Seven ways the Spending Review affects you

Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images All the talk of departmental budgets and fiscal rules may feel somewhat distant from the cost of groceries and the rest of the family finances. The Spending Review is not a Budget in which taxes are changed or a host of new policies announced. But, don’t be…

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Trump’s Pick to Lead the F.A.A. Faces Senate Grilling

Bryan Bedford, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, will face questions from senators on Wednesday at a critical juncture for an agency confronting staffing shortages and mounting concerns about passenger safety. Mr. Bedford spent decades running and revamping regional commercial airlines, including Republic Airways, where he currently serves as president, chief executive…

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As Immigration Protests Grip California, Democrats Enter Risky Political Terrain

As Democratic senators gathered on Tuesday for their closed-door weekly luncheon, they heard from their California colleagues, Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, who carefully differentiated between isolated cases of vandalism in Los Angeles and the larger number of peaceful protesters who swarmed the streets to oppose President Trump’s deportation efforts. At roughly the same time,…

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