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Trump Shifts Iran Strategy Toward Economic Pressure To End War
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Just The News, Approved, National

Trump Shifts Iran Strategy Toward Economic Pressure To End War

By Joseph Weber | Just the News The U.S. began attacking Iran in late February after failed attempts to get the rogue Middle East nation to wind down its nuclear-enrichment program. President Trump over the weekend signaled the U.S. will now rely more on economic pressures than military strikes on Iran to force an end to their war. "We are low-keying it," Trump told the news outlet Axios. "We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money." READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT JUST THE NEWS
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Colorado Child Care Crisis: Nearly Half of a Single Parent’s Pay Goes to Care
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Colorado Child Care Crisis: Nearly Half of a Single Parent’s Pay Goes to Care

By Brooke Williams | KDVR Fox31 DENVER (KDVR) — Amid a rising cost of living, caring for a child is expensive anywhere in the U.S., but especially in Colorado, according to a new report. Personal finance website WalletHub conducted a study on all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Researchers analyzed the prices of family-based and center-based child care and made adjustments based on median income to rank the states with the highest and lowest costs of child care for both couples and single parents. The study found that in some parts of the country, couples could spend up to 13% of their income on child care, and a single parent could spend 51%. The report notes that both parents are employed in more than two-thirds of families with children, according to the Bureau of Labor Statisti...
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