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Trump cuts tariffs on goods like coffee, bananas and beef in bid to slash consumer prices
US President Donald Trump during a breakfast with Senate Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Yuri Gripas | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday exempted key agricultural imports like coffee, cocoa, bananas and certain beef products from his higher tariff rates. […]
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Woman pleads guilty to lying about astronaut wife illegally accessing bank account from Space Station
NASA astronaut Anne McClain is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after she, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov landed in the Pacific Ocean on August 9, 2025 off the coast of San Diego, California. Nasa […]
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Trump to ask DOJ to probe Jeffrey Epstein involvement with Clinton, JPMorgan, Summers
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the day he is set to sign an executive order on “Fostering the Future” in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 13, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday said that he is asking the Department of Justice to investigate […]
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Founder Eric Gillespie fired from Govini board after child sex solicitation arrest
Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images Govini has fired Eric Gillespie from its board of directors after the founder was charged with attempting to solicit sexual contact with a minor online. “The actions of one depraved individual should not in any way diminish the hard work of the broader team and their commitment to […]
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U.S. and Switzerland reach trade deal to lower tariffs to 15%
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is interviewed by a TV network at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 30, 2025. Kylie Cooper | Reuters The U.S. and Switzerland have reached a trade deal, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CNBC on Friday. Duties will be reduced to 15%, the Swiss government said in […]
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Op-ed: The UK government’s alphabet tax tango: From U-Turn to W-turn to doughnuts
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (R) stands with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) as she is applauded after delivering her speech on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 29, 2025. Oli Scarff | Afp | Getty Images If political maneuvers were a dance, […]
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Trump has threatened the BBC with a $1 billion lawsuit. Here’s what’s going on
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport on Oct. 31, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Samuel Corum | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump is once again on the warpath against a major global media company, having threatened the BBC with a $1 billion lawsuit this […]
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Goldman Sachs stands by top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler after her emails with Jeffrey Epstein exposed
Kathy Ruemmler, former White House Counsel, appears on “Meet the Press” in Washington, D.C., Sunday, June 29, 2014. William B. Plowman | NBC Newswire | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Goldman Sachs on Thursday strongly backed its top lawyer, Kathy Ruemmler, a day after a congressional committee released her chummy emails with notorious sex offender Jeffrey […]
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Government shutdown back pay headed to federal workers in coming days
U.S. White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett speaks in front of a TV camera at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 13, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Back pay owed to federal workers for the time they were furloughed during the government shutdown is expected to land in their bank accounts early next […]
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Congressional hemp restrictions threaten $28 billion industry, sending companies scrambling
The hemp industry is bracing for layoffs, production reductions and billions in lost revenue after Congress passed a government funding bill late Wednesday containing a surprise provision that will ban nearly all hemp-derived consumer products. Hemp, a derivative of the cannabis plant, was legalized in the 2018 Farm Bill for industrial uses like rope, textiles […]
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