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For the past few decades, fast food consumption has had a reliable recession indicator: when budgets tighten, Americans head for the drive-thru.However, in today’s K-shaped economy, analysts say that the old playbook is breaking — and some of the biggest chains are finding that even price cuts aren’t bringing customers…

Donald Trump wants Jerome Powell, the head of the Federal Reserve, to do something Powell doesn’t want to do.Now, Trump’s federal prosecutors are now investigating Powell.That’s the shortest version of the news story that broke Sunday night, when Powell released an extraordinary statement and video, which I urge you to…