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“Consumers are just in this, whatever the highest price is, is the price they’re going to focus on,” Harvard professor Jason Furman said.

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Democrats across the US are increasingly exploring taxes as a way to capture the populist moment and address the country’s widening wealth gap.

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The payments helped finance what the trustee described as an extravagant lifestyle.

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“It’s not a lot. But at the same time, it is a lot,” mother-of-three Jade Grant said. “Because $50 can do a lot when you don’t have anything.”

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US District Judge Beryl Howell said in a ruling Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s effort to radically increase the cost of the popular visa is lawful.

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Some Los Angeles County residents have already been ordered to evacuate areas that are vulnerable to mudslides.

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