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China Reveals $1.4 Trillion Plan to Bail Out Local Governments

The support package came after smaller measures were announced to jump-start growth. Economists said it was not big enough to address China’s sluggish economy.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

Despite economic challenges, China’s leaders avoided major interventions until late September, when they eased borrowing for households and companies, favoring state-led growth over direct consumer stimulus.

Will Trump Have a New Opening to Repeal the ACA?

Even without congressional action, a second Trump administration will likely support major changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, affecting millions of Americans.

© Tim Gruber for The New York Times

President-elect Donald J. Trump may try to kill off the Affordable Care Act, which he wasn’t able to do in his first term.

Transgender Americans Voice New Anxiety About Trump Agenda

President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised to “keep men out of women’s sports” and withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender transition treatment to minors.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

For many transgender Americans, the experience of being invoked by political candidates as a symbol of absurdity or an object of disgust has taken a toll.

Trump’s Energy Policies May Be a Mixed Bag for Oil Companies

The president-elect has promised to make it easier to build energy infrastructure and secure drilling leases. But higher production could hurt prices and profits.

© Brittany Greeson for The New York Times

President-elect Donald J. Trump, shown at a rally in August, has urged companies to “drill, baby, drill” and pledged to cut energy bills by at least half, without specifying how.

Could Trump’s Tariffs Lead to Higher Prices? Here’s What to Know.

The president-elect says that tariff is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” You may be hearing it a lot.

© Adam Kuehl for The New York Times

President-elect Donald J. Trump has argued that steep tariffs on foreign goods will benefit U.S. manufacturing and create jobs, but many economists have warned that such a move may lead to higher costs and globally destabilizing trade wars.

Trump’s Tax Proposals Face a Fiscal Reckoning

Advisers to President-elect Donald J. Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill are already looking at ways to scale back some of his more expensive ideas.

© Nicole Craine for The New York Times

President-elect Donald J. Trump proposed a slew of loosely defined tax cuts during his campaign, but lawmakers and his advisers are undecided about how much they will lower taxes again.
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