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PRESIDENT TRUMP said that he will impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion in Chinese imports that aren’t yet subject to United States duties after setbacks in negotiations with Beijing. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ZACK GIBSON

Trump ratchets up U.S.-China trade war with new tariffs

Economic Activity 08/01/2019

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump abruptly escalated his trade war with China, announcing that he would impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion in...

ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI WAS REMOVED from office less than two weeks after being appointed director of communications for the White House. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ZACH GIBSON

Trump ousts financier Scaramucci as White House shakeup proceeds

Government 07/31/2017

NEW YORK - Financier Anthony Scaramucci has been removed from his new job as White House communications director just 10 days after he joined...

Obamacare signups could fall short of estimate

Government 11/11/2014

The Obama administration forecast that as many as 9.9 million people will sign up for health coverage under Obamacare this year, 3 million below...

Medicare’s financial condition improves on reduced health costs

Government 07/28/2014

WASHINGTON – The main trust fund behind Medicare, the $583 billion U.S. health program for the elderly and disabled, will be exhausted in 2030,...

Study shows more than half of Obamacare customers were previously uninsured

Government 06/19/2014

WASHINGTON – More than half the people who bought insurance through new Obamacare exchanges were previously uninsured, according to a survey that runs counter...

Obama says 7.1 million health enrollments a rebuke to opponents

Government 04/02/2014

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s declaration that 7.1 million health-plan enrollments serve as a rebuke to critics of his signature law won’t diminish the...

Obamacare deadline extended for last-minute enrollees

Government 03/26/2014

WASHINGTON – Americans will get more time to enroll in Obamacare insurance plans if they started the process but were unable to complete it...

Obamacare insurer startups defy forecasts to win share

Government 03/13/2014

WASHINGTON – In Maine, the insurer that has enrolled the most Obamacare customers isn’t the state’s well- established Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, owned...

A TOTAL OF about 3 million people have enrolled for health insurance through HealthCare.gov, the federal health exchange portal, including 800,000 who have signed up since the start of the new year, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Friday. / COURTESY HEALTHCARE.GOV

Obamacare health plan sign-ups reach 3 million, U.S. says

Government 01/24/2014

WASHINGTON - About 800,000 people have signed up for private health plans through Obamacare in January, pushing total enrollment to 3 million as negative...