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Egg prices are soaring. Don’t expect that to change anytime soon

By JOSH FUNK, MARK VANCLEAVE and DEE-ANN DURBIN
Jan 28, 2025 8:11 am - Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. And it appears there may be no relief in sight, given the surge in demand as Easter approaches.
Trump fills his government with billionaires after running on a working-class message

By BILL BARROW
Jan 28, 2025 7:31 am - President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the U.S. economy’s trajectory, could never afford to live in his Manhattan skyscraper or visit his club in south Florida.
Google to change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when US updates them based on Trump order

Associated Press
Jan 28, 2025 7:25 am - Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps.
Trump signs an order to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops

By TARA COPP, LOLITA C. BALDOR and ZEKE MILLER
Jan 27, 2025 8:38 pm - President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service.
DOJ fires officials who worked on Jack Smith’s Trump investigation

By Perry Stein
Jan 27, 2025 7:40 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department fired more than a dozen officials who worked on the special counsel team that investigated Donald Trump in two separate criminal cases...
Scott Bessent confirmed as treasury secretary, giving him a key role in extending Trump's tax cuts

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Jan 27, 2025 7:27 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump's treasury secretary, giving him the delicate balan...
Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they've captured the key city of Goma

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and CHINEDU ASADU
Jan 27, 2025 5:16 pm - GOMA, Congo (AP) — Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda, who claimed to have captu...
Tech stocks tumble as a Chinese competitor threatens to upend the AI industry; Nvidia down 18%

By STAN CHOE
Jan 27, 2025 2:31 pm - Wall Street’s superstars are tumbling Monday as a competitor from China threatens to upend the artificial-intelligence frenzy they've been feasting on.
What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market?

By MATT O'BRIEN
Jan 27, 2025 2:25 pm - A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China in developing AI technology.
Hundreds of US visa appointments canceled in Colombia following spat over deportation flights

By MANUEL RUEDA
Jan 27, 2025 2:13 pm - Visa appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia were canceled Monday following a dispute over deportation flights from the U.S. that nearly turned into a costly trade war between the two countries.

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