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FILE – In this May 30, 2019 file photo, tents housing homeless line a street in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority has failed to meet goals for placing people into permanent housing and for referring them to substance abuse and mental health treatment, according to a city audit released Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel,File) LA306 LA306

September 10, 2019 at 11:40 am

Trump pushing for crackdown on homeless camps in California

Administration officials have discussed using the federal government to get homeless people off the streets of Los Angeles and other cities and into new government-backed...

FILE – In this June 10, 2019, file photo, a man walks past a money exchange shop decorated with different banknotes at Central, a business district of Hong Kong. China’s yuan fell below the politically sensitive level of seven to the U.S. dollar on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, possibly adding to trade tension with Washington. The currency weakened to 7.0177 in early trading following U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat last week of tariff hikes on additional Chinese imports in a fight over Beijing’s trade surplus and technology policies. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) TKTT101 TKTT101

August 5, 2019 at 4:02 pm

‘It could be very serious:’ Why some analysts fear a U.S.-China currency war

President Trump's trade actions may be responsible for lowering the value of renminbi (yuan), although the president lashed out against "currency manipulation" on Monday on...

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July 12, 2019 at 4:41 am

Thank God it’s Thursday: The 4-day work-week some want to bring to the U.S.

Particularly in Europe, trade unions, leftist organizations and some academics have increasingly called for a transition to the four-day week as a way to give...

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June 27, 2019 at 10:34 am

America has never gone this long without hiking the federal minimum wage

Almost 10 years ago, the federal minimum wage rose from $6.55 an hour to $7.25 an hour. Since then, Congress has not approved any additional...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)

May 22, 2019 at 7:34 am

Mnuchin: Draft IRS memo doesn’t undermine rationale to block release of Trump’s tax returns

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that a confidential IRS memo does not undermine the agency's justification for denying lawmakers' request for President...

May 21, 2019 at 4:02 pm

Confidential draft IRS memo says tax returns must be given to Congress unless president invokes executive privilege

The memo is the first sign of potential dissent within the administration over its approach to the president's tax- returns issue. It suggests a split...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrives to testify before the House Financial Services Committee about the state of the international financial system, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 2019. Pressed by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), chair fo the committee, about President Donald Trump’s penchant for firing cabinet members, Mnuchin said on Tuesday that job security would not be a factor in how he manages the fight for Trump’s taxes. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT152 XNYT152

April 10, 2019 at 4:24 pm

Treasury says it will miss Democrats’ deadline for turning over Trump tax returns

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said his department will not meet the Wednesday deadline set by congressional Democrats to turn over copies of President's...

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February 26, 2019 at 12:58 pm

More than 100 House Democrats to unveil Medicare-for-all plan as 2020 election looms

More than 100 House Democrats on Wednesday plan to unveil a new "Medicare-for-all" plan to provide government health insurance to every American, according to a...

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Mariam Hicks, furloughed from her IRS job, works Thursday on her second day at Rally House in Kansas City, Missouri. Thousands in the city may qualify for hardship leave, said a union leader. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Christopher Smith for The Washington Post

January 22, 2019 at 5:16 pm

Citing hardship, hundreds of furloughed IRS workers skip returning to work

The administration last week ordered at least 30,000 IRS workers back to work without pay. But employees across the country — some in protest, others...

January 15, 2019 at 3:24 pm

Administration recalls tens of thousands of federal workers in IRS, FAA and other areas

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Tuesday said it is calling back tens of thousands of federal workers to fulfill key government tasks, including disbursing...