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Since President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of fast food CEO Andrew Puzder as labor secretary, there’s been lots of speculation that the administration could undo worker protections. The single best window into Puzder’s thinking may be an obscure book he wrote six years ago. It’s a blistering attack on business regulations, unions, and the Obama administration’s […]

Politico has severed ties with one of its magazine contributors after she posted an obscene tweet about President-elect Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka. A now-deleted tweet posted Wednesday afternoon by writer Julia Ioffe read, “Either Trump is f-ing his daughter or he’s shirking nepotism laws. Which is worse?” Politico Editor-in-Chief John Harris and Editor

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen warned reporters of the potential for economic instability under President-elect Donald Trump in a Wednesday news conference following the central bank’s decision to raise its interest rate target. She also emphasized the Fed’s independence from other areas of government — namely, the executive branch — and pledged to stay in

WASHINGTON — The Boy Scouts of America is not a progressive group, and implementing change is tough. The massive youth organization, based in Irving, Texas, is a highly decentralized mass of thousands of nonprofits — 70 percent of which are controlled by religious institutions. And from 2010 to 2012, Rex Tillerson — Donald Trump’s pick

WASHINGTON — Of all his worldwide business ventures, Donald Trump’s new luxury hotel in Washington, just a few blocks from the White House, is among his proudest jewels. During the campaign, he bragged about his work on the hotel and plugged the business at news conferences. “With the notable exception of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, this