Joe Biden, Kamala Harris 2020 ticket can take on Trump: Don Peebles
Biden and Harris could team up to topple Trump, says one business leader.
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AOC says Amazon HQ2 deal caused rental spike in Queens: Fact check
She also slammed the deal for offering $3 billion in tax breaks and incentives to the world’s richest man
What Ronald Reagan would say about socialism: Art Laffer
President Reagan's views' likely wouldn't have changed in the 30 years since his time in office, said Art Laffer.
California lawmakers propose soda tax, ban on large sugary drinks
Under the bill, restaurants and stores in California would be banned from selling unsealed “sugar-sweetened beverages" bigger than 16 ounces.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Amazon battle escalates as new billboards mourn failed deal
Ocasio-Cortez blasted the group responsible for the signs in a series of tweets Thursday, referring to the original billboard as “wack."
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___ Resumption of high-level US-China trade talks raises hopes WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration resumed high-level talks with Chinese officials on Thursday, aiming to ease a trade standoff that's unnerved global investors and clouded the outlook for the world economy.
US economy in focus as more Democrats embrace socialist policies
Wall Street Journal editorial page deputy editor Dan Henninger discusses how some Democratic presidential candidates are beginning to back socialist policies.
US, North Korea divided on denuclearization
Bruce Klingner, a former deputy division chief for Korea at the CIA, discusses how President Trump will seek to find common ground with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the issue of denuclearization, during their second summit in Vietnam.
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris 2020 ticket can take on Trump: Don Peebles
Biden and Harris could team up to topple Trump, says one business leader.
US stocks decline, breaking S&P 500's 3-day winning streak
U.S. stocks headed lower in early trading Thursday, putting the S&P 500 index on pace for just its fourth decline this month.
AOC’s Green New Deal preview? Lessons from New York's natural gas hell
The moral of the story is that environmental extremism is costing New York business and jobs. Do we want that for the country as a whole?
Brigade of volunteers vow to bring aid to Venezuela's needy
As President Nicolas Maduro deploys missiles and infantrymen to Venezuela's borders bracing for what he claims is U.S. coup plot disguised as humanitarian aid, his opponents are rallying their own troops.
Mike Pompeo warns that the US won’t partner with countries using Huawei technology
Joel Trachtman, Tufts Fletcher School of Law professor, discusses how U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the U.S. won’t share information with countries using Huawei technology.
DOJ bracing for imminent ruling on AT&T-Time Warner appeal: Charlie Gasparino
FBN’s Charlie Gasparino reports that the Department of Justice is bracing for an imminent ruling on the AT&T-Time Warner appeal.
Markets Right Now: S&P 500 breaks a 3-day winning streak
The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.
Putin says he is ready for another Cuban Missile-style crisis
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Larry Korb on how Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that he is ready for another Cuban Missile-style crisis if the U.S. wanted one.
UK acknowledges key trade deals won't be ready by Brexit day
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says despite constructive talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May he remains downbeat on the prospect of Britain avoiding a chaotic exit from the bloc next month.
White House ends California talks on mileage dispute
The Trump administration says it has broken off talks with California in a dispute over mileage standards, moving the two closer to a possible court battle that threatens to roil the auto industry.
2020 Democratic candidates begin to back socialist policies
Wall Street Journal editorial page writer Jillian Melchior and “How Do I Tax Thee” author Kristin Tate on how California scaled back its high-speed rail project and the problems surrounding socialist policies.
AOC says Amazon HQ2 deal caused rental spike in Queens: Fact check
She also slammed the deal for offering $3 billion in tax breaks and incentives to the world’s richest man
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