Let’s take a break from politics and talk about what I think is one of the most important economic indicators worthy of your attention. No, I’m not talking GDP or job growth or unemployment. Everybody goes on about those. What ...

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Federal appeals court judges Thomas Hardiman and Neil Gorsuch have emerged as the two front-runners as Donald Trump prepares to make his first U.S. Supreme Court nomination next week, according to a person familiar with the selection process. Hardiman and ...

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will announce a candidate next week to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Trump had said earlier this month he would choose a nominee within two weeks of his inauguration. “We ...

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On Monday morning, a liberal watchdog group filed a lawsuit against President Trump, alleging he’d violated a previously obscure provision in the Constitution, the “Emoluments Clause.” The watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said that the clause ...

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s decision to appoint his son-in-law as a senior adviser did not violate a federal anti-nepotism law, the Department of Justice found in a formal legal opinion issued Saturday. The 14-page opinion, written by a more ...

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NEW YORK — To fight what it called a “grave threat” to the country, a watchdog group on Monday filed a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by allowing his business to accept payments from foreign ...

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With President-elect Donald J. Trump assuming office on Friday, changes are coming to the legal world — it’s just a matter of when. Most prominently, an initial task for the new Republican commander-in-chief will be nominating a replacement for the ...

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President-elect Donald Trump has proposed wide-ranging changes to the nation’s tax system, which will affect virtually all Americans and their advisors. Estate planners in particular face a dramatic potential impact on their practices. Potential for federal estate tax repeal Trump ...

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The Trump team is considering giving a top antitrust post to a former U.S. trade commissioner whose hands-off views on competition have at times failed to withstand court scrutiny. Joshua Wright, a conservative law professor who heads President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

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  President-elect Donald Trump has met with one of the judges on his short list for potential Supreme Court nominees, less than two weeks before he is expected to announce his choice for the nation’s highest court. Judge William Pryor, ...

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If you have been following the stock market since the election of Donald Trump, you may have noticed the price of two stocks, CoreCivic and GEO Group, zoom — 75% and 54%, respectively. Who are they? CoreCivic identifies itself as ...

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Having met with several knowledgeable and experienced people at other organizations, it appears to be the consensus that total returns for stocks and bonds over the next 10 years should be quite low by historical standards. Many are estimating total ...

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