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Across U.S. distribution networks, inside retail and manufacturing warehouses, there's a widespread move to adjust prices higher due to tariffs.

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Stanford University leaders announced this week that the university would be laying off employees and cutting $140 million from it budget for the upcoming year.

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The US president said he had also shelved plans to lift sanctions after Iran’s leader said his country had “slapped America in the face” by attacking its military base in Qatar.

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The rapper denied the shocking allegations in a new Instagram post, calling Terrance “T.A.” Dixon a “coward” and the lawyer bringing the case “crooked.”

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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump for taking "decisive action" against Iran's nuclear facilities. The NATO leader said that the strikes made the world safer.

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