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CFPB staff layoffs can proceed, appeals court rules

Laurel Wamsley

The Trump administration sent reduction-in-force notices to more than 1,400 staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in April.

Politics

Anti-Trump podcast MeidasTouch is rivaling Joe Rogan. Does it have staying power?
Environment

California’s last beet sugar plant is closing. Can Imperial County keep the industry alive?
Economy

Trump is tightening the screws on corporate America — and CEOs are staying mum

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Economy

He's trying to fix the IRS and has $80 billion to play with. This is his plan

Patrick Wood

There are two competing trends: The population of the U.S. has grown at the same time as the workforce of the IRS has shrunk. A 10-year, $80 billion plan aims to tackle the agency's troubles.
Economy

The best picket signs of the Hollywood writers strike

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Becky Sullivan

As the Writers Guild of America began its first strike in 15 years, union members let loose with quips to studio executives, as they picketed outside companies like Netflix, Sony and NBCUniversal.
National

Financier buys Jeffrey Epstein's private islands, with plans to create a resort

Bill Chappell

Financier Stephen Deckoff paid $60 million for Great St. James and Little St. James. He hopes to open a resort on the islands by sometime in 2025.
National

Amid a child labor crisis, U.S. state governments are loosening regulations

Tonya Mosley

New York Times journalist Hannah Dreier says hundreds of thousands of immigrant kids are working illegally. Washington Post reporter Jacob Bogage explains how states are loosening child labor laws.
Health

Biden administration warns consumers to avoid medical credit cards

Noam Levey

Americans paid an estimated $1 billion in interest on medical debt in just three years, a federal agency finds. This includes use of credit cards often pitched in doctors' and dentists' offices.
Economy

The U.S. has more banks than anywhere on Earth. That shapes the economy in many ways

Stacey Vanek Smith

The U.S. has more than 4,500 banks — more banks than any other country. That huge number of lenders has shaped the economy in countless ways, but it also can pose risks.
Economy

Dealers still sell Hyundais and Kias vulnerable to theft, but insurance is hard to get

Joe Hernandez

Some insurance companies have stopped issuing new policies for models that are subject to a high rate of thefts, but consumers are still able to buy the cars.
Economy

McDonald's franchises face more than $200,000 in fines for child-labor law violations

Ayana Archie

Three franchisees operating McDonald's locations in Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana collectively had 305 minors working illegally. They are ordered to pay more than $200,000 in civil penalties.
National

What do striking Hollywood writers want? A look at demands

The Associated Press

The 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike this week after negotiations with Hollywood studios that began in March failed to result in an agreement.
Economy

The Fed raises interest rates again in what could be its final attack on inflation

Scott Horsley

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday in an effort to curb persistent inflation. It was the tenth rate hike in 14 months, and possibly the last for a while.