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Category: Obama, Barack
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How We Cover the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
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Trump Faces Blowback on Easing Iran Oil Sanctions
The New York Times – Business:President Trump once assailed the Obama administration for making cash payments to Iran. Now he supports sanctions relief that could give the country a $14 billion windfall.
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Trump’s Challenge to Free Market Capitalism
The New York Times – Business:Stakes in private companies. Handshake deals with chief executives. The president’s economic policy has drifted far from principles that long defined the Republican Party. Is it capitalism at all?
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Before Electric Vehicles Became Political, There Was the Toyota Prius
The political polarization of battery-powered cars may have started when Toyota released its first hybrid model 25 years ago.
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A Reopened Government Hasn’t Ended Delays to Economic Data
Jobs and inflation data will be released late and with caveats, complicating the Federal Reserve’s interest rate deliberations.
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Kennedy’s Vow to Take On Big Food Could Face Resistance
Processed foods are in the cross hairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but battling major companies could collide with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s corporate-friendly goals.
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How Is the Economy for Black Voters? A Complex Question Takes Center Stage.
Donald J. Trump has been talking up his economic record for Black voters. The legacy of the last eight years is complicated.
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If Not President Biden, Then Who?
Democrats and donors are pondering who could be the best alternative to take on Donald Trump after faltering attempts to calm nerves following last week’s debate.
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Did Rishi Sunak Ruin the Adidas Sambas Trend?
Photos of Britain’s prime minister wearing Adidas Sambas briefly unites a nation.
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Biden, Obama and Clinton Gather, Tieless, for Campaign Fund-Raiser
Did Presidents Biden, Obama and Clinton, appearing together at a fund-raiser in open-neck shirts, look casual or ‘a little disheveled’?
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Why Are Pants So Big (Again)?
And what the latest swing from skinny to wide tells us about ourselves.
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Obamas’ Vision for Hollywood Company: ‘This Isn’t Like Masterpiece Theater’
With three new films on Netflix, Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, is pursuing projects in different genres that aren’t always uplifting.