President Trump leans forward in a limousine, takes a long puff from a cigarette and flashes a wide grin. An aggressive rap song blasts over the stereo as a group of young women bob around him.No one would mistake the otherworldly scene for reality — and they shouldn’t, because it...
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It was not immediately clear what caused the blast at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Training Academy center.At least three sheriff’s deputies were killed in an apparent explosion on Friday morning at a law enforcement training center in Los Angeles, federal and local officials said.It was not immediately...
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The National Capital Planning Commission has become pivotal in the administration’s campaign to discredit Jerome H. Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve.The emails from Trent Morse, the deputy director of the White House’s personnel office, arrived in the inboxes of three Biden-appointed commissioners at the National Capital Planning Commission...
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The central bank is poised to hold interest rates steady this month, but there could be a path to cut as early as September.President Trump’s relentless attacks on the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome H. Powell, have put the central bank under intense scrutiny as it grapples with when...
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With his wife, Marilyn, he wrote the words to memorable TV theme songs and the Oscar-winning “The Way We Were” and “The Windmills of Your Mind.”Alan Bergman, who teamed with his wife, Marilyn, to write lyrics for the Academy Award-winning songs “The Way We Were” and “The Windmills of Your...
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Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges against Mr. Bolsonaro be dropped.Brazil’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle monitor, stay home during most hours and stay away from foreign embassies,...
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Nicknamed “Fearless Felix,” Mr. Baumgartner jumped from the edge of space in 2012. Felix Baumgartner, a professional daredevil and skydiver who fell faster than the speed of sound from the edge of space in 2012, died in a paragliding accident in Italy on Thursday, according to Red Bull, the company...
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Chevron completed its purchase of Hess after prevailing in a legal dispute with Exxon over one of the most promising oil projects in the world.Chevron sealed its takeover of a smaller rival, Hess, after prevailing over Exxon Mobil in a high-stakes legal dispute on Friday. The deal gave Chevron a...
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President Trump’s plan to impose a 100 percent tariff on Russian goods could raise the cost of urea, a key fertilizer in corn and other row crops.American farmers are bracing for another blow should President Trump proceed with his plan to impose steep tariffs on goods imported from Russia, raising...
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We examine the voting age around the world.Britain is about to add up to a million and a half people to its voter rolls. Some lean left, some lean right and others don’t care about politics at all. But all of them are 16 or 17 years old. Liberals are...
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Listen to and follow “The Headlines”Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadioOn Today’s Episode:Trump Tells Bondi to Seek Release of Epstein Grand Jury Testimony, by Glenn ThrushCongress Agrees to Claw Back Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds, by Catie EdmondsonCrypto Industry Reaches Milestone With Passage of...
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Relentless rain began on Wednesday, causing flooding in several cities and across vast rural stretches in the province of Punjab.Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan have killed at least 57 people in the past two days, many of them children, officials said on Friday.The relentless rain began lashing Punjab, Pakistan’s most...
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