Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called for a federal minimum wage of $10 an hour, departing from his past positions and his own party and moving more in line with Democrats.

“I would like to raise it to at least $10,” Mr. Trump said Wednesday during a press conference at his golf course in Doral, Florida. It wasn’t clear initially if he meant the federal minimum wage or the wage floors set by states. But when asked to clarify, he said he was talking about the federal minimum wage.

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