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President Donald Trump's decision last year to tax imported steel was met by both jeers and cheers.
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Read More »Why Trump tariffs haven’t revitalized American steelmakers
After a year, it’s time for Congress to act on trade pact
Vice President Mike Pence came to Kenosha County last week to push Congress to vote on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which was signed in November 2018. It’s President Donald Trump’s plan to replace the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement ...
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Read More »US economy grows at modest 1.9% rate in third quarter
The U.S. economy slowed to a modest growth rate of 1.9% in the summer as consumer spending decreased and businesses continued to trim their spending in response to trade war uncertainty and a weakening global economy.
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Read More »Trump’s Rust Belt revival is fading. Will it matter in 2020?
President Donald Trump once promised that coal and steel would be the beating heart of a revived U.S. economy — a nostalgic vision that helped carry him to victory three years ago in the industrial Midwest.
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Read More »Pence pushes trade deal in Wisconsin, denounces Democrats
Vice President Mike Pence says during a stop in Wisconsin that pressure should be put on Democrats to pass a new trade deal.
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Read More »Democrats protest $200M in additional border wall transfers
President Donald Trump has quietly transferred more than $200 million from the Pentagon's anti-drug efforts toward his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, drawing protests from Democrats who say he is again abusing his powers.
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Read More »Block by block, parties build Obama-style networks
It's 10 a.m. on a Saturday in late September — 200 days from Wisconsin's presidential primary, nearly 14 months from Election Day 2020— and Bill Chandler, a retired orchestra teacher, is out talking to his neighbors about politics.
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Read More »President’s windmill hatred a worry for booming industry
The winds are blowing fair for the U.S. wind-power industry, making it one of the fastest-growing sources of energy in this country.
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Read More »Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration is revoking California's authority to set mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators.
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Read More »Republican Fitzgerald running for Congress in Wisconsin (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is running for Congress to succeed the retiring U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner.
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