Politics & Policy
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Jamie Dimon appears less skeptical of new Trump tariffs: 'So far, so good'
The comments occurred the same day Trump revealed the latest tariff rates on over 70 countries, which included 35% tariffs on Canadian goods and 10% for the United Kingdom.
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Whatley formally announces North Carolina Senate bid: 'Humbled and excited to begin this campaign'
The chairman has already been endorsed by President Donald Trump, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Senate Majority Leader John Thune. He will likely face former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper if he wins the primary.
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Trump restores Presidential Fitness Test
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at the event, recalled the previous tradition of awarding the top 15% of performers in the presidential fitness test with a badge of honor.
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Trump calls Fed Chair Powell one of his 'worst appointments' for not lowering interest rates
The Trump administration has also been highly critical of Powell in the past for not cutting interest rates despite low inflation and improved job numbers.
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Biden drained the nation’s energy stockpiles, but ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ allocation won’t refill it
The Big Beautiful Bill allocated $171 million for petroleum acquisitions toward refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which will only buy a few million barrels. To replenish it to 2021 levels, the federal government will need approximately 236 million barrels.
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Records show DEI standards used to pressure law schools to adopt racist practices: report
FOIA requests show top public universities were dinged by American Bar Association accreditor for not engaging in unlawful discrimination, conservative watchdog says, calling for legislation. ABA monopoly at risk.
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Trump signals he may designate organizers, financial backers of violent ICE protests as terrorists
Officially designating an organization as a terrorist organization has significant legal, political, and social consequences.
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Two polls find Trump approval rising within GOP despite Epstein backlash
"If anything, Donald Trump's approval rating has gone up since this whole Epstein saga started," CNN's Harry Enten said Thursday. "He is at the apex or close in terms of his popularity with Republican voters."
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Sole gas pump in Germania finds new life
While revitalizing the space into the White Pine Café, Store & Lodge, the new owners found a hitch in their operations plans to provide fuel to the local ATV community.
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Texas Petroleum Investment linked to dozens of Louisiana oil spills since 2019
The bulk of that oil — 190,000 barrels — came from a single catastrophic spill in 2019 in Iberia Parish.
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Florida regulators hold final public hearing on Peoples Gas rate hike proposal
In both hearings, there was no feedback from ratepayers, but emails opposing the rate hike continue to populate the rate case docket.
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US shipping firm pleads guilty to pumping 10k gallons of 'oily discharge' into Mississippi River
A ship management company pleads guilty to intentionally polluting U.S. waters off the coast of New Orleans after years under investigation by the Coast Guard.
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State starts program for coal workers as plants, mines close
The program will provide free, personalized support to workers to help them plan their next steps — whether that means reskilling, starting a business, planning for retirement or exploring new opportunities.