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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures before boarding Air Force One as he returns to Washington, D.C., in Lossiemouth, Scotland, Britain, July 29, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump‘s ‘big beautiful bill’ added a temporary $40,000 limit on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT. But the phaseout, or income-based benefit reduction, creates what some …

Cooper Lutkenhaus defied the odds on Sunday at the USATF Outdoor Championships, earning a ticket to the World Championships after a second-place finish in the men’s 800-meter final at Hayward Field. As a 16-year-old. As a rising high school junior. What’s crazier may have been the time: 1:42.27. It was the fourth-best men’s performance in U.S. history—by anyone. It’s currently …

Berkshire Earnings Key Takeaways: Strong Profit, No Buybacks, High Cash Levels  Barron’s Berkshire Hathaway operating earnings dip 4% as conglomerate braces for tariff impact  CNBC Berkshire takes $3.8 billion Kraft Heinz writedown, profit falls  New York Post Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sold another $3 billion of stocks as investor enters home stretch as CEO  Yahoo Finance Berkshire’s Quarterly Earnings Drop on Insurance Results, Currency …

The man who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers in Arkansas grew up in Chicago and went to high school in Oak Park. Andrew James McGann, a 28-year-old teacher who was expected to start a new job in northwest Arkansas on Aug. 11, has been charged with two counts of capital murder in the July 26 killing of …

The newly announced tariffs by the US government on Brazilian imports, as well as Washington’s move to sanction Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes “for serious human rights abuse,” has caused a strong reaction in Brazil. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has condemned American interference in the Brazilian legal system, calling it “unacceptable.” The political motivation behind these measures undermines …

United States kindergarten vaccination rates decreased last year while exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to new federal data. The data, posted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website Thursday, showed vaccination coverage among kindergartners during the 2024 to 2025 school year decreased for all reported vaccines from the year before. According to the data, about 92.1% …

Americans are struggling financially, grappling with debt and the rising cost of living, and are blaming the Trump administration and corporate interests for worsening economic outlooks for working families, according to a new poll. Six out of 10 Americans place blame on the Trump administration for driving up their cost of living, according to a poll conducted by Morning Consult …

Canadian Dollar Falls as Canada Faces High Tariffs on U.S. Exports  The Wall Street Journal One Wall Street firm tells investors how to trade the July payrolls data  MarketWatch Forex Today: The US NFP grabs all the attention  FXStreet Dollar Index Gets Back Above 100 Point Mark  Barron’s Worst Case Scenario Largely Avoided and There’s a Clear Starting Point  Action Forex Source link

Copper traders were caught off guard on Wednesday after refined copper was excluded from President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, leaving them with large stockpiles and rapidly falling prices. On Wednesday, copper futures on New York’s COMEX exchange plunged 20% in one day — the largest intraday drop since the contract began trading in 1988. The sell-off followed the Trump administration’s …

The percentage of kids who didn’t get their recommended childhood vaccines rose again last school year, continuing the post-pandemic trend of Americans opting out of vaccinations. During the 2024-25 school year, 4.1% of kindergartners — about 138,000 kids — had a vaccine exemption, surpassing the previous record high of 3.7% during the prior school year. Nearly all exemptions are listed …