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Next Week: Trade balance, Fed policy meeting, consumer credit
A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming Next week. OUT OF BALANCE The Commerce Department releases its latest monthly tally of the nation’s trade gap Tuesday. The gap between the value of goods and services the U.S....
Texas hospitals must now ask patients whether they're in the US legally. Here's how it works
Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday whether they are in the U.S. legally and track the cost of treating people without legal status following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that expands the state's clash with the Biden administration over immigration. Critics...
Mississippi legislative leaders advocate Medicaid expansion, heading to conflict with the governor
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican legislative leaders said Thursday that they plan to push for Medicaid expansion to cover working people who earn too little to afford private insurance — a position that business groups have advocated but that Republican Gov. Tate Reeves opposes. ...
Argentina's president fires his foreign minister after vote in favor of ending US embargo on Cuba
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei on Wednesday dismissed his foreign affairs minister hours after the country voted in favor of lifting the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba at the U.N. General Assembly. Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino was...
UN General Assembly condemns the US economic embargo of Cuba for a 32nd year
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for a 32nd year after its foreign minister strongly criticized the Biden administration and expressed hope a new president would end it. The vote in the...
Venezuela's rejection from developing economies alliance heightens tensions with member Brazil
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government on Wednesday doubled down on its attacks against Brazilian foreign relations officials, accusing them of jeopardizing diplomatic relations between the neighboring South American countries by acting on behalf of the interests of the United States....
Greece seeks tougher EU migration policies as it braces for impact of Mideast wars
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is seeking stricter European Union migration policies as it braces for a potential surge in migrants and refugees due to ongoing war in the Middle East, a senior government official said Wednesday. Migration Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said the...
Inside 'the weave': How Donald Trump's rhetoric has grown darker and windier
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — No scene has dominated U.S. politics since 2015 quite like Donald Trump on stage, waxing on for an hour-plus in front of a chorus of red “Make America Great Again” hats. The stream-of-consciousness routine, the interrupting one of his thoughts with the next,...
Missouri governor rescinds purchasing goals order for businesses owned by women and minorities
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has rescinded an executive order that set modest goals for state agencies to make purchases from businesses owned by minorities and women, claiming the goals carried “legal concerns." Parson, a Republican serving his final...
Japan's ruling coalition loses a majority in the lower house, creating political uncertainty
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’ s ruling coalition lost a majority in the 465-seat lower house in a key parliamentary election Sunday, a punishment by voters' outrage over the governing party’s extensive financial scandals. Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party...
