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August 10, 2025
Commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order
Updated 4:55 PM EDT, August 9, 2025 HONOLULU (AP) — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections. The remote Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument is home to turtles, marine mammals and seabirds, which environmental groups say will get snagged by longline fishing, an industrial method ...
Go to discussionFed Governor Bowman says weak jobs report backs her view for 3 rate cuts this year
August 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM EDT A top official at the Federal Reserve said Saturday that this month’s stunning, weaker-than-expected report on the U.S. job market is strengthening her belief that interest rates should be lower. Michelle Bowman was one of two Fed officials who voted a week and a half ago in favor of cutting interest rates. Such a move could help boost the economy by making it cheaper for people to borrow money to buy a house or a car, but it could also threaten to push inflation ...
Go to discussionWhite House is considering inviting Zelenskyy to Alaska
Aug. 9, 2025, 5:27 PM EDT WASHINGTON — The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Alaska, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week, according to a senior U.S. official and three people briefed on the internal discussions. “It’s being discussed,” one of the people briefed on the discussions said. The senior U.S. official and people briefed on the discussions said no visit has been finalized and th ...
Go to discussionCDC shooter believed COVID vaccine made him suicidal, his father tells police
Updated 6:54 PM EDT, August 9, 2025 ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man who opened fire on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, shooting dozens of rounds into the sprawling complex and killing a police officer, had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Saturday. The 30-year-old shooter also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta but was stopped by guards before driving to a ...
Go to discussionGOP Congressman on Trump Tariffs: 'Steel Prices Are Up' but It's 'For the Good of the Country'
Aug 9th, 2025, 4:39 pm Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) acknowledged that prices were up as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, yet emphasized that it’s “for the good of the country” in a Saturday appearance on Fox Report With Jon Scott. Host Jon Scott asked the congressman, who recently announced his run for governor, to explain a Fox poll showing only a 55% approval rating for Trump on the economy. “I think a lot of people are seeing higher prices,” said Norman. “Our family’s in the con ...
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