President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that expands retirement benefits for employees who do not have access to such benefits through their employers.
The executive order does not create a new government retirement plan, but it helps match workers with existing plans from private companies.
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Who is Nicole Saphier, new Trump surgeon general nominee?
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President Trump tapped Dr. Nicole Saphier on Thursday to be the next U.S. surgeon general.
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Collins breaks with GOP leaders on Iran war powers resolution
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Centrist Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Thursday broke ranks with Republican leaders and most GOP colleagues by voting for a war powers resolution sponsored by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to halt military actions against Iran, the first Republican senator to change her position on curtailing President Trump’s military authority.
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Live updates: Hegseth takes heat in Senate; DHS funding bill heads to Trump’s desk
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is back in the hot seat Thursday, facing questions from senators over the ongoing Iran war and President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget request a day after clashing with House Democrats.
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US debt exceeds 100 percent of GDP
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The U.S. national debt hit crossed 100 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of March, with signs that it might cross the record of 106 percent of GDP reached immediately after World War II.
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Jim Cramer on inflation report: ‘These numbers are just bad’
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CNBC host Jim Cramer on Thursday slammed the newest inflation report signaling financial gloom for the coming months.
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Cruz objects to Paul in testy GOP spat over ‘spy fridges’ on Senate floor
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the conservative stalwart, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a hero to libertarians, got into a testy spat on the Senate floor when Cruz objected to Paul’s routine request for unanimous consent to transfer a few acres of federal land to a local Boys & Girls Club and the fight spiraled into an argument over Cruz’s proposal to regulate so-called “spy fridges.”
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Trump pulls Casey Means nomination for surgeon general for Fox News’s Nicole Saphier
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President Trump on Thursday pulled the controversial nomination of Casey Means for surgeon general, announcing on Truth Social that her replacement would be Fox News contributor and radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier, marking his third nominee for the post.
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