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U.S. Manufacturers ‘Stuck in a Rut’ Despite Fed Intervention
RV Business
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July 14, 2025
WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much, but they share a conviction that the government should help American manufacturers, one way or another, according to an Associated Press report. Democratic President Joe Biden handed out...
How U.S. tariffs are affecting trade flows, freight volumes and equipment demand
Truck News
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July 14, 2025
The uncertainty caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on countries around the world may be proving more disruptive than the tariffs themselves, when it comes to U.S. imports and freight volumes. “Beyond just the effect of tariffs...
‘Sunfish (& Other Stories On Green Lake)’ By Sierra Falconer Set For U.S. Theatrical Release With The Future of Film is Female
Deadline
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July 14, 2025
The Future of Film is Female will release Sunfish (& Other Stories On Green Lake), the feature debut of writer-director Sierra Falconer, on September 12 at the IFC Center in New York with a national expansion to follow. A wistful, slice of life...
How Much More “TACO” Madness Can the U.S. Economy Take?
The New Yorker
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July 14, 2025
The White House’s tariffs have been well received, Donald Trump told Kristen Welker, of NBC News, last week, adding that the stock market had just hit a new high. Trump was right about the market, but he didn’t mention why investors were bidding...
Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War?
The New Yorker
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July 14, 2025
Late this spring, I was led into a car in Kyiv, blindfolded, and driven to a secret factory in western Ukraine. The facility belongs to TAF Drones, founded three years ago by Oleksandr Yakovenko, a young Ukrainian businessman who wanted to help...
China Pushes Back Against U.S. Criticism Over Nassau Hospital Project
Eye Witness News
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July 14, 2025
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – China has firmly rejected criticism from the United States regarding its involvement in the Nassau Hospital Project, describing recent comments from the U.S. Embassy in The Bahamas as “baseless and absurd.” Over the weekend, the...
20 U.S. bishops join interfaith effort opposing ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ which was signed into effect July 4
St.Louis Review - Missouri
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Gregory A. Shemitz | OSV News Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M. Editor’s note: Updated with President Trump’s signing the bill into effect on July 4. WASHINGTON — Prior to President Trump’s signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 20...
U.S.-China Trade Plummets From 18% To 6%: Trump Tariffs Or Trickery?
Forbes
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And then there were two. Once China sat atop the rankings of U.S. trade partners. Today, it ranks a ... More distance third, closer in percentage to the rest of the world's nations than Mexico or Canada.ustradenumbers.com China accounted for 5.89%...
U.S. imposes 17% duty on fresh Mexican tomatoes
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 14, 2025
The U.S. government said Monday it is placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff. Proponents said the import tax will help rebuild the shrinking U.S. tomato industry and...
U.S. pushes allies to clarify Taiwan war roles
Donga Ilbo
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The Financial Times (FT) reported that the U.S. government has asked Japan and Australia to clarify what roles they would play if a conflict were to break out between the U.S. and China over Taiwan. The U.S. is demanding that its key allies in the...
S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record high after inflation data; focus on bank earnings
The Economic Times
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July 15, 2025
U.S. stocks are drifting mostly higher following some mixed data on inflation and profits at some of the biggest U.S. banks. The S&P 500 was up 0.4% in early trading Tuesday and sitting a bit above its all-time high set on Thursday. The Dow Jones...
U.S. defence department awards contracts to Google, Elon Musk's xAI
The Hindu
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July 15, 2025
The contracts will enable the DoD to develop agentic AI workflows [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS OpenAI, Alphabet's Google, Anthropic and Elon Musk's AI firm xAI have won contracts of up to $200 million each, aimed at scaling up adoption of...
NATO countries will buy weapons from the United States, including Patriot missiles, to send them to Ukraine
Metro World News
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July 14, 2025
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed on Monday that a group of allied countries agreed to purchase U.S. weaponry, including the Patriot anti-aircraft defense missile system, to send to Ukraine as part of a new coordinated effort to...
Americans Are Pushing Back At Canada With A New Airport Customs Dilemma Of Their Own
The Travel
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July 15, 2025
Canada and the United States are currently disagreeing on several issues. Both the Canadian and U.S. governments disagree on travel advisories to other countries, while boycotts by both sides continue to take place. It isn't just one-sided...
Penn Highlands Healthcare CEO Participates in Vizient’s U.S. Congressional Briefing on Hospitals’ Financial Health
Gant News - Pennsylvania
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July 15, 2025
DUBOIS- Steven M. Fontaine, CEO of Penn Highlands Healthcare, recently participated in a U.S. Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill hosted by Vizient, Inc. regarding Hospitals’ Financial Health: The Complex Ecosystem of Provider Reimbursement. He...
Family of Tampa man reportedly killed by Israeli settlers in West Bank call for U.S. investigation
WTSP - Florida
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July 15, 2025
The family of 20-year-old Saif Musallet says he was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied territory. TAMPA, Fla. — The family of a 20-year-old Tampa man killed Friday in the West Bank is calling on the U.S. government to investigate...
U.S. And Israeli Strikes On Iran Could Fuel A New Wave Of Nuclear Proliferation
MENAFN
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July 14, 2025
(MENAFN- The Conversation) In the wake of recent strikes by Israel and the United States on Iranian cities, military sites and nuclear facilities, a troubling paradox has emerged: actions intended to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons may...
How Eurostack could offer Canada a route to digital independence from the United States
The Conversation
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July 14, 2025
The contemporary internet has been with us since roughly 1995. Its current underlying economic model — surveillance capitalism — began in the early 2000s, when Google and then Facebook realized how much our personal information and online...
U.S. imposes a 17% duty on fresh Mexican tomatoes in hopes of boosting domestic production
NBC Connecticut
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July 14, 2025
The U.S. government said Monday it is immediately placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff. Proponents said the import tax will help rebuild the shrinking U.S. tomato...
U.S. imposes 17% duty on fresh Mexican tomatoes in hopes of boosting domestic production
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Tomatoes imported from Mexico are for sale in a supermarket in Miami, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) The U.S. government said Monday it is immediately placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations...