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White House signaling it will likely stop Nippon Steel’s plans to buy US Steel

The White House is signaling an openness to formally blocking the acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel,…

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California settles lawsuit with Sacramento suburb over affordable housing project

California has reached a settlement with the city of Elk Grove over an affordable housing project. Democratic Gov.…

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Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris zero in on economic policy plans ahead of first debate

Presidential contenders Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are using the week before their debate to sharpen their economic…

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Advocates seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measure language

A Missouri judge is set to rule on whether it's misleading to say that a proposed abortion-rights amendment…

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That photo of people wearing ‘Nebraska Walz’s for Trump’ shirts? They’re distant cousins

A sister of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz says she doesn’t recognize the people wearing “Nebraska Walz’s…

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Trump-backed US Senate candidate faces scrutiny for derogatory comments about Native Americans

Tribal leaders in Montana are pressing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy to apologize over remarks he made…

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Mayor condemns GOP Senate race ad tying Democrat to Wisconsin Christmas parade killings

A Wisconsin mayor is condemning a campaign ad run by a Republican independent group that links a Democratic…

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They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it

By a landslide, “The Apprentice” is the most controversial movie of the fall. It stars Sebastian Stan as…

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JD Vance’s Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers

Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism helped shape his political worldview. It also put him in…

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Can the city of Savannah fine or jail people for leaving guns in unlocked cars? A judge weighs in

A judge is weighing whether a Georgia city can fine or even jail people for leaving guns in…