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Wendy's CEO got ripped for pushing dynamic pricing. It could be coming to a store near you.
From Wendy's to Walmart, big companies are testing new pricing strategies they say will give you di…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A GOP and Democratic senator want to make it easier for disabled Americans to save money without losing their Social Security checks
The bill would raise the asset limit for roughly 8 million beneficiaries, who are at high risk of b…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Juliana Kaplan
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5.6 million student-loan borrowers could be subject to 'abusive practices' next year at the hands of a new company, Elizabeth Warren warns
Maximus is taking over for the controversial student-loan company Navient next year, and Democrats …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Top Democrat unloads on Lindsey Graham's argument that the Biden child tax credit will boost illegal immigration to the US: 'I just have never heard such a stupid thing'
Republicans, including McConnell, are stepping up their attacks on a benefit that Democrats are tou…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Senator Sherrod Brown warns Americans to be careful about putting their money in 'fintechs that want to act like banks'
The number of people using fintech banking services is projected to more than double to 50 million …
Jason Lalljee
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Democrats are holding the first hearing in 23 years on a measure to lift the elderly and disabled out of poverty
Democrats want to boost Supplemental Security Income, to lift 3.3 million of the elderly and disabl…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Elizabeth Warren says states need more power to rein in student-loan companies: 'They should face consequences'
Biden recently reversed a Trump-era policy that prevented states from regulating abuses by student …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Democrats are pouring cold water on Joe Manchin's suggested work requirement for the Biden child tax credit
A key House progressive and several Senate Democrats including Bernie Sanders started lining up aga…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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How Democrats who aren't named Joe Biden are running for president without running for president
Some ways that candidates begin to test the field through "invisible primaries" are by campaigning …
Kimberly Leonard
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3.3 million people could be lifted out of poverty with a proposal in Democrats' $3.5 trillion social spending bill
The Urban Institute found boosting Supplemental Security Income would cut the poverty rate for low-…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Almost half of kids in the US lived in poverty for at least 2 full months between 2013 and 2016
Not only were 44% of children in poverty for 2 months in a row, but kids were more likely than any …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Democrats are scrambling to renew a eviction moratorium after Biden urged extension at the last-minute
In a statement to Insider, a spokesperson for Sherrod Brown said he was drafting a bill. Six millio…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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AOC, other top Democrats urge Biden to prevent 'wave of evictions' because millions are at housing risk in 3 days
Sherrod Brown isn't yet urging a renewal of the eviction ban, but his Senate colleague Dick Durbin …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Sherrod Brown called Janet Yellen, anxious that poor families may be shut out of 'Social Security for kids.' He's not the only worried Democrat.
Senate Democrats are pressing the IRS to overhaul its website for the poorest families so they can …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers' plan to boost the child tax credit for parents would help 'hundreds of thousands of kids get out of poverty,' a top economic official says
Jared Bernstein, a White House top economist, thinks a bipartisan plan to give parents a bolstered …
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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Lindsey Graham complained to a Capitol Police officer that they 'let people breach the Capitol' while they tried to outline an evacuation plan on January 6, book says
"Shut up, Lindsey!" Sen. Sherrod Brown replied, while another person chided Graham, telling him the…
Bryan Metzger
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Democrats boast that their checks to parents pulled millions of children from poverty. But the program expired last year, erasing gains
The extended child tax credit lapsed in December. Some Democratic aides acknowledged it was hard to…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Kayla Epstein
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Fed's Powell clearly backs Democrats' large-scale stimulus proposal, Sen. Sherrod Brown says
The economy isn't yet ready to "take off" and most Americans still need fiscal support, the Senate …
Ben Winck
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US Sen. Sherrod Brown says crypto ads during Super Bowl did not address the 'fraud, scams, and outright theft' in the space
Sen. Brown said the ads didn't address "fraud, scams, and outright theft" in the space and urged re…
Isabelle Lee
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Sen. Sherrod Brown says HBO's 'Succession' captures how rich people get away with bad behavior: 'No rules apply to them'
Brown said he thought Sen. Gil Eavis, a fictional lawmaker in the series, was likely based off of S…