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The number of immigration detainees without criminal records who are held in federal detention centers after getting arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased by over 2,000% since ...

The Federal Reserve will have to go without up-to-date government inflation and jobs data when it decides next month whether to lower interest rates for a third consecutive time. The Bureau of Labor ...

LANSING, MI - Massive data centers powering tech giants’ artificial intelligence ambitions could get millions in Michigan tax breaks without being powered by clean energy because of a “loophole” in ...

Tariffs and uncertainty were already making the economy hard to read. The loss of government data during the shutdown has made the situation much worse. By Ben Casselman and Colby Smith Tariffs are at ...

Next week, the Federal Open Market Committee will assemble to determine the future direction of interest rates. Analysts expect the Fed to lower the rate by another quarter-point, after a ...

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