Nation and World Politics
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About 1 in 4 US adults 50 and older who aren’t yet retired expect to never retire, AARP study findsApr 26, 2024 2:39 pm - WASHINGTON — About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster th...
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Rooting for Trump to fail has made his stock shorters millionsApr 26, 2024 9:37 am - NEW YORK — Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable. Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively made tens...
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Trump's lawyers seek to discredit testimony of prosecution's lead witness in hush money trialApr 26, 2024 2:11 pm - NEW YORK — Donald Trump's defense team attacked the credibility Friday of the prosecution's first witness in his hush money case, seeking to discredit testimony detailing...
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Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last monthApr 26, 2024 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed's reluctance to cut interest r...
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Takeaways from the Supreme Court argument on Trump’s criminal immunityApr 25, 2024 1:11 pm - The Supreme Court spent hours Thursday morning debating former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for allegedly conspiring to undo the results of...
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Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s claim of absolute immunity but decision’s timing is unclearApr 25, 2024 12:18 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared likely to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution over election interferenc...
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Tough new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shutdownApr 25, 2024 9:45 am - WASHINGTON — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shutdown under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New ...
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U.S. economy grew at 1.6% annual rate in first quarter 2024, a sharp slowdownApr 25, 2024 7:59 am - U.S. economic growth slowed in the first three months of the year, with gross domestic product growing at an annualized rate of 1.6%, as consumers began gradually pulling...
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Some campuses call in police to break up pro-Palestinian demonstrations, while others wait it outApr 25, 2024 12:04 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — Some U.S. universities called in police to break up demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war, resulting in ugly scuffles and dozens of arrests, while o...
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Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is establishedApr 25, 2024 7:10 am - ISTANBUL — A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that i...
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