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Trump administration seizes oil tanker off Venezuela coast, US officials say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday. The move comes amid a massive U.S. military build-up in the region, including an aircraft carrier, fighter jets and tens of thousands of troops.
Judge orders Trump to end California National Guard troop deployment in Los Angeles
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and ordered them returned to the control of the state's governor.
Divided Fed approves third rate cut this year, sees slower pace ahead
A Federal Reserve split over where its priorities should lie lowered its key interest rate Wednesday, but signaled a tougher road ahead for further reductions. Fulfilling expectations of a “hawkish cut,” the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee cut its key overnight borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point, putting it in a range between 3.5%-3.75%.
San Francisco woman gives birth in a Waymo self-driving taxi
A driverless Waymo vehicle turned into a temporary birthing center.
Judge grants Justice Department request to unseal records from Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case
Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled Wednesday, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department’s requests to unseal material from investigations into the late financier’s sexual abuse.
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