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Scam centers are spreading in East Timor, UN report says

Scam centers are spreading in East Timor, UN report says

BANGKOK (AP) — A suspected scam call operation and a suspicious network of companies was discovered with links to a new free trade zone in East Timor, the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime said Thurs...

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Trump’s investment push runs into his immigration crackdown

Trump’s investment push runs into his immigration crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to revitalize American manufacturing by luring foreign investment into the U.S. has run smack into one of his other priorities: cracking down on ill...

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Trump appeals ruling allowing Cook to remain Fed governor

Trump appeals ruling allowing Cook to remain Fed governor

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday appealed a ruling blocking him from firing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook as he seeks more control over the traditionally ind...

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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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