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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.
Trump's latest tariff deadline is approaching. Here are the trade deals the US has announced so far

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
Jul 30, 2025 8:08 am - The clock is ticking closer to U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff deadline of Aug 1. And while several more deals — or at least frameworks for deals — have been reached since his last tariff deadline of July 9 came and went, trade talks with many countries are still in flux.
Trump announces 25% tariff on India and unspecified penalties for buying Russian oil

By JOSH BOAK
Jul 30, 2025 7:41 am - President Donald Trump says he’ll impose a 25% tariff on goods from India, plus an additional import tax because of India’s purchasing of Russian oil.
Senate confirms Trump lawyer Emil Bove for appeals court, pushing past whistleblower claims

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER
Jul 29, 2025 9:26 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove 50-49 for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge Tuesday as Republicans dismissed whistle...
Trump says Epstein 'stole' young women from Mar-a-Lago spa, including Virginia Giuffre

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ERIC TUCKER
Jul 29, 2025 6:46 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Jeffrey Epstein “stole” young women who worked for the spa at Mar-a-Lago, the latest evolution in his description of...
Palestinian death toll in Israel-Hamas war passes 60,000, Gaza Health Ministry says

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Jul 29, 2025 3:53 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — More than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed during the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry said Tuesday. Israeli strikes ove...
Starmer says UK will recognize Palestinian state unless Israel agrees ceasefire, ends Gaza suffering

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA
Jul 29, 2025 3:40 pm - LONDON (— The U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, allows the U.N. to bring in aid and takes other steps towa...
Trump Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation

By MATTHEW DALY
Jul 29, 2025 3:06 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate gr...
Ghislaine Maxwell wants immunity, questions in advance to testify for Congress

Perry Stein, Jeremy Roebuck, Kadia Goba
Jul 29, 2025 1:32 pm - Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned associate Ghislaine Maxwell would be willing to testify to Congress if lawmakers offer her immunity and provide her with the questions in advance, her lawyer said in a letter obtained by The Washington Post.
Trump’s tariffs could squeeze US factories and boost costs by up to 4.5%, a new analysis finds

By JOSH BOAK and PAUL WISEMAN
Jul 29, 2025 8:03 am - As President Donald Trump prepares to announce new tariff increases, the costs of his policies are starting to come into focus for a domestic manufacturing sector that depends on global supply chains, with a new analysis suggesting factory costs could increase by roughly 2% to 4.5%.

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