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US July budget deficit up 20% year-over-year despite record Trump tariff incomeAug 12, 2025 2:25 pm - Despite the U.S. taking in record income from President Donald Trump's tariffs in July — with a 273% increase in customs revenues (or $21 billion) from this time last year — the U.S. budget deficit is still higher, according to Treasury Department data released Tuesday.
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4 arrests after home reportedly owned by Brad Pitt was ransacked by burglars, police sayAug 12, 2025 1:43 pm - Four people have been arrested in connection with a burglary earlier this summer at a Los Angeles home reportedly owned by actor Brad Pitt, police said Tuesday.
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Shooter attacked CDC headquarters to protest COVID-19 vaccinesAug 12, 2025 11:49 am - The man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into a locked safe to get his father's weapons and wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines, authorities said Tuesday.
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Trump’s rhetoric on DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crimeAug 12, 2025 10:29 am - President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia's law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation's capital, arguing the extraordinary moves are in response to an urgent public safety crisis.
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Land swaps with Russia are not only unpopular in Ukraine. They're also illegalAug 12, 2025 10:17 am - A peace deal that requires Kyiv to accept swapping Ukrainian territory with Russia would not only be deeply unpopular. It also would be illegal under its constitution.
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Trump's Washington, DC, takeover begins as National Guard troops arriveAug 12, 2025 10:13 am - Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation's capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city's police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.
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US inflation held steady last month as tariff hit offset by cheaper gas, foodAug 12, 2025 9:23 am - U.S. inflation was unchanged in July as rising prices for some imported goods were balanced by falling gas and grocery prices, leaving overall prices modestly higher than a year ago.
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Book Review: Debut novelist Aisha Muharrar deftly explores love and loss in ‘Loved One’Aug 12, 2025 6:32 am - I picked up a copy of “Loved One” based solely on the fact that its first-time author, Aisha Muharrar, was involved in three television comedies that made me laugh: “Hacks,” “Parks and Recreation” and “The Good Place.”
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Taylor Swift announces 12th studio album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’Aug 12, 2025 6:26 am - Look what you made her do — Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”
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Spencer Torkelson's tiebreaking homer in the 9th gives the Tigers a 2-1 victory over the White SoxAug 11, 2025 10:37 pm - CHICAGO — Spencer Torkelson hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth to give the Detroit Tigers a 2-1 win over the White Sox on Monday night. The first baseman’s 26th home...