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2023-06-22 04:48
Biden administration moves to restore endangered species protections dropped by Trump
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Drugmaker lobbying group sues over plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices
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2023-06-22 03:22
Biden's 3 Federal Reserve nominees appear likely to win Senate approval
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2023-06-22 02:52
Fed's Powell: More rate hikes are likely this year to fight still-high inflation
With inflation in the United States still too high, most Federal Reserve officials expect to raise interest rates further this year, Chair Jerome Powell said in prepared testimony to be delivered to a House committee
2023-06-22 01:24
US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation's first 'lab-grown' meat
Chicken grown from animal cells, not from slaughtered birds, can now be sold in the U.S. The Agriculture Department issued approvals Wednesday to California firms Upside Foods and Good Meat to sell the products, known as “lab-grown” or “cultivated” meat
2023-06-21 23:55
Amazon is accused of enrolling consumers into Prime without consent and making it hard to cancel
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for what it calls a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions
2023-06-21 23:46
Need for speed: F-16 pilot calls the fighter jets sought by Ukraine 'easy to fly'
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2023-06-21 23:24
Russia says it downed 3 drones outside Moscow, suspects it was attack by Ukraine
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2023-06-21 22:25
Charitable giving in 2022 drops for only the fourth time in 40 years: Giving USA report
Charitable giving in the United States declined in 2022 -- only the fourth time in four decades that donations did not increase year over year -- according to the Giving USA report released Tuesday
2023-06-21 21:25
European Union countries agree on a new package of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine
European Union countries have agreed on a new package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine
2023-06-21 21:17
Windrush scandal rumbles on 5 years after UK government's apology
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2023-06-21 17:55
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