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Fed likely to lower borrowing costs this week, but follow-up rate cuts face longer odds

Fed likely to lower borrowing costs this week, but follow-up rate cuts face longer odds

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve faces an unusually contentious meeting this week that will test Chair Jerome Powell’s ability to corral the necessary support from fellow policymakers for a t...

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Why Trump is giving a speech in Pennsylvania on affordability

Why Trump is giving a speech in Pennsylvania on affordability

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will road-test his claims that he’s tackling Americans’ affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania — shifting an argument made in ...

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Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros.

Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros.

NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount on Monday launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, initiating a potentially bruising battle with rival bidder Netflix to buy the company behind HBO, ...

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United Arab Emirates-backed separatists tighten grip of southern Yemen, and airspace briefly closed

United Arab Emirates-backed separatists tighten grip of southern Yemen, and airspace briefly closed

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The airspace of war-torn Yemen was briefly closed Monday, an official said, as tensions escalated in the country’s south after a separatist group, backed by the United Arab Emir...

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Bloomberg expands his support of mayors globally to help save democracy. And improve trash pickup

Bloomberg expands his support of mayors globally to help save democracy. And improve trash pickup

Michael R. Bloomberg has believed mayors have plenty to teach each other since he was mayor of New York City and supported the effort to share good municipal ideas through his nonprofit Bloomberg ...

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Swing district Republicans brace for fallout over health care

Swing district Republicans brace for fallout over health care

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in key battleground U.S. House districts are working to contain the political fallout that may come when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for hea...

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