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The Skype logo is pictured at Skype headquarters in Luxembourg on May 10, 2011. Microsoft says the free video calling service will end in May. Anonymous/AP hide caption
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, center, shown at the inauguration ceremony of President Trump at the U.S. Capitol in January. Pool/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
Farmworkers pick cilantro in a field early in the morning mist in Southern California in July 2024. Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A line of unsold electric vehicles sits on a dealership lot in 2024. Some customers who bought electric vehicles in 2024 are not able to access an EV tax credit now, because their dealers did not report the sale to the IRS using a new system. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Why some EV buyers are getting their tax returns rejected this year
Slender Starbucks, Medicaid at risk, and the gold card visa
The group People's Union USA has plans for a weeklong blackout against Amazon in March. It is urging participants not to buy from the retailer during that week. Kamil Krzacynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Jonathan McKernan, nominee for Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday in Washington, D.C. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
Clouds loom over Tesla's gigafactory near Berlin, in November 2024. Data released this week by a European trade group shows that new Tesla registrations in January 2025 have dropped sharply, compared to January of last year. Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A protester with a sign saying "Federal Employees Don't Work for Kings" demonstrates in support of federal workers and against recent actions by President Trump and Elon Musk on Presidents Day in Washington, D.C. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Court considers halting Trump’s mass firings of federal employees
President Trump delivers remarks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday. During the meeting, Trump said he was looking at implementing tariffs against Canada and Mexico starting in April. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
What are the impacts of Trump's continuing threats to impose tariffs?
A man walks past a branch of Signature Bank in New York City on March 13, 2023. After Signature Bank collapsed during the 2023 regional banking crisis, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said it didn't have enough qualified examiners to catch the problems that had led to the bank's failure. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The FDIC's goal is to prevent another banking crisis. It's now also a Trump target
The controversy over Tyson Foods' hiring of asylum seekers
The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos attends a luncheon following the inauguration of President Trump in January. Bezos says the newspaper's editorial section will publish only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets." Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
Two weeks after killing off its owl mascot, Duolingo says Duo is back from the dead — thanks to users doing their daily language lessons. Cheng Xin/Getty Images hide caption
Elon Musk, who oversees the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, wears a shirt that says "Tech Support" as he speaks during President Trump's Cabinet meeting Wednesday at the White House. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
NPR Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods announced his retirement on Wednesday. He has been at NPR since 2010. Allison Shelley/NPR hide caption
Tax Day is April 15. We posed six common tax questions to New York-based tax attorneys Hana Boruchov and Leo Gabovich. Amr Bo Shanab/Getty Images hide caption
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on Feb. 25, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Merit Systems Protection Board is the independent, quasi-judicial agency that hears appeals in labor disputes brought by federal employees. Krisanapong Detraphiphat hide caption
Vehicles travel along Interstate 35 on July 26, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption