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 ## [Politics](https://cnbc.com/politics/) [Policy](https://cnbc.com/policy/)
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+:36 AM ET Fri, 7 Dec 2018
+:19 AM ET Wed, 20 Feb 2019
+    The tightest U.S. labor market in nearly 50 years could be another contributor to the steep drop in Obamacare sign-ups in some states, as more Americans get health insurance as a benefit from their employer.
+    It would be "naive" and "irresponsible" to let Chinese telecom company Huawei supply equipment for the U.K.'s 5G mobile networks, according to a report by British think tank Royal United Services Institute.
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+:02 AM ET Thu, 6 Dec 2018
+:13 PM ET Tue, 19 Feb 2019
+    The former chairman of YUM Brands has a proposal for the elected officials new or returning to Capitol Hill in January.
+    The administration is responding in part to a reported hanging of a young gay man in Iran, Trump's top geopolitical foe, NBC News Reports.
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+:43 PM ET Wed, 5 Dec 2018
+:32 PM ET Mon, 18 Feb 2019
+    Carmakers were initially buoyed by the claim of an "incredible" trade deal emerging Trump's dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit. But the White House has now backpedaled, acknowledging there was no deal.
+    "The president does have broad authority. But he does not have authority to violate the Constitution," California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Monday.
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+:01 AM ET Wed, 5 Dec 2018
+:50 PM ET Fri, 15 Feb 2019
+    China issued an upbeat but vague promise Wednesday to carry out a tariff cease-fire with Washington but gave no details that might dispel confusion about what Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump agreed to in Argentina.
+    State Sen. Michael Gianaris defends his opposition to Amazon's now-scuttled plan for a New York City headquarters.
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+:52 PM ET Wed, 5 Dec 2018
+:41 PM ET Thu, 14 Feb 2019
+    The United States Postal Service should have more flexibility to raise rates and should have the authority to charge market rates to deliver most packages, according to a task force created following criticism from President Donald Trump.
+    "I wish Amazon had stuck it out a little bit longer, because in the long term I believe that this would have been a good deal for both," said Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.
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+:32 AM ET Tue, 4 Dec 2018
+:59 AM ET Thu, 14 Feb 2019
+    Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, says there has been a "reversal in policies" by China on intellectual property, in part due to pressure from the Obama administration and the Trump administration.
+    "I suspect there should be higher taxes for the wealthy around the world and I don't think they would object to that," the Virgin Group founder tells CNBC.
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+:00 PM ET Sun, 2 Dec 2018
+:05 AM ET Thu, 14 Feb 2019
+    The signing of the much anticipated Music Modernization Act (MMA) could trickle down to independent artists.
+    "We have a lot of people here from other countries under a temporary protective program. Why don't we have a permanent solution for that?" Scott says.
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+:40 AM ET Tue, 4 Dec 2018
+:39 PM ET Wed, 13 Feb 2019
+    According to the newly released Global Nutrition Report, malnutrition and obesity are costly problems worldwide.
+    The longest government shutdown in U.S. history cost the economy billions of dollars. Its impacts trickled down from federal employees missing their paychecks to D.C.-area restaurants losing a third of their customer base.
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+:16 PM ET Fri, 30 Nov 2018
+:25 PM ET Tue, 12 Feb 2019
+    Senior Russian officials publicly chided U.S. President Donald Trump following his announcement on Thursday that he would no longer meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during the G-20 summit of world leaders in Argentina this week.
+    China's trade surplus with the U.S. will shrink once China starts buying $40 trillion worth of goods and services, Alibaba co-founder Joseph Tsai says.
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+:20 AM ET Fri, 30 Nov 2018
+:22 AM ET Tue, 12 Feb 2019
+    Michigan and New Jersey are on track to become the latest states to legalize recreational marijuana, with some of the lowest marijuana tax rates in the country. Some lawmakers and advocates say the states are leaving money on the table.
+    Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew sits down with "Squawk Box" to argue that the economic policies under President Obama laid the foundation for the current economy two years into the Trump presidency.
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+:48 PM ET Fri, 30 Nov 2018
+:16 AM ET Tue, 12 Feb 2019
+    The United Auto Workers union said GM's decision to idle plants in the U.S. and Canada shows the new trade deal between the United States, Canada and Mexico is not strong enough to stop the flow of jobs from the U.S. to Mexico.
+    Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew sits down with "Squawk Box" to discuss some of the Democratic proposals such as a wealth tax, progressive tax rates and the Green New Deal.
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+:29 AM ET Fri, 30 Nov 2018
+:05 PM ET Tue, 12 Feb 2019
+    This week the Trump administration proposed allowing Medicare Part D pharmacy drug plans to be more selective on branded drugs from what are known as the six special therapeutic classes, which include cancer treatments and H-I-V antiviral drugs.
+    The plan would raise taxes on capital gains as a way to discourage companies from pursuing share repurchases.
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+:41 PM ET Thu, 29 Nov 2018
+:11 PM ET Mon, 11 Feb 2019
+    Volvo's global CEO, Håkan Samuelsson, told reporters at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Thursday that Volvo is slowing the pace at which production is being ramped up in Charleston, a move that will also result in a slowdown in hiring.
+    The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it plans to modernize the agency's oversight of dietary supplements.
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+:03 AM ET Thu, 29 Nov 2018
+:37 PM ET Mon, 11 Feb 2019
+    Trump criticizes the largest U.S. automaker three days after its job-cut announcement, saying other companies were "pouring into the U.S., including BMW, which just announced a major new plant. The U.S.A. is booming!"
+    "These products, which are often sold on websites and social media platforms, have not been reviewed by the FDA and are not proven safe and effective to treat the diseases and health conditions they claim to treat," the FDA says.
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+:07 PM ET Wed, 28 Nov 2018
+:20 AM ET Mon, 11 Feb 2019
+    The Detroit automaker cited rising commodity prices and interest rates as reasons to ask 17,700 employees to retire from the company.
+    Arthur Laffer, chairman of Laffer Associates and former Trump campaign economic advisor, and Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and now Economic Security Project co-chair, join "Squawk Box" to debate the Democratic tax proposals of a 70 percent progressive tax rate on the wealthy.
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+:13 AM ET Wed, 28 Nov 2018
+:30 AM ET Mon, 11 Feb 2019
+    Federal economists have calculated that the nation's losses in corn - its largest crop by harvest and export volume - amount to just a penny per bushel, a pittance farmers call absurd.
+    Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)'s proposed a 70 percent top tax rate. CNBC's Robert Frank reports on the historical precedence of the proposal as well as the public opinion polling on the issue.
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+:03 AM ET Wed, 28 Nov 2018
+:11 PM ET Fri, 8 Feb 2019
+    The United States will regret waging the trade war with China, as it is pushing the world's second-largest economy in a direction counter-productive to American interests, says Hong Kong property tycoon Ronnie Chan.
+    The border wall is "a piece of infrastructure," the Delaware Democrat says. "We've already got more than 600, almost 700 miles of border fencing."
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+:35 AM ET Wed, 28 Nov 2018
+:09 AM ET Fri, 8 Feb 2019
+    China's transport ministry said on Wednesday that it will impose fines on executives at Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing as part of a crackdown on illegal practices in the industry.
+    A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday stopped a Louisiana law imposing strict regulations on abortion clinics from going into effect.
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+:12 PM ET Tue, 27 Nov 2018
+:56 AM ET Thu, 7 Feb 2019
+    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says "some kind of response" is needed from the United States for Saudi Arabia's role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
+    Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has stopped short of threatening to issue a subpoena to the drugmakers, indicating that participation at the hearing isn't entirely voluntary.
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+:07 PM ET Tue, 27 Nov 2018
+:11 PM ET Tue, 5 Feb 2019
+    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed changes to Medicare prescription drug coverage that would allow insurers to stop covering certain "protected" classes of drugs used to treat common ailments like depression, cancer and HIV.
+    Pharmaceutical executives have already declined the Senate Finance Committee's invitation to testify about drug prices. Sen. Ron Wyden floated this possibility of issuing a subpoena forcing them to testify.