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Trump Live Updates: Maxwell Avoids Answering Epstein Questions as Lawyer Says She Wants Clemency The New York TimesGhislaine Maxwell pleads the Fifth but says she'd 'speak fully and honestly' if Trump grants her clemency NBC NewsGhislaine Maxwell: I'll Talk for a Pardon New York MagazineJasmine Crockett's vulgar 6-word message for Trump in Epstein probe foxnews.com
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Amanda Serrano, the star of Paul's MVP roster, isn't happy about his comments.
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The unions representing pilots and flight attendants have in recent days publicly criticized American for falling behind Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.
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2026 Winter Olympics live updates: U.S. mixed doubles curling taking on Italy for spot in gold-medal match NBC Olympics'They are really nice people': Curlers laugh off miscue in key moment Sportsnet(MICO2026)ITALY-CORTINA D'AMPEZZO-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-MIXED DOUBLES-SEMI-FINAL-ITA VS USA Big News Network.comStefania Constantini Advances to Mixed Doubles Curling Semi-Finals at Milano Cortina 2026 justwomenssports.com
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Trump plans to keep Democratic governors out of traditionally bipartisan meeting The Washington PostWes Moore suggests race may be why he was not invited to gov dinner with Trump PoliticoMd. Gov. Moore uninvited from White House bipartisan dinner: 'Blatant disrespect' FOX 5 DCTrump Is Hosting Governors at the White House, but Only Republicans The New York Times
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It was a choppy start to the short trading week, with stocks spending time in both positive and negative territory Tuesday. Bears gained the upper hand in the afternoon, though, with the three major indexes ending another day in the red.
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Although this week's economic calendar is fairly thin, data from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) this morning showed that activity in the services sector ticked up to 56.9% in August - the highest level since April - from July's 56.7%.
"This is the most recent piece of data to suggest the economy remains resilient and as such the market takeaway is that this gives the Fed more room to continue raising rates," says Michael Reinking, senior market strategist for the New York Stock Exchange. "Futures markets are now pricing in a 75% chance of a 75 basis-point hike later this month from a coin flip late last week." A basis point is one-one hundredth of a percentage point.
In reaction to today's ISM data, the 10-year Treasury yield rose to its loftiest level since mid-June. This, in turn, weighed on shares in the communication services (-1.3%) and technology (-0.6%) sectors, with names such as streaming giant Netflix (NFLX, -3.4%) and chipmaker Intel (INTC, -2.8%) seeing notable declines.
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As for the major indexes, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7% to 11,544, its seventh straight loss.
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 The U.S. Justice Department proposed on Wednesday that Congress take up legislation to curb protections that big tech platforms like Alphabet's Google and Facebook have had for decades, a senior official said, following through on U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to crack down on tech giants.
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