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Fed Chair Warsh signals rate hikes may be needed with inflation still elevatedAug 28, 2026 9:47 am - Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Friday that inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he had sent previously about his economic outlook.
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In AP interview, Attorney General Todd Blanche defends his record as political pressure mountsAug 28, 2026 8:14 am - Trump’s former personal attorney has stepped into the commanding role facing a challenge that other leaders of the Republican president’s Department of Justice could not overcome: threading the needle between Trump's boundary-busting demands and a prosecutor’s duty to uphold the rule of law.
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Judge says Pentagon's measures against Anthropic were ‘illegal and baseless’Aug 28, 2026 8:09 am - A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in its legal battle against the Pentagon after the government labeled the company as a supply chain risk earlier this year.
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Death toll rises in Nepal-China border disaster as a lake poses new flood threatAug 28, 2026 7:23 am - Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday, as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed more than 500 people and left more than 1,500 missing.
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Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he's in no hurryAug 28, 2026 7:00 am - President Donald Trump arrives at an awkward moment for his presidency on Friday as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran reaches the six-month mark, a notable milestone for a conflict that the Republican leader repeatedly assured Americans would be a “little excursion” lasting a matter of weeks.
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Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the United StatesAug 27, 2026 12:47 pm - President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he exacerbates his trade war with Canada.
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Movie Review: ‘Finding Emily’ is the British rom-com we’ve been waiting forAug 27, 2026 7:59 am - Late August can be a depressing time at the movie theater, but there’s a gem to be found in the British romantic comedy “Finding Emily,” which opens in theaters Friday.
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Movie Review: What’s up, flop? The toon-human hybrid 'Coyote vs. Acme' should've stayed on shelfAug 27, 2026 7:57 am - Some Hollywood decisions defy logic. Like, who looked at the world of Looney Tunes, those unhinged cartoons of our youth, and thought: Let's add a bunch of personal injury lawyers.
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After six months of Iran war, US goals have shifted. The Strait of Hormuz is now a top concernAug 27, 2026 7:18 am - When President Donald Trump launched the war with Iran in late February, he initially forecast it would last four to five weeks. Six months later, there's still no off-ramp in sight despite Trump's repeated assertions that the war has been won or a deal to resolve it was nearly complete.
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Catastrophic floods kill over 360 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missingAug 27, 2026 7:10 am - Rescue teams searched on Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a catastrophic and deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.