The US economy contracted at an annual rate of 32.9 percent in the second quarter of the year, the steepest decline since the government began keeping records in 1947, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that universities may consider the race of an applicant in making admission decisions but the department said it must be "in certain limited circumstances as one of a number of factors".
The US budget deficit widened to 4 billion, which was 4.6% of the nation's gross domestic product. The previous fiscal year deficit was 9 billion, with a deficit-to-GDP-ratio of 3.8%. Total receipts increased by 4% but outlays rose by 8.2%.
The US Bureau of the Census said many well-educated women build a career first and have fewer children later in life, underscoring a long-term trend: family size typically declines as educational level rises.
The US Federal Aviation Administration grounded the 737 MAX following the two crashes but has allowed airlines to conduct flights without passengers to move planes to other airports.
The US president also appears unpopular in Britain, where his brash style and hardline "America First" policies have caused consternation across the political spectrum and society.
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The United States is using a decades-old law to impose the tariffs on the ground of national security, which has drawn strong opposition from the domestic business community and US trading partners.
The US Department of Commerce announced on its official website that the 45-day extension is "to prevent interruption of existing network communication systems in rural US regions and permit global network security measures".
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on 17 individuals over their alleged roles in the killing of Khashoggi in mid-November, following US State Department's decision in late October to revoke 21 Saudi suspects' visas.
The United States has become the first country to report more than 10,000 new cases of novel coronavirus infection for two days in a row, with its confirmed cases topping at least 55,000 as of Tuesday. That means the US ranks third worldwide in cases behind China and Italy, prompting increasing concern that it has potential to become the next epicenter of the pandemic.