Tax debt is not like wine. It doesn't get better with age.
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Apr 15, 2025
What will Tax Day look like in 2026? The Washington Post asked people inside the IRS, in the tax community and in the Trump administration to play it out.
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Apr 15, 2025
The dollar has lost almost 10 percent of its value since Inauguration Day with roughly half of that decline coming this month.
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Apr 15, 2025
The dollar has lost almost 10 percent of its value since Inauguration Day with roughly half of that decline coming this month.
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Apr 15, 2025
The administration is pushing agencies to turn over information on where people work, study and live. The data is normally protected from dissemination.
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Apr 15, 2025
Some 370 autoworkers in Kokomo, Indiana, were among the first laid off because of Trump's tariffs. But many in this formerly booming manufacturing town are optimistic about a rebound.
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Apr 14, 2025
Consumers and investors have been running to gold as the Trump administration's frequent changes in tariff plans rock financial markets.
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Apr 14, 2025
The practice, which has been questioned by ethics experts, may give Elon Musk's allies influence well after he formally leaves the White House.
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Apr 14, 2025
Consumers and investors have been running to gold as the Trump administration's frequent changes in tariff plans rock financial markets.
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Apr 14, 2025
The Trump administration's freeze on grants could leave a manager — and anyone else whose business depends on grant recipients — carrying hefty employer debt.
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Apr 14, 2025
Search by Zip code to see how home prices are changing in your area.
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Apr 13, 2025
Trump officials adjusted their position a little more than one day after the White House announced an exemption from "reciprocal" tariffs for semiconductors and tech products.
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Apr 13, 2025
While substantial confusion remains over the White House's trade objectives, a clearer picture is starting to emerge of what tariff negotiations could look like.
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Apr 13, 2025
Many U.S. manufacturers say their optimism for growth helped by tariffs has been eclipsed by growing concerns about economic turmoil.
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Apr 12, 2025
The announcement comes after Beijing responded to President Trump's escalating trade war with a 125 percent tariff on all U.S. goods early Friday.
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Apr 11, 2025
Prosecutors intend to move forward with their case against two executives at the voting machine company Smartmatic, which became a target of conspiracy theorists after the 2020 election.
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Apr 11, 2025
Tariff costs are already spreading across the United States.
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Apr 11, 2025
After several days of sharp swings, U.S. stock markets rallied Friday as China signaled that it wouldn't increase tariffs on U.S. goods beyond 125 percent.
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Apr 11, 2025
Prosecutors intend to move forward with their case against two executives at the voting machine company Smartmatic, which became a target of conspiracy theorists after the 2020 election.
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Apr 11, 2025
After several days of sharp swings, U.S. stock markets were subdued Friday as China signaled that it wouldn't increase tariffs on U.S. goods beyond 125 percent.
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Apr 11, 2025
After several days of sharp swings, U.S. stock markets were subdued Friday as China signaled that it wouldn't increase tariffs on U.S. goods beyond 125 percent.
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Apr 11, 2025
After several days of sharp swings, U.S. stock markets were subdued Friday as China signaled that it wouldn't increase tariffs on U.S. goods beyond 125 percent.
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Apr 11, 2025
President Trump's tariffs on China could raise the costs of groceries, clothing, electronics and various other products, analysts say.
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Apr 11, 2025
President Donald Trump's tariffs on China could raise the costs of groceries, clothing, electronics and various other products, analysts say.
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Apr 11, 2025
As far as financial priorities go, you'd be better served paying down credit cards or building up your emergency fund.
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