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Democrats boycott White House border security meeting

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Trump Dismisses Ocasio-Cortez's Racism Charge: 'Who Cares?'

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China logs record trade surplus with United States in 2018

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Dulles TSA checkpoints reduced after record staff call-outs amid snow storm, shutdown

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Trump tells farmers that wall won't hurt them

Trump says he understands that farmers need people to help with harvests. Officials said Trump's speech is scheduled for 11:15 a.m.to 12:45 p.m. The Agric...

GM reveals upcoming Cadillac EV built on next-gen EV platform

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China's trade surplus with the USA grew in 2018 but tariffs bite

However, the data show December exports to US contracted 3.5 percent compared with year ago as Trump tariff hikes hit. Russian Federation is now ranked as Chin...

PG&E talking with banks about multibillion dollar bankruptcy financing package

The company's board made a decision to oust CEO Geisha Williams and undergo a restructuring at a board meeting this weekend in San Francisco, according to a sou...

Musk’s SpaceX is said to plan cutting about 10% of workforce

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United States oil inches down amid concerns of economic slowdown

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Ford Job Cuts: How Will Its $11 Billion Restructuring Plan Help?

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PC sales stumble in Q4 amid CPU shortages, China trade war

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Congressional Dems ‘Exasperated’ With Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Don’t Attack Your Own People’

Last week, a conservative activist released an old video of Ocasio-Cortez dancing in college, apparently in an homage to the '80s classic The Breakfast Club , ...

Wireless carriers vow to stop selling customers' location data to third parties

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Ghosn indicted on additional charges including aggravated breach of trust

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FDA halts food inspections during government shutdown

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Saudis raise oil reserves ahead of Aramco's planned IPO

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China says trade talks with U.S. were extensive, promoted mutual understanding

The discussions during the past two days "went well", according to Steven Winberg, an Energy Department official who spoke to reporters in Beijing . However,...

In China, Musk sure felt the love missing back home

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Aviation workers say government shutdown 'needlessly risks' safety in the skies

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Poloz 'confident' about hometown Oshawa after GM's planned closure

The action came after Unifor, the union representing the autoworkers, failed to win GM's support for its proposals to save the plant. GM stunned the North Am...

Apple planning to release three new iPhones in 2019

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Fiat Chrysler will pay $800 million to settle diesel emissions lawsuits

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Powell: Fed can be patient as U.S. economy evolves in 2019

After four rate hikes a year ago, the Fed would be "bordering on going too far and possibly tipping the economy into recession" if rates go higher, Bullard said...

China Trade Talks Conclude on Optimistic Note

Meanwhile, confirming the conclusion of the trade talks, China's foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a media briefing that "the extension of the talks indic...

Rare penny from school lunch change up for auction

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Oil rises one per cent on US, China trade talk optimism

USA and Chinese negotiators wrapped up their latest round of trade talks in Beijing on Wednesday as they seek a way out of a damaging trade war. One tumultu...