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    Navy Secretary warns workers can make more at Amazon instead of building America’s warships: ‘It’s hard to get that person to want to do that job’
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    Fed speeches reveal split that puts rate cut in jeopardy: persistent inflation vs ‘low-hire, low-fire’ labor market

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    Trump tells Americans the economy is better than ever at McDonald’s summit: ‘This is also the golden age’

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    Trump expected to treat Saudi crown prince as a full ally, with multibillion-dollar deals on F-35s and AI infrastructure

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    Odds of President Trump paying out $2,000 tariff rebate checks now sit at just 2%

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    Top analyst sees ‘genuine cracks for mid- to lower-end consumers’ as the K-shaped economy continues to bite

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    Rural America’s farm economy is struggling with its own K shape, as government payouts rocket to crisis levels
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    Politics

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    China has only bought 332,000 tons of U.S. soybeans since Trump made a deal with Xi Jinping that promised 12 million by year’s end

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