What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
19 March 2019 - 6:02PM
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U.S. semiconductor firms want no part of any trade deal that
calls for stepped-up purchases from China, worried that would give
Beijing more control over their industry.
Dutch police arrested a Turkish-born suspect believed to have
killed at least three people in Utrecht in a shooting being treated
as a possible terrorist act.
The U.K. government's plan to force lawmakers into voting again
on the Brexit deal they rejected last week was blocked by the
speaker of the House of Commons.
The Trump administration is deadlocked over whether to grant
special immigration status to more than 70,000 Venezuelans residing
illegally in the U.S.
The Supreme Court said it would consider cases involving the
insanity defense and the rule that only unanimous juries may
convict.
The Pentagon released a list of possible projects whose funding
might be diverted to build a border wall.
Nebraska's agricultural sector could be facing nearly a billion
dollars in weather-related losses.
The administration plans to overhaul government-subsidized flood
insurance.
The White House is calling on Congress to cap how much graduate
students and parents of undergraduates can borrow in federal
student loans.
Died: Alan Krueger, 58, labor-market expert.
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March 19, 2019 02:47 ET (06:47 GMT)
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