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U.S. sanctions Iranians over alleged plots to assassinate John Bolton, others around the world

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official and others it says took part in wide-ranging plots to kill former national security adviser John Bolton and others around the world.

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Inside My Trade: The Trader Who Looks Forward to the Stock Market’s ‘Power Hour’

Simrath Sangha says she began trading regularly after finding herself with tons more time during the Covid-19 pandemic. These days, she enters dozens of stock and options trades each week while dispensing investing tips to a group on the online

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Dollar General: No Longer Downturn-Proof

Pinched lower-income consumers are cutting back, and middle-class ones aren’t trading down enough.

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Prenatal Stress May Make Children More Verbal

A new study finds that pregnant women with a high level of the stress hormone cortisol have children who learn language faster.

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Banks Raise Roadblocks to Small-Business Loans

Lending standards are being tightened amid economic fears, leading some entrepreneurs to put plans on hold.

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‘Political stunts’ to get ‘booked on Fox’: White House slams GOP effort to demand FBI document on Biden – The Hill

‘Political stunts’ to get ‘booked on Fox’: White House slams GOP effort to demand FBI document on Biden  The Hill

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Supreme Court rules against union in labor dispute, will ‘erode’ right to strike warns dissent

The Supreme Court has ruled against unionized drivers who walked off the job with their trucks full of wet concrete.

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Biden’s debt ceiling balancing act: Get a deal done without crowing about it – POLITICO

Biden’s debt ceiling balancing act: Get a deal done without crowing about it  POLITICO House passes debt ceiling bill, sending it to the Senate  TODAY Debt ceiling deal’s biggest loser is the American people. Republicans, Dems hell-bent on driving us into debt  Fox

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The Best TV Shows of 2023 So Far

Will this be the last year of good TV? That’s what I keep wondering as era-defining shows like Succession and Barry bow out, while promising newcomers like The Chair and Reboot get canceled after just one season, screenwriters strike over

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Jordan’s crown prince marries Saudi fiancée in royal ceremony

Jordan celebrated its biggest royal wedding in decades on Thursday, as Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah and his Saudi fiancée Rajwa al-Seif got married. The Islamic marriage ceremony took place in the garden of Zahran palace in Amman, which had

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