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Fed Raises Interest Rates After a Pause and Leaves Door Open to More
Federal Reserve officials lifted borrowing costs by a quarter-point after pausing in June. Rates could rise more, but the central bank is not ready to commit.
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G.M. and Other Automakers Will Build 30,000 Electric Vehicle Chargers
The companies will jointly spend at least $1 billion to build a North American network in an effort to persuade more people to buy battery-powered cars and trucks.
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Russia’s Online Censorship Has Surged During Ukraine War
A report from Citizen Lab laid out how much online censorship has increased on one of Russia’s biggest social media sites.
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How Regional Banks Got Healthy Again
The crisis set off by Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse has waned. Its peers have more capital and deeper customer ties.
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Alison Rose of NatWest Bank Resigns After Nigel Farage Allegations
Alison Rose of NatWest, one of the country’s largest banks, resigned after Nigel Farage, a Brexit firebrand, said his account had been shut because of his political views.
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McCarthy, House GOP tiptoe toward Biden impeachment inquiry
In broaching impeachment, the House GOP majority is entering what many acknowledge is a treacherous time that will test the conference’s ideological factions.
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Mitch McConnell freezes mid-sentence, escorted away at news conference
The incident took place about four months after McConnell fell and suffered a concussion and a broken rib at a private dinner at a Washington hotel.
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Why Hunter Biden’s plea deal wasn’t approved on Wednesday
A federal judge exposed a rift over immunity provisions, and questioned whether the structure of the deal was legal.
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Giuliani declines to defend the indefensible. And he’s got company.
He joins others facing legal problems in conceding that what he said was false or baseless.
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The Very Private Life of Melania Trump
The former first lady has mostly retreated from public view — and steered clear of the campaign trail — while her husband fights to return to the White House and faces increasing legal peril.