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Workers advocate for a $20 minimum wage during a protest at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2022. © Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

A new economic study released this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has found that California’s landmark $20-an-hour minimum wage law for fast food workers has resulted in the loss of approximately 18,000 jobs in the state’s fast-food sector—representing a 3.2% decline compared…

Construction on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington (Samuel Corum/Bloomberg)

Allies of President Donald Trump are pressing for an investigation into the ongoing restoration of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters, costs for which have ballooned to $2.5 billion. Any evidence of mismanagement or fraud, as White House officials have suggested, could prove…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, June 16, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

In a sharp escalation of trade tensions, President Donald Trump has announced a 35% tariff on select Canadian imports, effective August 1, tightening pressure on Canada over issues ranging from fentanyl trafficking to retaliatory trade measures. Crucially, goods compliant with the United…

House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, center, voted on Thursday to advance a bill that would extend a set of tax cuts enacted in Mr. Trump’s first term. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

One day after House Republicans approved an expensive package of tax cuts that rattled financial markets, President Trump pivoted back to his other signature policy priority, unveiling a battery of tariff threats that further spooked investors and raised the prospects of higher prices on…

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