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  • US President Joe Biden during the White House Conference on Women’s Health Research in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Biden is gathering business leaders, researchers, investors, and advocates to discuss innovations in women’s health care. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Biden will decide whether US Steel can be sold to a Japanese company for $15 billion

    By Josh Boak, Marc Levy, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 19: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks during a news conference on “Project 2025” at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) held the news conference alongside other Senate Democrats who spoke on different facets of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Tech

    The U.S. is failing to block China and Russia from accessing advanced computer chips

    By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, and others
  • President-elect Donald Trump arrives on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after ringing the opening bell, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Success

    Trump tells dockworkers union facing expiring contract that ports shouldn’t install more automated systems

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • FILE – President-elect Donald Trump speaks at meeting of the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/, File)Politics

    Trump’s first-term tariffs did little to affect the economy, but this time he’s talking about going much bigger

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • FILE – White House senior adviser Kevin Hassett speaks as President Donald Trump and others listen during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Politics

    Trump taps 2 veterans of his first administration for trade representative and Economic Council head

    By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, and others
  • FILE – The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Finance

    As US debt hits $36 trillion, about 1 in 5 dollars the government spends repays investors for borrowed money

    By Josh Boak, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • FILE – Then Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference on July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)Politics

    Trump will be able take credit for large parts of Biden infrastructure spending—if he wants to

    By Josh Boak, Zeke Miller, and others
  • Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., attend a campaign event Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Brookfield, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)Politics

    Harris and Trump tout their economic policies as best chance to win Latino voters

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • President Joe Biden is seen speaking at a podium.Politics

    Union petitions skyrocket under Biden, doubling for the first time in 50 years

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, speaks during the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)Tech

    Biden administration to provide $750m to Wolfspeed for advanced chip plants in North Carolina and New York

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • A tree blocks a street after Hurricane Milton swept through downtown Tampa, FloridaPolitics

    Hurricanes Helene and Milton reshape final weeks of Harris-Trump campaign battle

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • A split-screen of Kamala Harris and Donald TrumpPolitics

    The national debt might increase under Harris but would explode under Trump, new analysis says

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • This combination photo shows Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally, right.Politics

    Analysis finds Trump and Harris’ economic plans would increase national debt by trillions

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • A smartphone screen shows the live broadcast of presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald TrumpFinance

    National debt would increase under Kamala Harris’s plans and surge under Trump’s, budget watchdog says

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • US Vice President Kamala HarrisPolitics

    Kamala Harris makes pro-business pitch for partnership with government as Trump pushes tariffs and bashes her ‘communist’ ideas

    By Zeke Miller, Steve Peoples, and others