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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned Tuesday that persistently elevated inflation will likely delay any Fed interest rate cuts until later this year, opening the door to a period of higher-for-longer rates.
“Recent data have clearly not given us...
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Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on US aid for Ukraine, allies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other...
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Trump’s criminal hush money trial has its first six jurors
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By Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The first six jurors were selected on Tuesday to serve on Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial, as the selection...
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