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“I started imagining a great future,” Sahu, 41, said at his home in Golanthara, a village in the eastern state of Odisha.But after arriving in Vietnam, he and four other Indian recruits were smuggled into neighbouring Cambodia where…

In an era of soaring housing costs, some people may wonder if buying a home is preferable to renting. According to Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors, a monthly mortgage payment can act as a kind of…

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's Republican senators have condemned a decision by the Biden administration to pause the shipment of some weapons to Israel as its troops are on the outskirts of the heavily populated city of Rafah.The Biden…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday aimed at accelerating nuclear power projects, which was sponsored by Utah Rep. John Curtis.Curtis, a Republican and founder of the Conservative Climate Caucus, has…

WASHINGTON — Utah Sen. Mike Lee is one of several Republicans in Washington pushing for a bill that would require proof of citizenship to vote in the United States.Lee appeared at a press conference on the steps of the Capitol alongside…

An electrician with ReVision Energy, a New England company specializing in solar energy and electric heat pump installations, works in a basement in Windham in January 2023. Tristan Spinski/For The Washington Post Heat pump…

6 Hours AgoFoxconn shares spike almost 7% after April sales soar almost 20%Shares of iPhone manufacturer Foxconn spiked as much as 6.73% after the company reported a 19.03% year-on-year rise in April revenue.Foxconn, which trades as Hon…

WALL STREET'S main indexes were set to open higher on Friday after a softer-than-expected jobs report revived hopes of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates this year, while gains in Apple and Amgen on upbeat corporate updates…

The Fed meeting and the jobs report were always destined to be financial market movers. The direction was the only question. In the normal course of events, a weaker than expected jobs report would cause angst in the financial markets…

But the undercount of mass-immigration distorts the household data. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. In April, employers added 175,000 payroll jobs – excluding farm workers and the self-employed – a slower pace from the upwardly…