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Vice President Mike Pence, left, shakes hands with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, right, during President Donald Trump's Cabinet meeting, Monday, June 12, 2017, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.

ANOTHER 3.8% FOR THE 1%

The Republican health-care bill means windfall profits for Trump’s billionaire cabinet and other rich people

President Donald Trump speaks in front of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner while visiting the Boeing South Carolina facility in North Charleston, S.C., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Trump visited the plant before heading to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. for the weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

BETTER RUN

Why did the factory cross the road? To get away from Donald Trump’s kiss of death

Women dressed as handmaids promoting the Hulu original series "The Handmaid's Tale" stand along a public street during the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Film Interactive Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas, U.S., March 11, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX30MMQ

MAN-MADE

The word “women” literally never appears in the US Senate’s 142-page health-care bill

Trucks block a highway toll booth during a transport strike, in an aerial photograph taken on the outskirts of Rome December 12, 2007. Italian truckers defied a government demand to end a three-day-old strike on Wednesday, keeping in place road blockades that have dried up fuel supplies, closed factories and stopped food reaching the shops. The strike, in protest against high fuel costs and poor working conditions, meant supermarket shelves that are usually crammed with fresh fruit and vegetables were running bare, and most filling stations were closed. REUTERS/Alberto Berti (ITALY)

TRUCKED UP

The worst jobs in America are getting worse thanks to a loophole in US laws

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