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Trump Announces Plan to Scrap Mail-in Voting and Replace Voting Machines with Paper Ballots Ahead of 2026 Midterms
18 August 2025 President Donald Trump; mail-in election ballots. Credit : Chip Somodevilla/Getty; JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty In a...
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Trump’s Bold Alignment with Putin’s Ukraine Peace Blueprint Tied to Federal Crackdown in Washington
17 August 2025 Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. The US president reportedly backs Putin’s plan...
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Steady gains in U.S. retail sales for the first time this year signal resilient consumers even as service costs edge higher
16 August 2025 Shoppers in the Herald Square neighborhood of New York.Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg In a telling turn of economic...
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Commerce Department expands 50 % tariffs to steel and aluminum-derived products, deepening protectionist ripples across U.S. manufacturing
15 August 2025 Creator: Rost-9D Credit: Getty Images On August 15, 2025, the U.S. Commerce Department dramatically broadened the scope of...
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Trump’s ‘no-debanking’ executive order forces banks into a maze of interpretation as regulators prepare to enforce political and religious neutrality
14 August 2025 In a move aimed at dismantling an often invisible barrier to financial access, President Trump has signed an executive...
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Trump casts Washington, D.C. as a national model for toughness on crime and seeks to stretch his federal grip on city policing
13 August 2025 Donald Trump speaks during an event at the Kennedy Center on August 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Getty Images In a bold and...
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A 90-day extension of the U.S. China tariff truce keeps global markets hopeful while delaying the trade war’s next act
12 August 2025 President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11,...
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Tariff fears and surging U.S. debt keep long-term Treasury yields on an upward path despite rate-cut expectations
11 August 2025 Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah...
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A shattered sense of safety, the Atlanta CDC shooting that claimed a young officer’s life
10 August 2025 Police officers walk near the scene of shooting at the Emory University in Atlanta on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike...
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Trump to Announce New Plan to Combat Violent Crime in Washington, D.C.
9 August 2025 When President Trump announced on Truth Social that the White House would host a press briefing on Monday aimed at stopping...
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The United States quietly rejects upstream measures in global plastics pact negotiations as the Geneva talks face a deepening stalemate
8 August 2025 Major plastic-producing countries have been accused of ignoring environmental concerns before the talks begin in Geneva,...
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Trump’s New Tariffs Push U.S. Import Duties to Century‑High Levels and Ignite Global Pushback
7 August 2025 On August 7, 2025, sweeping U.S. tariffs ranging from 10% to 50% officially came into force, significantly raising the...
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Apple Adds $100 Billion to U.S. Manufacturing Pledge in Show of Economic Patriotism
6 August 2025 In a show of industrial ambition, Apple is poised to unveil a fresh $100 billion commitment to expand manufacturing...
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U.S. Services Sector Stalls in July as Employment Weakens and Costs Soar
5 August 2025 A Reuters analysis of the Institute for Supply Management’s July services report reveals that the U.S. service sector the...
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U.S. Dollar Stabilizes as Jobs Disappointment and Political Turbulence Drive Markets Toward Fed Relief
4 August 2025 The U.S. dollar steadied on Monday evening after a dramatic slide triggered by the July jobs report, which revealed both...
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Top U.S. Trade Official Jamieson Greer Asserts Trump’s New Tariffs Will Remain Locked In Place
3 August 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump holds a chart next to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick as Trump delivers remarks on...
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Trump Orders Two Nuclear Submarines Repositioned Near Russia in Response to Escalating Rhetoric
2 August 2025 President Donald Trump outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, US, 2025. (Bloomberg) In an...
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Export Licensing Chaos at U.S. Commerce Department Threatens Tech Competitiveness
1 August 2025 Photo:VCG Thousands of export license applications from American companies seeking to ship sensitive goods globally...
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Wall Street Surges as Microsoft Becomes Second U.S. Company Ever to Hit $4 Trillion Valuation
31 July 2025 Microsoft made headlines on July 31, 2025, as its stock shot up more than 8 percent midday, propelling the company past a...
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The Federal Reserve Prepares to Hold Interest Rates Steady Despite President Trump’s Calls for Aggressive Cuts
30 July 2025 As anticipation builds for the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy announcement the central bank appears poised to maintain...
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