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Trump’s plan for a drug advertising crackdown faces many hurdles

Trump’s plan for a drug advertising crackdown faces many hurdles

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other administration officials are vowing a crackdown on deceptive drug ads, but the effort is likely to face multiple headwinds, inclu...

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Labor Department watchdog to audit jobs and inflation reports from embattled BLS

Labor Department watchdog to audit jobs and inflation reports from embattled BLS

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says it will review how a Labor Department agency compiles and reports some of the nation’s highest profile economic data, just two days after the agency ma...

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Former Mars exec pleads guilty to stealing $28M from the candymaker

Former Mars exec pleads guilty to stealing $28M from the candymaker

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A former executive for a subsidiary of candymaker Mars Inc. pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud and tax charges in connection with his theft of $28 million from the company, ...

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Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom’s latest legal bid to halt deportation from New Zealand is rejected

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom’s latest legal bid to halt deportation from New Zealand is rejected

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand court has rejected the latest bid by internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom to halt his deportation to the United States on charges related to his file-shari...

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Trump administration requests emergency ruling to remove Cook from Fed board

Trump administration requests emergency ruling to remove Cook from Fed board

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has asked an appeals court to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors by Monday, before the central bank’s next vote on interest r...

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Mexico’s new tariffs on Asian imports aim to counter US trade pressures

Mexico’s new tariffs on Asian imports aim to counter US trade pressures

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican import taxes on more than 1,400 products from China and other Asian countries will be as high as 50%, as the country tries to shore up domestic production and pass on so...

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