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‘Widow’s Bay’ breaks Emmys record with 14 wins including best comedy series, ‘Pitt’ wins best drama

LOS ANGELES | A “Widow’s Bay” wave slammed into the Emmy Awards on Monday night as the Apple TV show set a single-season record for a comedy with 14 wins, including best comedy series and best actor for star Matthew Rhys, who personally took home three trophies. “The celebrations will be long, varied, and I […]

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Federal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark rate, defying Trump’s demands

WASHINGTON | The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lift its short-term interest rate Wednesday for the first time in three years to fight stubbornly high inflation, a move that would put the central bank at odds with President Donald Trump’s support for a cut. A quarter-point increase in the Fed’s rate, currently about 3.6%, […]

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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s plan to limit mail ballots

Even with voting already underway, uncertainty about what might come next had been hovering over preparations for this year’s midterm elections. The U.S. Supreme Court lifted much of that uncertainty late Monday when it rejected President Donald Trump’s push to have the U.S. Postal Service play a central role in deciding who would be able […]

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine will pause strikes on Russia if Kremlin spares critical infrastructure

KYIV, Ukraine | President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Ukraine is ready to halt its strikes on Russian territory if allies can secure a genuine Russian commitment not to hit Ukraine’s critical infrastructure. His comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed in a social media post that Russia and Ukraine had agreed “not to […]

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McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalization

WASHINGTON | Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to the Senate to vote on Monday for the first time in three months, looking noticeably more frail after he was hospitalized for a June fall in his home. McConnell’s lengthy absence from the Senate generated a flood of criticism and online speculation, as he initially […]

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Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. Trump and Congress are not rushing to act

WASHINGTON | he technology industry’s increasingly urgent warnings about the potential harm of artificial intelligence are slamming into political intransigence in Washington, offering a fresh test of the federal government’s willingness and ability to confront what may become a defining issue of the era. President Donald Trump is leading the opposition to recent calls by […]

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Colorado joins states, cities suing over Trump rule seeking to deny green cards to immigrants using public benefits

NEW YORK | Colorado and other Democratic-led states and cities filed lawsuits Monday challenging a federal rule set to begin Friday that they say gives President Donald Trump’s administration broad discretion to deny green cards to immigrants who rely on public assistance for food, healthcare, housing and other basic needs. New York Attorney General Letitia […]

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Aurora bans evaporative cooling at future data centers, stalls on regulating residential set-backs

AURORA | Aurora lawmakers on Monday were divided on some restrictions on future data centers built in the city but unanimously agreed to limit the water-intensive use of evaporative-cooling at the controversial centers. City lawmakers have struggled to agree on what some of the threats of the nationally and locally controversial computing centers could be […]