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US applications for jobless benefits inch up for the first time in 7 weeks, but layoffs remain low

By MATT OTT
Jul 31, 2025 8:25 am - The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits inched up modestly last week as business continue to retain staff despite economic uncertainty around U.S. trade policy.
A key US inflation gauge rose last month as Trump's tariffs lifted goods prices

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jul 31, 2025 8:21 am - The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked higher last month in a sign that President Donald Trump’s broad-based tariffs are starting to lift prices for many goods.
Trump’s newborn savings accounts a ‘back door for privatizing Social Security,’ Bessent says

By Jacob Bogage
Jul 30, 2025 7:41 pm - The newborn savings accounts created as part of President Donald Trump’s massive new tax and immigration law are a “back door for privatizing Social Security,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday.
Trump administration halts, then releases, NIH research funding

By Hannah Natanson, Dan Diamond, Carolyn Y. Johnson and Jeff Stein
Jul 30, 2025 7:36 pm - The Trump administration on Tuesday temporarily halted all funding for science research issued by the National Institutes of Health before releasing the funds later in the day, according to emails obtained by The Washington Post and more than a half-dozen federal officials familiar with the matter.
US sanctions Brazil’s Supreme Court justice overseeing case against Bolsonaro

By ELÉONORE HUGHES
Jul 30, 2025 6:59 pm - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over alleged suppression of freedom of expression and the ongoing trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Also, President Trump levied a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil because of the prosecution of Bolsonaro.
Dozens killed while seeking aid at Gaza crossing as US envoy heads to Israel for talks

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD
Jul 30, 2025 4:09 pm - At least 48 Palestinians were killed and dozens were wounded on Wednesday while waiting for food at a crossing in the Gaza Strip, according to a local hospital that received the casualties. The latest violence around aid distribution came as the U.S. Mideast envoy was heading to Israel for talks.
Hotter summers could be making us sicker in unexpected ways

By Ruby Mellen
Jul 30, 2025 4:01 pm - As the earth experiences hotter and hotter summers, new research using data from California emergency departments shows that the heat may be making us sicker than we know, and in ways we may not anticipate.
Las Vegas casino supervisor sold gunman the rifle used in deadly NYC attack, police say

By JENNIFER PELTZ and DAVE COLLINS
Jul 30, 2025 3:49 pm - A man who killed four people at a Manhattan office building bought the rifle he used in the attack and the car he drove across country from his supervisor at a Las Vegas casino, authorities said Wednesday.
Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged even as Trump demands cuts

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jul 30, 2025 1:24 pm - The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a cut.
NTSB opens hearings on deadly Washington collision between a helicopter and passenger plane

By JOSH FUNK
Jul 30, 2025 9:55 am - Three days of investigative hearings on the deadly midair collision over Washington in January began Wednesday, aiming to reveal new insights into what caused the crash between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people.

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