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Democrats ramp up Trump financial probe, make new hire

House Democrats are pushing forward on their investigations into President Donald Trump's finances — an area they feel special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation did not fully probe — adding additional senior-level investigative staffers and preparing to go to court to enforce their subpoenas.

Pinterest pops 28% in its Wall Street debut

For years, Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann has insisted his company is not an outright social network. As he told CNN Business in a recent interview, the platform is not focused on hard news or amassing followers. "At its most basic level, it's just about you," he said.

States say DeVos hurting efforts to police student loan servicers

There's a fight brewing between states and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos over who has the power to police student loan servicing companies as consumer advocates question whether the federal government is doing enough to protect borrowers from shady practices.

Banks to House Democrats: Issue subpoena for Trump financial docs

House Democrats are telling Capital One bank to turn over a host of financial records about President Donald Trump and the Trump International Hotel, as part of a wide-ranging investigation into Trump's potential financial conflicts of interest and whether he's in compliance with the Constitution's clause ensuring he doesn't receive gifts from foreign governments.

Could March be a turnaround for US jobs?

After reaching a stratospheric high and a dismal low so far in 2019, here's the question for Friday's March jobs report: Which version of the labor market is closer to reality, January's 311,000 jobs or February's 20,000?