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Santander unit to pay $25M over subprime auto loans
BOSTON - A Banco Santander SA unit will pay almost $25 million to two U.S. states, Massachusetts and Delaware, to resolve a joint investigation...
Yellen says pockets of ‘persistently high’ unemployment remain
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said challenges remain in the U.S. labor market, including concentrations of elevated joblessness in poor and minority...
Trump’s health-care failure and the end of fake news
The Republicans' failed attempt to enact the American Health Care Act had at least one result: fake news suffered a very real loss.
One common...
After GOP health failure, next battle could shut down government
WASHINGTON - Republican leaders are eager to avoid a government shutdown but the demise of their Obamacare repeal could leave some conservatives spoiling for...
The cost of Trump’s deepening unpopularity
Gallup's first post-health care presidential approval poll showed President Donald Trump down to 36 percent approval, a new low. He had previously fallen slightly...
The U.S. is getting sicker as it grows richer
Per capita gross domestic product is much higher in the U.S. than in the other major developed economies, and no one really seems to...
Sessions threatens to cut police money for sanctuary cities
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is attempting to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities, announcing on Monday that local governments will have to certify...
U.S. travel industry fears a ‘lost decade’ under Trump
DALLAS - Like many Washington lobby groups, the U.S. Travel Association was quick to congratulate the new president on his victory last November.
“We are...
Fed has room for more rate increases in 2017, Lockhart says
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has room for two more rate increases this year, as the economy seems “reasonably close” to full employment and...
GOP cancels health care vote as House Republicans balk at bill
WASHINGTON - Republicans scrapped a vote on the embattled health care bill Friday as a growing number of Republicans declared they opposed the latest...













