Today's Headlines: Trump Administration Considers Moves to Bolster Economy

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Today's Headlines: Trump Administration Considers Moves to Bolster Economy

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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

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Trump Administration Considers Moves to Bolster Economy

By MAGGIE HABERMAN, JIM TANKERSLEY and ANNIE KARNI

Options could include a payroll tax cut or reversing tariffs.

ISIS Is Regaining Strength in Iraq and Syria

By ERIC SCHMITT, ALISSA J. RUBIN and THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF

Five months after its territorial defeat, the Islamic State is conducting guerrilla attacks as defense officials acknowledge that the terrorist group is here to stay.

Shareholder Value Is No Longer Everything, Top C.E.O.s Say

By DAVID GELLES and DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY

Chief executives from the Business Roundtable, including the leaders of Apple and JPMorgan Chase, argued that companies must also invest in employees and deliver value to customers.

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Daniel Pantaleo, Officer Who Held Eric Garner in Chokehold, Is Fired

By ASHLEY SOUTHALL

Mr. Garner's last words, "I can't breathe," galvanized the Black Lives Matter movement.

Opinion

China: Free Our Parents From Concentration Camps

A million ethnic minority Uighurs have been detained in "re-education camps." Here, three young people recall how their parents vanished.

Today's Videos

Video: N.Y.P.D. Announces Firing of Officer Who Held Eric Garner in Chokehold

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The New York City police commissioner, James P. O'Neill, held a press conference to explain his decision to dismiss Officer Daniel Pantaleo for his role in Eric Garner's death in 2014.

Video: 'I Am Sorry for Harm I Have Caused,' Warren Tells Native American Forum

By FOUR DIRECTIONS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

During a presidential forum on Native American issues, Senator Elizabeth Warren publicly apologized as she addressed her past claims of Native American ancestry.