Nation and World
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The Fed indicated rates will remain higher for longer. What does that mean for you?
May 05, 2024 5:26 am - NEW YORK — Mortgage rates, credit card rates, auto loan rates, and business loans with variable rates will all likely maintain their highs, with consequences for consumer...
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Egypt media cite progress in truce talks as Israel downplays chances of end to war with Hamas
May 04, 2024 7:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — A delegation of the Palestinian militant group Hamas was in Cairo on Saturday as Egyptian state media reported “noticeable progress” in ongoing cease-f...
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife are indicted over ties to Azerbaijan
May 03, 2024 2:21 pm - WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody Friday in connection with a U...
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U.S. employers scaled back hiring in April but still added 175,000 jobs in the face of higher rates
May 03, 2024 7:54 am - WASHINGTON — The nation’s employers pulled back on their hiring in April, adding a modest 175,000 jobs in a sign that persistently high interest rates may be starting to ...
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Police move in to clear NYU encampment, U.S. campus arrests grow to 2,200 in pro-Palestinian protests
May 03, 2024 7:32 am - LOS ANGELES — Police moved in to clear an encampment at New York University on Friday at the request of school officials, the latest development in weeks of pro-Palestini...
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Universities take steps to prevent pro-Palestinian protest disruptions of graduation ceremonies
May 03, 2024 7:30 am - ANN ARBOR, Mich. — With student protests over the Israel-Hamas war disrupting campuses nationwide, several major universities are intent on ensuring that commencement cer...
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Hope Hicks witnessed nearly every Trump scandal. Now she must testify.
May 03, 2024 7:21 am - Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III interviewed former White House official Hope Hicks three times during his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 electi...
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Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts political firestorm in 2016 over ‘Access Hollywood’ tape
May 03, 2024 7:17 am - NEW YORK — Former White House official and Donald Trump adviser Hope Hicks took the stand Friday at the former president's hush money trial and recounted how his 2016 cam...
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IRS acts to address wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and other filers
May 02, 2024 4:03 pm - WASHINGTON — The IRS said Thursday it has taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers, and is more closely examining ...
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Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison
May 02, 2024 12:38 pm - WASHINGTON — A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday ...