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The latest updates from our Washington DC insider President Trump's schedule (EST): 8:00 AM: Speaks at the 2019 National Prayer Breakfast; 11:45 AM: Daily intelligence briefing; 12:45 PM: Lunch with Secretary of State Pompeo; and 1:45 PM: Signs a Memorandum to...
"U.S. Trade Negotiators Heading to Beijing Next Week." Last night's Wall Street Journal article led with: WASHINGTON—The U.S. is dispatching its chief trade negotiator,...
"Trump Threatens to Bust Border Deal as Shutdown Deadline Nears." This morning's Bloomberg article leads with: Congress has only a few days left to come up with an agreement on...
"Five Things to Watch in the January Jobs Report." This morning's Wall Street Journal article led with: The U.S. government releases its broad measure of the January labor...
FOMC statement at 2 PM, and Fed Chair Powell's news conference at 2:30 PM. Those times have not changed despite the 3-hour delay today in opening the government. I will forward...