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New Jersey deli fugitive leaves Thailand for U.S. court date

Peter Coker Jr., left, is issued search warrants from police at his villa on the southern resort island of Phuket, Thailand, Jan. 11, 2023. Crime Suppression Division, Royal Thai Police | AP A former fugitive charged with stock manipulation in the bizarre case of a money-losing New Jersey deli once …

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President Biden’s proposed 2024 budget calls for top 39.6% tax rate

President Joe Biden speaks about the U.S. response to the high-altitude Chinese balloon at the White House complex Feb. 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden is proposing higher taxes on wealthy Americans to help cover priorities like Medicare and …

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Biden’s budget proposal calls for boosting climate resilience funding

Joe Biden while speaking during the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt. Gehad Hamdy | Picture Alliance | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s budget proposal for 2024 includes billions of dollars spread across federal agencies to combat climate change, with a bulk of investment going towards boosting …

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U.S. says it doesn’t want to separate its economy from China’s

Tensions between the U.S. and China have escalated over the last few years. Teh Eng Koon | AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — The U.S. is pushing back on the idea it wants to suppress China and said it doesn’t want to separate the two economies, according to a State …

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White House endorses Senate TikTok bill, urges Congress to pass soon

U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and other U.S. senators unveil legislation that would allow the Biden administration to “ban or prohibit” foreign technology products such as the Chinese-owned video app TikTok during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 7, 2023. Bonnie Cash | Reuters The White House …

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New bill will give the Commerce Secretary the power to ban TikTok

U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks to the media following a classified briefing for U.S. Senators about the latest unknown objects shot down by the U.S. military, on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 14, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A new bipartisan bill will empower the Secretary of Commerce to …

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GOP opposition has ties to Trump allies, wealthy donors

A protester holds a sign during a youth climate strike outside of the BlackRock offices on December 06, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A group of Republican state financial officers gathered last February at a Hyatt hotel in downtown New Orleans to take aim at …

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The U.S. and China have a culture clash around their telephone hotline

Flags of the U.S. and China displayed on a table ahead of a meeting. Jason Lee | AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — The politically important U.S.-China relationship is vulnerable to cultural differences — such as why a phone call doesn’t get picked up. After the U.S. shot down an …

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Wounded soldier reflects on his recovery

NEW YORK — “He wants to know if he can shake your hand,” Roman Horodenskyi’s translator said as he stood beside the 20-year-old Ukrainian soldier. “He’s only had his arm for two weeks, so he’s still getting used to operating it,” his translator added during an interview with CNBC in …

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces new criminal charges

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was hit with four new criminal charges on Thursday in a superseding indictment filed in New York federal court. A source familar with the new counts said that SBF, as he is popularly known, could face an additional 40 years in prison if convicted in the …

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