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Teamsters union declines to endorse Trump or Harris for president

By JOSH BOAK and TOM KRISHER
Sep 18, 2024 4:41 pm - WASHINGTON — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined Wednesday to endorse Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president, saying neither candidate had sufficient...
Senate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee women’s rights to IVF

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Sep 18, 2024 9:10 am - Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue.
Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and pay

By TOM KRISHER
Sep 18, 2024 8:12 am - Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shu...
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by sizable half-point, signaling end to its inflation fight

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Sep 18, 2024 8:06 am - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates helped tame inflation but that also made borrowing painfully expensive for American consumers.
Speaker Johnson takes another crack at spending bill linked to proof of citizenship for new voters

By KEVIN FREKING
Sep 18, 2024 8:03 am - WASHINGTON — The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal that links the funding of the federal government for the new budget year with a m...
What to know about the deadly pager explosions targeting Hezbollah

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, MICHAEL BIESECKER, SARAH EL DEEB and SARAH PARVINI
Sep 18, 2024 7:01 am - NEW YORK — In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria Tuesd...
Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a 'new phase' of war

By JOHNSON LAI, JUSTIN SPIKE and BASSEM MROUE
Sep 18, 2024 6:55 am - BEIRUT — Walkie-talkies and solar equipment exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in an apparent second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after...
Russians made video falsely accusing Harris of hit-and-run, Microsoft says

By Joseph Menn
Sep 17, 2024 7:27 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Russian propagandists are escalating attacks on the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris with false but widely circulated videos on socia...
Speaker Johnson sets House vote on government funding bill after a one-week postponement

By KEVIN FREKING
Sep 17, 2024 11:17 am - WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson will move ahead with a temporary spending bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins on...
Hezbollah hit by a wave of exploding pagers and blames Israel. At least 9 dead, thousands injured

By BASSEM MROUE
Sep 17, 2024 10:21 am - BEIRUT — Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people — i...

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