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U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues
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8/19/2026 3:24 PM
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| President Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been undercut by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds. |
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Markets Rally After U.S. Treasury Eases Bond Investor Stress
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8/19/2026 1:50 PM
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| Government bond yields fell and stocks rose on a move by the Treasury Department to double the amount of debt that it can buy back from investors. |
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Why Treasury Yields Are Rising, and What That Means for the Economy
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8/19/2026 3:32 PM
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| Interest rates on U.S. government bonds can affect everything from auto and student loans to mortgages. |
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More Fed Officials Lost Patience About Elevated Inflation at Latest Meeting
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8/19/2026 12:46 PM
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| Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July gathering showed broadening support for higher borrowing costs to stamp out lingering price pressures. |
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How the U.S. Navy Is Helping Get Oil Through the Strait of Hormuz
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8/19/2026 12:59 PM
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| With Iran making ship traffic perilous, a U.S. operation offers a way out for some energy exports, stealthily shepherding tankers on dangerous journeys. |
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Trump Threatens Economic Pain for Countries That Help Iran
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8/19/2026 6:52 PM
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| The president did not specify what actions he would take, and he has on other occasions abandoned threats to dramatically escalate the war with Iran. |
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What to Know About Iran’s Economic Ties With Gulf Countries
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8/19/2026 3:41 PM
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| The United Arab Emirates, Iran’s most important regional trading partner, announced a total embargo on transactions with Tehran on Tuesday. |
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Prince Harry and Meghan Will Move Back to U.K. After 6 Years in U.S.
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8/19/2026 7:15 PM
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| The prince and his wife, whose relations with King Charles and the rest of the royal family have long been strained, will remain non-working royals, according to a person familiar with the decision. |
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Harry and Meghan’s Break with Britain and Planned Return: a Timeline
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8/19/2026 6:58 PM
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| The couple will remain non-working royals. It is unclear where they will live. |
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Queen Camilla Says It Was ‘Difficult’ to Keep Charles’s Cancer a Secret
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8/19/2026 4:28 AM
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| “I was just longing to let it out,” Camilla said in rare public comments about the king’s 2024 diagnosis, which was not immediately revealed. “But obviously I couldn’t.” |
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More of Trump’s Chosen Candidates Lose Republican Primaries
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8/19/2026 1:20 PM
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| A series of recent losses has eroded the president’s winning record, raising new questions about his hold over the party’s voters. |
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Alabama Democrats Look for a Black Backlash Over Voting Rights
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8/19/2026 5:55 PM
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| Democrats in Alabama and beyond are trying to harness Black anger over the Supreme Court’s weakening of the Voting Rights Act and the Republican redistricting that followed. |
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Missouri Judge Says Redrawn Congressional Map May Be Used in Midterms
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8/19/2026 7:49 PM
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| The decision was a win for Republicans, who have been pushing for the new map in an effort to help maintain the party’s narrow control in the U.S. House in November. |
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In Wyoming’s G.O.P. Primaries, an Emphatic Rebuke of the Hard Right
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8/19/2026 5:51 PM
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| The Wyoming Freedom Caucus had ambitions for a total takeover of elected state government. But its candidates were rejected from the governor’s mansion to the Legislature. |
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Hating Matcha, Yet Loving Life, Made Him a TikTok Star at 89
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8/19/2026 9:01 PM
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| Werner Kalecinski is a social media sensation among young Germans. How did he go from heartbroken widower to partying on a yacht? |
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North Korean Official Dismisses Reduced Drills Between US and South Korea
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8/19/2026 7:22 PM
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| Kim Yo-jong, a powerful adviser and sister of Kim Jong-un, also said she was “unaware” of any communication with Washington, contradicting President Trump’s claim her brother had responded to his outreach. |
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Trump Officials Scrap Effort to Recruit Pentagon Lawyers to Represent Migrant Children
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8/19/2026 5:46 PM
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| The reversal of the plan, which had not been publicly disclosed, comes amid mounting confusion about how the administration is protecting the rights of unaccompanied minors. |
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D.E.A. Joins Investigation Into Hayden Panettiere’s Death
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8/19/2026 6:27 PM
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| The actress spoke candidly about her drug use and “the downfall of addiction.” The local police have said there is no evidence of foul play in her death. |
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What to Know About Hayden Panettiere’s Death
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8/19/2026 6:38 PM
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| The “Nashville” and “Heroes” star had released a memoir months before she died at 36. |
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Everyone’s Using This A.I. Dictation App That I Want to Murder With a Hammer
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8/19/2026 2:00 AM
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| Wispr Flow is supposed to make writing effortless and magical. So I “wrote” this column with it. |
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Google’s Pixel 11 Comes With Plenty of A.I. Does Anyone Want That?
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8/19/2026 12:06 PM
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| The phone’s artificial intelligence can order groceries, book tables and take photos on a user’s behalf. But is it something people really want? |
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Mamdani Sues City Council Over $10,000 Bonuses to Teachers’ Aides
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8/19/2026 2:47 PM
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| New York City says the Council’s legislation violates collective bargaining law. The dispute could set up the first high-profile battle between the mayor and a public sector union. |
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What Will It Take to Fix New York’s Housing Shortage?
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8/19/2026 3:31 PM
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| A draft report from the city estimates that 700,000 new units would need to be built over the next decade to accommodate the need for homes. |
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Trump Wants to Influence Brazil. It’s Way Ahead of Him.
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8/19/2026 10:00 PM
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| The country’s coming election will not be decided by the American president. |
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America Is About to Get More Expensive
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8/19/2026 10:00 PM
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| The impact from the bond market sell-off could prove more enduring, wide-ranging and globally consequential than prior episodes of market volatility. |
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Derrick Parker, Known as New York’s ‘Hip-Hop Cop,’ Dies at 65
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8/19/2026 12:27 PM
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| A veteran detective with deep connections in the city’s rap scene, he served as a one-man intelligence unit and liaison to the music world. |