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Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls’ as White House calls its release a Democratic smear

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public Wednesday, but

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Trump administration demands states ‘undo’ full SNAP payouts and warns of penalties if they refuse

President Donald Trump’s administration is demanding states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out under judges’ orders last week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those

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Nancy Pelosi retires from legendary career as Obama hails ‘one of the best speakers the House of Representatives has ever had’

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’s office

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‘Jobless profit boom’ has cemented a permanent payroll loss as AI displaces labor at faster rate

Booming corporate earnings and a slumping labor market have been telling very different stories lately, and AI is the likely explanation, according to Chen Zhao,

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‘AI is way beyond the hype phase’: Experts warn businesses must reskill for the new reality

Almost every workplace is facing disruption as AI reshapes how jobs are done, from the boardroom to the factory floor. During a panel session at

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Saudi power chair: Tariffs weaken the global energy transition and hurt humanity

The global energy transition continues to press forward, but tariff wars and the rising politicization of renewable power is hurting the growth of clean, accessible

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China’s rare earth limits may have ‘gone too far this time’ as US trade talks start

Top U.S. and Chinese officials met in Malaysia on Saturday to lay the groundwork for a summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, with some

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As national debt accelerates to $38 trillion, watchdog warns it’s ‘no way for a great nation like America to run its finances’

The U.S. national debt has surged past $38 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department, just two months after surpassing previous forecasts to reach $37

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McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski reveals how often he eats at the fast-food chain

It would be weird if the CEO of a restaurant giant didn’t eat the food his own company serves. But that’s definitely not an issue

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The protein craze is heavy metal, literally: bombshell investigation finds unsafe lead amounts in two-thirds of top powders for sale

You can never have too much of a good thing, the saying goes. For months now, Americans treated protein that way. What started as a