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President Trump lashed out at Fed Chair Jerome Powell over interest rates, saying he should "certainly lower them now."
Some states want to ban food stamp recipients from buying soda and candy
Some states want to block SNAP recipients from using benefits to buy sugary foods as part of the "make America healthy again" movement.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in a speech today that President Trump's tariffs are likely to boost U.S. inflation.
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Florida stationery business owner sues Trump administration over tariffs
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Italy's Meloni to meet Trump with weight of EU anxiety on her shoulders
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Missing woman's body found buried under shed; handyman questioned
A missing 82-year-old woman's remains were found buried beneath a shed and partially encased in concrete in northwestern Washington, authorities said.
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Active shooter reported on Florida State campus; multiple people hospitalized
Florida State University urged students to seek shelter and await further instructions as police responded to reports of an active shooter.
Wrongful death notice filed against Idaho city over teen shot by police
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Google's digital ad network an illegal monopoly, judge rules
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Small businesses say uncertainty is worse than tariffs. Here's why.
Triple-digit U.S tariffs on China will "wipe out our business completely," one small business owner says.
Trump says Fed Chair Powell's "termination cannot come fast enough"
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Italy's Meloni meets with Trump amid EU anxiety
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GLP-1 pill shows success for diabetes, weight loss, Eli Lilly says
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Justice Department wants to step in for Trump in E. Jean Carroll appeal
The Department of Justice wants to stand in for President Trump in his ongoing appeal of a defamation case that could cost him tens of millions of dollars.
Trump says Fed Chair Powell's "termination cannot come fast enough"
President Trump lashed out at Fed Chair Jerome Powell over interest rates, saying he should "certainly lower them now."
Judge sides with Catholic employers on worker's abortions, fertility care
More than 9,000 Catholic employers don't need to abide by federal regulations protecting workers who seek abortions and fertility treatments under a ruling by a federal judge in North Dakota.
Italy's Meloni meets with Trump amid EU anxiety
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Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.'s NIH slashed science funding across U.S.
A KFF Health News analysis underscores how the NIH funding terminations have spared no part of the country, politically or geographically.
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Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.'s NIH slashed science funding across U.S.
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NIH ultra-processed food scientist says RFK Jr. aides censored him
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In the United States more than 100,000 people are currently waiting on lifesaving organ transplants. And while transplants and recoveries have reached record highs in recent years, so has the number of organs going to waste. One in five donated organs were discarded last year. CBS News followed 31-year-old organ donor Mitch Potter as his family copes with loss while doctors try to ensure that his ultimate gift can be utilized to save others.
Some states want to ban food stamp recipients from buying soda and candy
Some states want to block SNAP recipients from using benefits to buy sugary foods as part of the "make America healthy again" movement.
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U.K. touts test of new radio wave weapon to take down "swarms of drones"
The U.K. military has carried out a first successful test of a British-made "directed energy weapon" to down dozens of drones at once.
Wife identifies missing husband's shirt at cartel recruitment ranch
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Israeli family's dog found in Gaza 18 months after Hamas attack
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U.S. man still in jail after going to banned island to see remote tribe
Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov left a can of Diet Coke and a coconut as offering for the tribe after he failed to contact the Sentinelese.
Italy's Meloni meets with Trump amid EU anxiety
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Michelle Trachtenberg died of diabetes complications, officials say
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Judge: Google is online advertising monopoly
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Google is a monopolist in markets for online advertising technology. CBS News' Kelly O'Grady has the details.
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The ruling involving Google's online ad technology follows a similar case last year in which Google's search engine was declared a monopoly.
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How AI is reuniting people with pets
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Judge: Google is online advertising monopoly
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Scientists find "strongest evidence yet" of life in space
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