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President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to make consumer staples less expensive. But his decision to impose massive tariffs on America’s trading partners has the potential to increase inflation and ultimately lead to an economic slowdown, analysts said.
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Forty-four years ago another agreement to release hostages took place on the eve of a a presidential inauguration.
On January 19, 1981, Democrat Jimmy Carter’s last full day as president, an agreement was reached to release the remainder of the 53 American hostages that had been held captive by militant Iranian students at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for more than 440 days.
The hostages were released on January 20 just minutes after Republican Ronald Reagan was sworn-in as president.
Former Gov. Larry Hogan, the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, says he supports eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits. Hogan’s Democratic opponent, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, said individuals making more than $400,000 a year should be paying FICA taxes to fund Social Security and Medicare.
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Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes are still in play for Vice President Kamala Harris after selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate instead of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, according to political analysts.
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Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with a $130,000 hush money payment made to an adult film star shortly before the 2016 presidential election and many people are asking if the conviction will have any affect on his chances in a rematch against President Joe Biden this fall.
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Pa., Mich., and Wisc. together only make up 44 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win, but they are crucial bellwether states.
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About two-and-half weeks remain until the government runs out money and absent swift action from Congress a shutdown will occur at midnight on Sep. 30.
Read moreRecent news surrounding the 37-count felony indictment against former President Donald Trump on charges related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents in the Mar-a-Lago case has led many pundits to ask whether Trump could again serve as president if he is both convicted and elected to that office.
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Now, less than 10 days away from the June 1st, the date at which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has repeatedly warned that the government might surpass its borrowing limit-negotiations between House Republicans and the White House have yet to produce concrete results.
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Former President Donald Trump has announced his third campaign for the White House but some pundits and analysts say one term in office was more than enough, and that its time for the Republican party to find a new standard-bearer.
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