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The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746) is a done deal. The federal government avoided a debt default, at least for now. Shortly before President Biden signed the legislation, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., made an interesting remark. Acknowledging that the new law was a stopgap measure, he proposed…

Like some kind of unstoppable zombie, the idea of a national sales tax has come back to haunt us yet again. Count on it to be a major issue in the 2024 presidential election campaign, as Donald Trump’s campaign runs ads attacking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for co-sponsoring national sales tax legislation…

President Joe Biden on Saturday marked the first major event of his 2024 reelection campaign with a union rally, highlighting boosts for the middle class through his economic agenda.Biden announced an early endorsement from AFL-CIO, a federation of 60 unions worldwide, representing 12.5 million workers. “I’m proud to be the…

Over the past few years, restaurants from White Castle to Wendy’s have been investing in artificial intelligence tech for drive-thrus. They say it’s a way to ease the burden placed on overworked employees, and a solution to bogged down drive-thrus overwhelmed by a surge of customers. But customers — and…

US secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in Beijing on Sunday on a highly anticipated mission to reboot US-China relations, which cratered in February after an alleged Chinese spy balloon flew over North America.Blinken will be the first secretary of state to visit China since 2018, a reflection of the…

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