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David McHugh

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Politics
‘Much better than feared outcome’: Volkswagen shares jump 6% after revealing plan to reduce workforce by 50,000—and phasing out four factories
By The Associated Press and David McHughSeptember 4, 2026
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Economy
China is beating Germany at its own game of making highly engineered machinery and Europe is struggling to keep up
By The Associated Press and David McHughSeptember 2, 2026
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Politics
Iran is setting up an agency to tax ships passing through Hormuz even as it negotiates a peace deal
By Adam Schreck, David McHugh, Russ Bynum and The Associated PressMay 7, 2026
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Energy
Cargo ship crews face attacks waiting the Gulf as Trump pauses two-day-old project to ‘guide’ ships
By Mae Anderson, David McHugh and The Associated PressMay 6, 2026
Mine warfare and mind games: ‘You just have to make people believe that you’ve laid mines’
Politics
Mine warfare and mind games: ‘You just have to make people believe that you’ve laid mines’
By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, David McHugh and The Associated PressApril 25, 2026
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Energy
First, Iran and Hormuz, second, China and Taiwan? The dangerous implications of a tollbooth on the open sea
By David McHugh, John Leicester and The Associated PressApril 9, 2026
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Energy
Trump’s big accomplishment in Iran is ‘de facto ‘toll booth’ regime’ in the Strait of Hormuz, shipping analyst says
By David McHugh, Jon Gambrell and The Associated PressMarch 27, 2026
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Politics
Oil approaches $115 per barrel as market realizes higher for longer is very possible
By Elaine Kurtenbach, David McHugh and The Associated PressMarch 19, 2026
U.S. lifts sanctions on Russian oil already loaded onto tankers, equal to 5-6 days’ worth of normal shipments through the Strait of Hormuz
Energy
U.S. lifts sanctions on Russian oil already loaded onto tankers, equal to 5-6 days’ worth of normal shipments through the Strait of Hormuz
By David McHugh and The Associated PressMarch 14, 2026
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Energy
Oil prices spike above $70 per barrel as Iran’s Straight of Hormuz grows tangled
By David McHugh and The Associated PressMarch 2, 2026
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Economy
IMF chief sees global GDP growth as ‘beautiful but not enough’ to handle ‘the debt that is hanging around our necks’
By David McHugh, Jamey Keaten and The Associated PressJanuary 23, 2026
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Economy
Economist awarded Nobel prize before his morning coffee or walking his dog: ‘I had no clue that anything like this was going to happen’
By Kostya Manenkov, Christopher Rugaber, Mike Corder, David McHugh and The Associated PressOctober 13, 2025
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Economy
‘I guess there will be some amendments’: EU trade negotiator is having second thoughts about deal with Trump
By David McHugh and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2025
Heterosexual couple toasting wineglasses at winery on weekend.
Global
Trump may want you to pay a high tariff for that French wine you enjoy so much. He just left the category blank in his deal sheet with the EU
By Sam McNeil, David McHugh, Fatima Hussein and The Associated PressAugust 21, 2025
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Economy
Europe’s economy barely grew in the second quarter
By David McHugh and The Associated PressJuly 30, 2025
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