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Pivotal trade talks with Beijing loom as Trump swears in new US ambassador to China: ‘What timing’

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Pivotal trade talks with Beijing loom as Trump swears in new US ambassador to China: ‘What timing’

Former Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to China Wednesday, with President Donald Trump remarking on the timing of the ceremony as trade talks between the two nations are set to kick off. "We're swearing in our next ambassador to the People's Republic of China. What timing, David. What timing? Only you could have picked this timing," Trump quipped as Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepared […]

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Federal Reserve holds key interest rate steady amid economic uncertainty

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Federal Reserve holds key interest rate steady amid economic uncertainty

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it will leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged as policymakers continue to monitor inflation and the labor market amid elevated levels of economic uncertainty.The central bank's decision leaves the benchmark federal funds rate at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%.It comes after the Fed left rates at that level at its two previous meetings in January and March, which followed three consecutive rate […]

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Disney to open theme park in Abu Dhabi

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Disney to open theme park in Abu Dhabi

Disney plans to add a new theme park to its portfolio, with the entertainment giant revealing Wednesday that it intends to open one in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the coming years.Disney’s new theme park will be constructed on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the UAE, according to the company. The theme park in Abu Dhabi "will offer signature Disney entertainment, accommodations, unique dining and retail […]

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Blue state governor vows ‘resistance’ as Trump admin targets sanctuary policies

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Blue state governor vows ‘resistance’ as Trump admin targets sanctuary policies

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., promised President Donald Trump's administration "resistance" on Wednesday following Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's immigration press conference near the Governor's Mansion in Springfield, Illinois. "Secretary Noem must have not realized she was visiting during Latino Unity Day where we come together to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of our community," Pritzker said in a press release. "Today, Secretary Noem was met by a force stronger than […]

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Stefanik grills university president over disciplinary action on campus antisemitism

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Stefanik grills university president over disciplinary action on campus antisemitism

Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik grilled the president of Pennsylvania’s Haverford College during a congressional hearing Wednesday over disciplinary action on campus-related antisemitism since Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.Haverford College President Wendy Raymond tried to sidestep Stefanik’s question of whether there had been any disciplinary action taken against a student group that was accused of antisemitism at the college. Raymond said the group’s statements were […]

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Trump inherited FAA rocked by staffing issues that earned little attention from Dems shifting blame

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Trump inherited FAA rocked by staffing issues that earned little attention from Dems shifting blame

Many of the same Democrats slamming the Trump administration for several ongoing transportation issues were silent as the Biden administration oversaw an understaffed, outdated Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that resulted in dangerous travel conditions across the country.Democrats like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., have accused the Trump administration of "breaking the federal government" and having "decimated the FAA." Jeffries blamed the Trump administration for a spate of cancellations at […]

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Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti seeks mercy at resentencing, citing ‘model inmate’ record

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Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti seeks mercy at resentencing, citing ‘model inmate’ record

Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti says life behind bars has changed him into a better person and is asking a federal judge to consider that personal transformation when he gets resentenced on May 27.Avenatti was originally sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding clients of millions of dollars and hiding millions more from the IRS. He appealed that sentence, and a new hearing was ordered by the […]

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President Trump announces multiple judicial nominees, accuses court system of blocking him from doing his job

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President Trump announces multiple judicial nominees, accuses court system of blocking him from doing his job

President Donald Trump – whose second-term agenda has been bogged down by judicial roadblocks – announced several judicial picks in Truth Social posts on Tuesday, and complained in a post on Wednesday that the judiciary is preventing him from executing the job Americans elected him to do."Our Court System is not letting me do the job I was Elected to do. Activist judges must let the Trump Administration deport murderers, […]

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Court orders Tufts University student be quickly moved to ICE custody in Vermont, denies government appeal

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Court orders Tufts University student be quickly moved to ICE custody in Vermont, denies government appeal

Federal appeals judges on Wednesday ruled a Turkish Tufts University student currently being held by immigration authorities in Louisiana should be quickly transferred to Vermont, to address what her attorney's claim is unlawful detention for co-authoring a pro-Hamas op-ed in her student newspaper. The Trump administration had requested the transfer be halted.Rumeysa Öztürk, 30, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on March 26 near an off-campus apartment […]

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