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Trump Adds Tariff to Mexican Tomatoes

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Ana Swanson
The increase to the price of a grocery store staple comes after the Trump administration withdrew from a nearly 30-year-old trade agreement with Mexico.

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The levies stem from a nearly 30-year-old trade case that found Mexican tomato growers to be selling their products in the United States at unfairly low prices.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Trump’s Plan to Speed Weapons to Ukraine

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Robert Jimison
The right-wing congresswoman from Georgia suggested that the president’s new proposal to help speed weapons to Ukraine betrays the promise to voters to end U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts.

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene attending a military parade commemorating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army in Washington, last month.

Trump’s Decision on Patriot Missiles Gives Ukraine Cautious Optimism

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Andrew E. Kramer
American fatigue with the war and the fickleness of the Trump administration remain concerns for Ukraine’s leaders.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting on Monday with Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, in Kyiv, in a photograph released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service.

Fauja Singh, Marathon Runner at an Advanced Age, Is Dead

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Jeré Longman
Competing in London in 2011, he claimed to be 100, though his exact age remained a mystery. “I run while talking to God,” he said in explaining his endurance.

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Fauja Singh running across the Millennium Bridge in London in 2004. His first marathon was the 2000 London Marathon, which he finished in 6 hours 54 minutes.

Arizona Governor Seeks Investigation of Federal Handling of Grand Canyon Fire

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Christine Hauser
Gov. Katie Hobbs questioned why the U.S. government decided to manage the Dragon Bravo fire, which started with a lightning strike, as a “controlled burn” during the height of the summer.

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A firefighter sprays water on the remains of a smoldering structure near the Grand Canyon Lodge in Arizona on Sunday. A wildfire destroyed dozens of structures in the Grand Canyon National Park.

Fanny Howe, Poet of Unsettled Dreams, Is Dead at 84

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Adam Nossiter
Her heritage, as a scion of Boston Brahmins and the mother of biracial children, shaped a discursive verse style that veiled sharp edges and melancholy resolutions.

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Fanny Howe in 2015. She won numerous prizes for more than two dozen books of poetry and nearly 20 works of fiction, as well as memoirs, essays and children’s books.

Democrats Must ‘Toughen Up’ Against Trump, Obama Tells Donors

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Reid J. Epstein
Frustrated that prominent Democrats have not fought harder, former President Barack Obama said in a speech that his party’s leaders needed to step up.

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Former President Barack Obama told donors at a recent event that it was incumbent on Democrats to produce tangible results for people if they hope to win elections and remain in power.

He Helped Big Companies Dodge Taxes. Now He’s Writing the Rules.

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Jesse Drucker
Ken Kies, a longtime tax lobbyist who worked for some of the world’s largest businesses, is now running the Treasury Department’s office that will administer Trump’s tax law.

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Ken Kies played an instrumental role in enabling some of the biggest and most important tax avoidance strategies used by multinational companies and the wealthiest Americans.
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