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Trump’s Return to the White House Looms Large for a Wary World After Iowa

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Trump’s Return to the White House Looms Large for a Wary World After Iowa

When Estonia’s much-fêted prime minister, Kaja Kallas, went to Washington in November, she didn’t just meet with White House officials. She also made sure to talk to key allies of Donald Trump. A month earlier, her foreign minister was in the heart of Trump country, thanking workers at a Lockheed Martin Corp. factory in Arkansas … Read more

US Job Growth Is Expected to Cool as the Fed Looks to Pause Again

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US Job Growth Is Expected to Cool as the Fed Looks to Pause Again

Employers in the US probably tempered their pace of hiring this month after beefing up payrolls by the most since the start of the year, consistent with a sturdy labor market that’s powering economic expansion. Government data on Friday are projected to show payrolls in the world’s largest economy increased by about 190,000 in October, … Read more