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Thousands march in Washington days before Trump takes officeJan 18, 2025 2:47 pm - WASHINGTON — Thousands of people from around the United States were rallying in the nation's capital Saturday for women's reproductive rights and other causes they believ...
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Judges hand down what could be the last punishments for the Jan. 6 riot before pardons from TrumpJan 17, 2025 7:22 pm - WASHINGTON — The federal judge who oversaw Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case denounced efforts to rewrite the history of the U.S. Capitol attack Friday as sh...
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CBO projects US debt to grow $23.9 trillion in 10 years, not including costs of extending tax cutsJan 17, 2025 7:17 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts bein...
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Biden got an Oval Office letter from Trump and may leave one in the desk himself. It’d be a firstJan 17, 2025 5:54 pm - WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan probably didn't realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left it in the Oval Office desk drawe...
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Trump and Chinese leader Xi talk about trade, fentanyl and TikTokJan 17, 2025 4:29 pm - WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed trade, fentanyl and TikTok in a phone call Friday, just days before Trump heads back to ...
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Key moments from Kristi Noem’s hearing for Homeland Security chiefJan 17, 2025 4:01 pm - WASHINGTON — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump's pick to lead the agency central to his vision of cracking down on illegal immigration, faced senators Friday at...
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Proposed rules would require nutrition info, allergen warnings on alcohol labelsJan 17, 2025 12:43 pm - Labels on wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages in the U.S. would be required to list alcohol content and nutritional information per serving, plus notification of potential allergens, under two new rules proposed Thursday by the Treasury Department.
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Book Review: Robert Crais spins the tale of a hard-boiled private eye who uncovers a conspiracyJan 17, 2025 12:12 pm - Traci Beller was 13 when her father went out on some service calls and never returned home. Ten years later, she turns to Elvis Cole, the self-declared world’s greatest detective, to help find him in Robert Crais’ “The Big Empty.”
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Why are interest rates rising when the Fed has been cutting them?Jan 17, 2025 11:59 am - NEW YORK — What’s shaking Wall Street seems so backwards. Swings in the bond market recently sent the yield on the 10-year Treasury above 4.80% and its highest level sin...
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IRS is sending out automatic stimulus payments. Who is getting them?Jan 17, 2025 11:50 am - The IRS is distributing about $2.4 billion to taxpayers who didn't receive their COVID stimulus payments. By the end of January, approximately 1 million taxpayers will re...