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Trump calls on the Federal Reserve board to take full control of the central bank from Powell

By JOSH BOAK
Aug 01, 2025 4:48 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday called for the Federal Reserve's board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, criticizing the head of t...
Trump orders US nuclear subs repositioned over statements from ex-Russian leader Medvedev

By WILL WEISSERT
Aug 01, 2025 3:53 pm - WASHINGTON — In a warning to Russia, President Donald Trump said Friday he's ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines “based on the highly provocative st...
What consumers can expect from import taxes as the US sets new tariff rates

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Aug 01, 2025 3:50 pm - It’s been almost 100 years since the U.S. had tariffs at the level they could reach next Friday. Once President Donald Trump's planned tariffs take effect, Americans will...
US envoy visits aid site in Gaza run by Israeli-backed group that has been heavily criticized

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM METZ and JULIA FRANKEL
Aug 01, 2025 3:17 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy on Friday visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed America...
Jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash case

By BERNARD CONDON and DAVID FISCHER
Aug 01, 2025 3:13 pm - MIAMI — A Miami jury decided that Elon Musk’s car company Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

By TED ANTHONY and KEVIN FREKING
Aug 01, 2025 3:07 pm - WASHINGTON — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a cornerstone of American culture for three generations, announced Friday it would take steps toward its own closure...
Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is transferred to a prison camp in Texas

By ERIC TUCKER
Aug 01, 2025 2:48 pm - WASHINGTON — Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her criminal case gener...
Astronauts launch to the space station after sidelined by Boeing's troubled Starliner

By MARCIA DUNN
Aug 01, 2025 2:41 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts sidelined for the past year by Boeing’s Starliner trouble blasted off to the International Space Station on Friday, getting a lift from ...
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Aug 01, 2025 1:52 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday called for the firing of the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported.
Wall Street slumps and bond yields sink following weak hiring numbers and new tariffs

By DAMIAN J. TROISE
Aug 01, 2025 10:15 am - Stocks slumped and Treasury yields fell sharply Friday after a weak report on hiring and the latest gyrations in U.S. trade policy shook Wall Street.

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