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Trump says he’s ‘highly unlikely’ to fire Fed’s Powell after floating that idea in privateJul 16, 2025 1:20 pm - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was “highly unlikely” to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a public statement made less than 24 hours after suggesting in a private meeting that he was leaning in favor of dismissing the head of the nation's central bank.
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Movie review: Nostalgia, gore collide in new ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’Jul 16, 2025 11:42 am - The new “I Know What You Did Last Summer” pretty much follows the plot of the 1997 film of the same name: A bunch of well-to-do young people get stalked and killed by a vengeful killer in a rain slicker with an ice hook. By aping the structure of the original, the new version is too reliant on the past to fully break free of that gravitational pull.
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Trump slams his own supporters who are angered over how his team has handled the Epstein caseJul 16, 2025 10:32 am - President Donald Trump is lashing out at his own supporters as he tries to clamp down on criticism over his administration's handling of much-hyped records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, which Trump now calls a “Hoax.”
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Bipartisan support helps foundations avoid tax increase in new Trump legislationJul 16, 2025 7:27 am - Two Republican senators and a broad bipartisan coalition of funders and nonprofits prevented a 600% increase in taxes levied on the endowments of the largest private foundations as part of President Donald Trump’s the tax and spending legislation.
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Russia launches new attacks on Ukraine with the countdown to a US peace deadline underwayJul 16, 2025 6:42 am - Russian weapons pounded four Ukrainian cities overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that mostly targeted energy infrastructure, officials said.
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How Trump could use a building renovation to oust Fed Chair PowellJul 16, 2025 6:39 am - President Donald Trump says he has finally found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of mismanaging the U.S. central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation project.
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US sends third-country deportees under secrecy to the small African kingdom of EswatiniJul 16, 2025 6:35 am - The United States has sent five men to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration's largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
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Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce a new ceasefire as Israel continues strikesJul 16, 2025 6:32 am - Clashes raged in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Wednesday after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed and as Israel threatened to escalate its involvement, saying it's in support of the Druze religious minority.
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Trump promotes energy and tech investments at a summit in PennsylvaniaJul 15, 2025 7:41 pm - PITTSBURGH — President Donald Trump touted tens of billions of dollars of recent energy and technology investments Tuesday in Pennsylvania while boasting of a “true golde...
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Pam Bondi dodges questions on Epstein and Bongino amid Justice Department turmoilJul 15, 2025 7:24 pm - ARLINGTON, Va. — Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested Tuesday that she has no plans to step down as she dodged questions about Jeffrey Epstein and her clash with a top FB...