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Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Immigration has historically driven U.S. growth and filled labor shortages in various sectors, but it has also remained one of the most ...

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Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that ...

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When Canada legalized cannabis in 2018, its effects on human health were all over the news. Cyntia Duval, a women’s health researcher at the University of Toronto at the time, wondered how its ...

In 2011 I wrote an article for Investopedia about the challenges people who were not laid off faced in the aftermath of layoffs. At the time, the focus was on heavier workloads, frozen raises, and the ...

If you’re planning to purchase a new vehicle in the near future, there’s a new elephant in the room that could affect everything from which cars you can afford to which ones remain on sale: tariffs.