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Trump attends U.S. Open men’s finals

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President Trump on Sunday is attending the U.S. Open men’s finals in New York to watch the match between Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain — in his first appearance at the event in a decade and first since being elected president.  Mr. Trump waved to the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium,

Duckworth: Trump essentially “declared war” on Chicago; no “indications” of deployment

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, said Sunday that President Trump “essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation” referring to his recent remarks about Chicago. But she outlined that “we don’t have any indications” that the administration is getting ready to send troops into the nation’s third-largest city, despite signals

Treasury Will Be Forced to Refund ‘Half the Tariffs’ If Supreme Court Rules Against Trump, Bessent Says

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on July 29, 2025. Magnus Lejhall/TT News Agency/via Reuters The Treasury Department will be forced to issue tariff-related rebates if the Supreme Court upholds a lower court order that blocked a large portion of tariffs that were issued by the Trump administration earlier this

Kevin Hassett says Fed monetary policy should be “fully independent” of presidents

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Washington — Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett, who President Trump has said is on his shortlist to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, said Sunday that the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy “needs to be fully independent of political influence — including from President Trump.” “The fact is that we’ve looked

Transcript: Sen. Roger Marshall on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Sept. 7, 2025

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The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Roger Marshall, Republican of Kansas, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sept. 7, 2025. MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face the Nation. We turn now to Republican Senator Roger Marshall, who joins us this morning from Wichita, Kansas. Welcome to Face

West Virginia Coal Miner Describes Losing 3 Brothers to Drug Overdose

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Coal miner Sammy Stafford near Holden, W. Va., on Aug. 15, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times HOLDEN, W.Va.—One by one, Sammy Stafford lost three half-brothers to drug overdoses over the past eight years. His is one of many families devastated by addiction in West Virginia, the epicenter of a nationwide fentanyl crisis. Original News Source