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    Bessent points to China’s rare earths restrictions to justify Trump tariffs as Supreme Court to hear arguments about emergency powers

    Bessent points to China’s rare earths restrictions to justify Trump tariffs as Supreme Court to hear arguments about emergency powers

    “The president was able to push back using his IEEPA powers. If that’s not use of an emergency power at an emergency time, I don’t know what it is.”

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    Pentagon orders aircraft carrier to Latin America, boosting U.S. military buildup in the region to more than 10,000 sailors and Marines

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    Trump opens up the Arctic refuge, one of America’s last untouched wilds, to drilling

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    NYC mayoral candidates turn on each other in final debate: ‘Zohran, your resume could fit on a cocktail napkin. And, Andrew, your failures could fill a public school library in New York City’

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    The U.S. housing market is in spooky season: 15% of home sellers are getting ghosted by buyers
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    Former Whole Foods CEO says he didn’t want to sell to Amazon, but activists threatened to take over his board, fire him, and sell the company anyway

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    ‘That would be neat’: American businesses eye $1 trillion in tariff refunds—and a long fight ahead—depending on the Supreme Court

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    October 23, 2025
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    Deadly floods in Mexico that killed 76 people trigger a 5-mile oil spill that could ripple through the gulf economy

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    Thai officials show samples of illegally imported electronic waste from the United States which they said they seized at Bangkok Port during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, May 14, 2025.
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    ‘I feel like if I start doing well, people assume the worst of intentions’: Chess grandmaster rocked by cheating allegations shortly before untimely death at 29

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