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US producer prices drop 0.3% from May to June on lower energy prices, but outlook is cloudy

U.S. wholesale inflation fell from May to June on plunging energy prices, but intensifying hostilities with Iran are clouding the outlook. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index — which captures inflation before it reaches consumers — dropped 0.3% from May. Compared to a year earlier, wholesale prices were up 5.5% in June, decelerating from a 6% increase the month before. Gasoline prices plunged 12% in June but are still up nearly 43% from June 2025, pushed higher by the Iran war. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-cal

UK's Reform calls for 'full security' for lawmakers after politician's murder

Donald Trump endorses 'Pillow Man' Mike Lindell for Minnesota governor

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Trump: ICE should continue traffic stops after recent shootings, seeming to contradict new policy

President Donald Trump says Immigration and Customs Enforcement should continue traffic stops after recent fatal shootings, seeming to contradict a new policy to halt them. Trump wrote early Wednesday on his social media site ICE is “doing a GREAT job, one that has to be done.” The Republican president says to remove criminals he says were let into the country under the previous Democratic administration “we must be strong, tough and smart and we CANNOT give up one of ICE’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!” Trump says,

US Senate to grill Trump spy nominee Clayton on journalist subpoenas

Nuclear fuel firm Standard Nuclear slashes US IPO size by more than half

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US negotiator Brett McGurk will release a book on the Hamas hostage crisis

A lead U.S. negotiator for the release of hundreds of people captured by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel will have a book out this fall. The Penguin Random House imprint Crown has scheduled Brett McGurk's “Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7 Hostages” for Oct. 6, nearly three years to the day after the deadly Hamas siege that left more than 1,000 people dead and more than 200 taken captive. McGurk, 53, is a longtime Middle East adviser and diplomat who had already served under three presidents when he was appointed by President Joe B

Information from NATO member states shows Russia attempted sabotage, Latvia's president says

In occupied zone of Lebanon, Israeli military veterans see shadow of past wars

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Unanswered questions in the wake of fatal ICE shooting in Maine

A day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were directed to halt most traffic stops in the wake of two fatal shootings by federal officers, President Donald Trump urged them to resume.Trump’s administration ordered the pause on most ICE traffic stops on Tuesday, after the fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, prompted calls for independent investigations and reignited criticism of the agency. Both were killed during federal immigration enforcement operations, but neither man was the target of those operations,

1 dead and 3 missing after boat carrying mostly family members sinks near Alcatraz Island

One person died, three people were missing and 16 were rescued from the waters off San Francisco after a pontoon boat sank Tuesday afternoon while carrying mostly family members as part of a memorial service, authorities said. Crews arriving on the scene near Alcatraz Island found a three-deck pontoon vessel almost fully under water with the motor still running and leaking fuel, San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispen said. By Tuesday evening, authorities were searching for the missing in open ocean on the western side of the Golden Gate Bridge. The search, which inv

Maine Democrats criticize GOP Sen. Susan Collins after the fatal ICE shooting in the state

US Senate Democrats block $1.15 trillion defense bill over Iran war objections

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Justice Kagan offered a brief homage to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham

Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivered an unusually personal plea for additional security funding for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, using a pair of rare hearings before Congress to address for the first time personal threats that have been directed against her and her family.Barrett, who was joined Tuesday by Justice Elena Kagan in requesting millions more for judiciary security, recalled two incidents – a recent swatting attempt at her home and court security issuing her a bulletproof vest when, she said, threats against her were “particularly intense.”“I didn’t expect that performing

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See the moment Darline Graham is sworn in to serve remainder of brother's term

Darline Graham, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s younger sister, was sworn into the Senate on Tuesday to serve out the remainder of her brother’s term after his sudden death over the weekend.She was appointed to the seat by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and will remain in the Senate until January 2027. Graham is the first woman to represent South Carolina in the Senate. As she serves out the remainder of her brother’s term, a special primary election will take place August 11 to replace the late Republican lawmaker in November’s general election to determine who will next hold the s

Who is Darline Graham? Lindsey Graham’s sister sworn in to finish his Senate term

Person fleeing ICE agents in Florida fatally struck by vehicle, highway patrol says

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Trump nominee for US CDC director appears before Senate panel

Erica Schwartz, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. CDC, will appear before the Senate health committee on Wednesday for a confirmation hearing that will test whether the embattled agency can secure stable leadership after months of turmoil.Trump nominated Schwartz, his first-term deputy surgeon general, in April, after multiple leadership shakeups at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has lacked a confirmed leader for all but a month of Trump's second term.The hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is the first step tow

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Trump says ICE should resume traffic stops after his own administration suspended them

‘Worst-case’ flood scenario underway in southern Texas where dozens have already been rescued

Messi vs Bellingham could be the story of the World Cup semifinal between England and Argentina

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China misses growth target for first time since Covid as Iran turmoil roils global trade

China is struggling to offset economic challenges both at home and abroad, as its economy grew at a slower-than-expected pace in the second quarter of the year.On Wednesday, China’s National Bureau of Statistics said the economy grew 4.3% in the quarter ending June 30, compared to the same period a year ago.The figures, which fell short of expectations for 4.5% growth, are a rare admission of economic weakness for China, which has long worked to prop up industrial activity with infrastructure investment and exports.That’s also despite China’s target for 4.5-5% expansion this year, the lo

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The Trump team’s worst predictions about the Iran war

One of the most infamous comments uttered about the Iraq War was then-Vice President Dick Cheney’s prediction, just days before it began, that US troops would be “greeted as liberators.”Over the years, that comment came to epitomize not just the George W. Bush administration’s broken promises, but also its apparent failures to prepare for and understand the war it launched. How could it be so brazen as to directly predict something that turned out to be so wrong?The Trump administration’s track record on the Iran war is rife with similar examples.Over the last four and a half months,

Iran appears to be preparing a major test of America’s blockade

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The frenzied sprint among Maine Democrats hoping to replace Graham Platner

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US indicts Russians alleged to be at center of major cybercrime network

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China misses growth target for first time since Covid as Iran turmoil roils global trade

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Trump task force uncovers more than $1 billion in trade fraud

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Trump drops 20% fee plan for Hormuz Strait in favor of deals with Gulf states

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ICE suspends traffic stops in wake of Maine fatal shooting, border czar says

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Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after 2 deadly shootings

Trump administration officials have told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in little over a week, according to a person familiar with the matter

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UK police say former politician and TV personality Ann Widdecombe was killed in ‘targeted attack’

British counterterror police say former politician and reality TV contestant Ann Widdecombe was killed in a targeted attack

Trump administration ends attempt to freeze $10B in federal funds for blue states

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls