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Coronavirus pandemic: Senate GOP aid bill doesn’t help American workers
Stores closing include CVS, Office Depot, Walmart in 2019
The staggering rate of store closures that has rocked the retail industry over the past couple of years is expected to continue in 2019, with roughly the same level of closures expected this year. Retailers closed a record 102 million square feet of store space in 2017, then smashed that record in 2018 by closing another 155 million square feet, according to estimates by the commercial real-estate firm CoStar Group.
Trump signs executive order freezing pay for federal workers in 2019
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday that cancels a planned pay increase for federal workers in 2019. Trump previously called the raise, a 2.1% increase set to take effect in January, "inappropriate" and an unrealistic burden on the federal budget. The order also cancels a yearly paycheck adjustment calculated in order with the region of the country where workers are posted.
GDP: Trump tariff, trade war hit to economy
Kushner Cos. faked paperwork about NYC properties in order to profit
An AP investigation found Jared Kushner's firm repeatedly lied about the number of tenants in its building who were living under rent controlled housing. The Kushner Cos. routinely filed false paperwork with the city declaring it had zero rent-regulated tenants in dozens of buildings it owned across the city when, in fact, it had hundreds.