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Category: United States
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Efforts to Help Smokers Quit Stall Under Trump
The C.D.C.’s tobacco control office has been shut for more than a year. After its most prominent antismoking campaign went off the air, calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW lines have plummeted.
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Fed’s Warsh Says Inflation Poses Less Risk Than a Few Weeks Ago
The Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin Warsh, stressed that the central bank would “deliver price stability,” a point he has emphasized repeatedly since taking over in May.
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What to Know About the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Talks
July 1 could be the beginning of the end for a trade pact President Trump has long criticized — or the start of a path to its renewal.
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Former Chinese Billionaire and Bannon Associate Is Sentenced for Fraud
The businessman courted U.S. conservatives as an anti-Communist crusader while using his supporters’ money to buy lavish homes and a Bugatti supercar.
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Ships Pull Back Amid Heightened Risk From Iran-U.S. Strikes
Four days of attacks by both countries forced a sharp decline in the number of vessels navigating through the Strait of Hormuz.
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How Warsh Has Begun to Change the Fed
Just weeks into his job as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin M. Warsh has embraced some of the central bank’s conventions while signaling seismic shifts ahead.
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Uber Enacts Stricter Background Checks for Drivers
The changes come after The New York Times revealed that the ride-hailing giant approved drivers with many types of criminal convictions, including violent felonies.
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Your Home Could Help Solve AI’s Growing Power Demand
Tesla, Sunrun and Renew Home plan to tap solar panels, batteries, thermostats and other devices installed in millions of homes to meet the energy demands of artificial intelligence.
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Alibaba Sues Pentagon Over China Military Label
The Chinese tech giant said it had no ties to China’s military and that the U.S. government had violated the law by making that claim.
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The Iran War’s Persistent Threat to Farmers in Poor Countries
A reopening of the Strait of Hormuz would do little to swiftly ease the pain inflicted by higher prices for fertilizer, food and fuel in Ivory Coast.