The one thing they both seem to agree on is the view that opening the country to more imports has wiped out American manufacturing jobs.
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Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gas from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump
Tapping reserves is one of the few actions a president can take by himself to try to control inflation.
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Defense rests without Trump taking witness stand in hush money trial
Jurors could begin deliberating as soon as next week to decide whether the former president is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump’s social media account shares campaign video with headline about ‘unified Reich’
It was shared on the former president’s Truth Social account while he was on a lunch break from his Manhattan hush money trial.
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Mourners begin days of funerals for Iran’s president, others killed in helicopter crash
President Ebrahim Raisi had been discussed as a possible successor for supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Former Red Sox pitcher arrested in Florida in an underage sex sting, sheriff says
Pitcher Austin Maddox, 33, was one of 27 people arrested late last month.
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Judge cites error, will reopen sentencing hearing for man who attacked Paul Pelosi
The judge failed to allow him to speak during his court appearance last week.
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Family of Black teen wrongly executed in 1931 seeks damages after 2022 exoneration
Alexander McClay Williams was 16 when he was convicted and sentenced to death in the stabbing death of a white woman.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
U.S. pediatricians reverse decades-old advice against HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding
But parents must breastfeed exclusively for the babies’ first 6 months because research shows that switching between breast milk and formula can disrupt an infant’s gut.
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Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Russia renews its assault
The U.S. defense secretary and as many as 50 defense leaders from Europe and around the world met Monday to coordinate more military aid to Ukraine.