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A U.S. soldier sits on an armored vehicle behind a sand barrier at a newly installed position near the tense front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. A week ago, there was just a single house where U.S. soldiers had hoisted a U.S. flag on a hill a little ways back from a tense front line in Syria. Now on Wednesday stood a growing outpost with a perimeter of large sand barriers and barbed wire, a new watch tower and half a dozen armored vehicles, The Associated Press found. (Hussein Malla/AP Photo)

There were clear signs the United States was narrowing its mission in Syria.

9 years ago

China currently buys nearly a third of the U.S. soybean crop — but the country plans to impose tariffs, in response to a Trump administration plan. Here, a worker takes a sample from a truckload of soybeans in Fargo, N.D., last December. (Dan Koeck/Reuters)

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Business

International

China’s $50 billion tariff threat targets U.S. soybeans, cars, whiskey

China currently buys nearly a third of the U.S. soybean crop.

9 years ago

Martin Luther King’s final speech, ‘standing up for the best in the American dream’

Fifty years dead, Martin Luther King reminds us that we can still see the stars.

9 years ago

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Environment

Government Accountability

EPA chief Pruitt faces mounting scrutiny for ethics violations

9 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Economy

Energy

Environment

While legislation stalls in Pennsylvania, West Virginia acts on natural gas royalties

9 years ago

Left to right: Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and U.S. President Donald Trump, hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House Tuesday.

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Immigration

International

Trump calls for military forces on U.S.-Mexico border

President Trump says he wants to use military troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico.

9 years ago

PBS

Environment

Government Accountability

Trump tells embattled EPA head: ‘We’ve got your back’

9 years ago

Protesters gather during a demonstration involving various labor union groups Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, in San Francisco. The Supreme Court is divided in a major organized labor case over

Elections

Pennsylvania

Pa. unions make game plans for upcoming elections

Democrat Conor Lamb’s victory over Republican Rick Saccone in last month’s special congressional election was a sign that labor unions still hold considerable sway.

9 years ago

Pennsylvania

State treasurers huddle on U.S. approach to marijuana industry

Four state treasurers, including Pennsylvania’s Joe Torsella, are trying to figure out where the federal government stands on legal marijuana.

9 years ago

Elections

Pennsylvania

Is Pennsylvania swarming with illegal voters?

We explore the claim that there are 100,000 illegal voters in the commonwealth.

9 years ago

Listen 2:50

Gas is pumped into vehicles at a BP gas station in Hoboken, N.J. in 2016.The Obama administration moved to nearly double fuel-economy standards by 2025, but the EPA now is moving to weaken them.

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Energy

Environment

EPA moves to weaken landmark fuel efficiency rules

The Trump Administration today moved to weaken fuel economy standards for automobiles, saying the current ones are inappropriate and wrong.

9 years ago

Mick Mulvaney, interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, wants to give Congress prior approval of any major new rules created by the bureau.

NPR

Government Accountability

Trump official wants to put tight leash on consumer watchdog agency

The Trump administration will ask Congress to make drastic changes to weaken the independence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, NPR has learned.

9 years ago