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With end of "Chevron deference," Supreme Court changes how agencies, lawmakers work
Jun 28, 2024
The ruling drains power from government agencies and could force lawmakers to write statutes more precisely.
Anxieties about food and parenting transcend class
by
Zoë Saunders
and Tony Wagner
Jun 28, 2024
Sociologist Priya Fielding-Singh cooked and ate with families to write “How the Other Half Eats”
Work from home rates have reached a new normal
Jun 28, 2024
BLS survey data showed that in 2023, 35% of employed people did some or all of their work at home.
Rural paramedics are making routine house calls to avoid costly emergency room visits
Jun 28, 2024
Experts say community paramedicine programs, which involve paramedics checking in on people with known health issues before an emergency happens, can cut costs and ease strains on health care systems in rural areas.
What causes bond prices to rise and fall?
by
Janet Nguyen
Jun 28, 2024
Think of the bond market as similar to the beach house rental market.
Nvidia goes up and down, a volatile week for the AI chipmaker
by
Ellen Rolfes
Jun 28, 2024
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A look at India's TikTok ban four years on
by
Devina Gupta
and Naomi Rainey
Jun 28, 2024
U.S. lawmakers passed a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban. But it wouldn't be the first country block the Chinese-owned platform.
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Amazon set to create "discount" section with goods shipped direct from China
Jun 28, 2024
Analysts say this could be a bid for the retailer to compete more directly with ultra-low-cost sites like Temu and Shein.
Lawmakers managed to fix Social Security in the 1980s. But those fixes won't work a second time.
Jun 28, 2024
The Social Security program is on track to burn through its savings account by 2035 unless Congress changes the law before then. Social Security faced a similar funding crisis in the early 1980s.
Breaking down Fed Chair Jay Powell's latest GDP report analysis
Jun 27, 2024
Powell is paying close attention to "final sales," a narrower measure than GDP itself that focuses on private sector demand.