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U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed close near their all-time highs

U.S. stocks drifted ahead of a highly anticipated meeting of the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 edged just barely higher Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped less than 0.1%, pulling slightly below the record high it set a day earlier. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%, driven by gains for Big Tech companies including Microsoft and Intel.

Harris to sit down with Black journalists for rare interview

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris is set to conduct a rare extended campaign interview Tuesday, taking questions from a trio of journalists from the National Association of Black Journalists just a month after former President Donald Trump ‘s appearance before the same organization turned contentious over matters of race and other issues.

Trump pledges tariffs and repeats false claims

DETROIT (AP) - Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated false claims that Chinese automakers are putting up large factories in Mexico, vowing during a stop in the automaking state of Michigan to slap 200% tariffs on any vehicles the unbuilt plants make and ship to the United States.

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Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates

WASHINGTON (AP) - Having all but tamed inflation, the Federal Reserve is poised to do something Wednesday it hasn't done in more than four years: Cut its benchmark interest rate, a step that should lead to lower borrowing costs for consumers and businesses just weeks before the presidential election.

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Approval for Alaska Airlines to buy Hawaiian Air

The Biden administration is letting Alaska Airlines complete its $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines after the carriers agreed to certain conditions, including maintaining maintain current service on routes between Hawaii and the mainland U.S. where they don't have much competition.

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Guardian Media Group in talks to sell the Observer newspaper to Tortoise

LONDON (AP) - News publisher Guardian Media Group said Tuesday it is in talks to sell The Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media, a "slow news" outlet founded by a former BBC executive and a U.S. diplomat.

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Exploding pagers kill 9 and wound 2,750 in Lebanon

Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded almost simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, government and Hezbollah officials said. Officials pointed the finger at Israel in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack.

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Harris - "This young mother should be alive"

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that the death of a young Georgia mother who died after waiting 20 hours for a hospital to treat her complications from an abortion pill shows the consequences of Donald Trump’s actions.

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Trump pledges tariffs and repeats false claims

DETROIT (AP) - Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated false claims that Chinese automakers are putting up large factories in Mexico, vowing during a stop in the automaking state of Michigan to slap 200% tariffs on any vehicles the unbuilt plants make and ship to the United States.

MOSINEE, Wis. (AP) - With just days to go before his first and likely only debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump posted a warning on his social media site threatening to jail those "involved in unscrupulous behavior" this election, which he said would be under intense scrutiny.