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Conflicting Forces Pull at Trump on Nafta
President Donald Trump’s quarrel with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could signal a U.S. intent to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but there are incentives to keep negotiating.
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The Wall Street Journal
Republican lawmakers from agricultural states have warned President Trump of potential repercussions in the 2018 midterms if he leaves the trade pact
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The Bats Help Preserve Old Books But They Drive Librarians, Well, Batty
A 300-year-old library’s resident bats eat the bugs that devour glue and paper, but they’re attracting more interest than the literature; ‘The questions are nonstop’
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The Wall Street Journal
A colony of book-protecting bats lives in Portugal's historic Joanina Library. Best not to ask the librarians about them.
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The Wall Street Journal
A historic library wants everyone to stop asking about its bats. ‘The questions are nonstop: Is it true they are here? Where are they? How did they get here?'
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Trump Adviser Says ‘Nobody Likes This Policy’ Separating Migrant Families
An adviser to President Donald Trump expressed misgivings about the administration’s policy of separating undocumented families at the southern border, as critics of the policy to combat illegal crossings labeled it cruel.
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The Wall Street Journal
Kellyanne Conway says “I will tell you that nobody likes this policy,” of separating undoucmented migrant dhildren from parents.
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The Force Behind Europe’s Populist Tide: Frustrated Young Adults
Still struggling to find jobs, and often living at home, younger generations are propelling antiestablishment parties to new heights of power. The revolt helped created Western Europe’s first populist government, in Italy, and threatens to rear its...
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The Wall Street Journal
'The economy may have improved, but I certainly haven’t felt it.' A youth revolt in southern Europe is changing politics.
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Minnesotan Aspires to Be First Muslim Congresswoman
Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison’s decision to step down opened the gate to a flood of Democratic hopefuls, including a candidate who could become the first Muslim woman elected to Congress.
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The Wall Street Journal
State Rep. Ilhan Omar seeks to become the first Muslim female in Congress
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Goldman Sachs Bankers Moonlight as Venture Capitalists
Goldman Sachs bankers have quietly been moonlighting as venture capitalists, investing early in startups like Uber, Spotify, Dropbox and Square and amassing a multimillion-dollar portfolio.
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The Wall Street Journal
How Goldman Sachs bankers came to run a startup portfolio worth several hundred million dollars
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China Tech Giants’ Costly Wars to Go Cashless
As more Chinese leave their wallets at home, Alibaba and Tencent are reaching deeper into theirs to fund an increasingly arms race to dominate mobile payments.
Randi Zuckerberg, Tech’s Famous Sister, Builds Her Own Identity
Ms. Zuckerberg, 36, has piled up a varied stack of her own accomplishments since leaving Facebook in 2011.
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The Wall Street Journal
"Mark's sister" has piled up a varied stack of her own accomplishments since leaving Facebook in 2011
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China Should Let Liu Xia Go—or Else
Beijing continues to imprison a dissident’s apolitical widow.
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The Wall Street Journal
Opinion: Beijing continues to imprison a dissident’s apolitical widow, writes @JaredGenser
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Ex-Treasury Official Pins Public Distrust of Government on Financial-Crisis Response
Phillip Swagel was part of a small team of U.S. Treasury officials who helped save the global financial system from collapse in 2008. He traces much of the public’s current anger toward government back to those days.
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The Wall Street Journal
Phillip Swagel believes taxpayer-funded bailouts and lack of criminal prosecutions left many Americans feeling they got a raw deal
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Court Filings Detail Role of Race in Harvard Undergraduate Admissions
Harvard University and the organization accusing it of discriminating against Asian-American applicants each say race plays a role in admissions decisions, but disagree about whether that constitutes illegal bias.
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The Wall Street Journal
A lawsuit accusing Harvard of bias against Asian-American applicants is giving the public a detailed look at the school's admissions process
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U.S., China Tariffs Hit American-Made Products from Chips to Cars
Semiconductor-chip makers, auto makers and soybean farmers are among those facing the brunt of tariffs imposed by the U.S. and China.
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The Wall Street Journal
American soybean farmers face being shut out of the world's biggest market for oilseeds under tariffs imposed by the U.S. and China
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Pakistan’s Pashtuns Take On the Army—and Terrorists
The generals often rule and always have influence, but they’re flummoxed by a new protest movement.
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Ethics Watchdog Asks EPA to Expand Probe into Pruitt’s Actions
The federal government’s ethics watchdog pushed the Environmental Protection Agency’s in-house investigators to expand and accelerate their inquiry into allegations against Administrator Scott Pruitt.
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The federal government’s ethics watchdog pushed the EPA’s in-house investigators to expand and accelerate their inquiry into allegations against Administrator Scott Pruitt
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Wilton Looney Stuck With Genuine Parts for 80 Years as Employee, CEO, Director Emeritus
Mr. Looney joined a branch of the Atlanta-based auto-parts distributor at age 19 and returned to the company after serving with the Army in World War II.
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Obituary: Wilton Looney’s recipe for CEO success: no debt, no forecasts, no golf
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U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes, Ramesh Balwani
Federal prosecutors filed criminal fraud charges against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and the blood-testing company’s former No. 2 executive.
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U.S. prosecutors charged Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her ex-No. 2 with defrauding investors, doctors and patients
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NIH Ends Study on Health Benefits of Alcohol, Citing Improper Ties to Industry
The National Institutes of Health terminated a study into the benefits and risks of moderate drinking, concluding that the agency’s staff had improperly interacted with the alcoholic-beverage industry to get funding.
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NIH cancels study on health benefits of moderate drinking, citing improper ties to alcoholic-beverage industry
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China Warns U.S. Firms as Trade War Brews: Buckle Up
While a trade battle between the U.S. and China would inflict pain on businesses and consumers in both countries, in the crosshairs, in particular, are multinationals with a footprint in the mainland.
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The Wall Street Journal
Chinese officials had a message for American multinational companies in a closed-door meeting about trade tensions: buckle up
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‘Summit’ Has a Peak Moment: Where the Term Comes From
With Trump’s participation in summits in Canada and Singapore, Ben Zimmer traces the word’s odyssey from Latin. The Winston Churchill factor.
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The Wall Street Journal
Two summits in a week. So, where does the word come from? Ben Zimmer on the Winston Churchill factor
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‘What’s He Doing Here?’: Inside Trump’s Turbulent Relationship With Michael Cohen
At the Trump Organization, the future president appreciated Michael Cohen’s loyalty but doubted his professional abilities and judgment—so much so that he once cut the lawyer’s $400,000 salary roughly in half and sometimes reassigned his projects to...
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The Wall Street Journal
Trump once got so frustrated with Cohen's work that he slashed his $400,000 salary roughly in half. Now the lawyer and fixer has to decide whether to cooperate with prosecutors.
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