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US stocks slip after oil prices and the bond market crank up the pressure

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped Tuesday after oil prices and the bond market cranked up the pressure on Wall Street. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 328 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.8%. They felt pressure as the yield on the 10-year Treasury, which is the centerpiece of the U.S. bond market, climbed to 5.00% from 4.97% late Monday and briefly touched 5.04% overnight. It's been jumping to its highest level in years, and Monday was the first time it breached 5% since 2023. Higher yields mean everyone from the U.S. government ...

Trump slams the Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday went after the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year's midterms, saying justices who opposed him were "not the people I interviewed." His social media missive was just the latest in a long history of Trump assailing justices, particularly those he had nominated, who ruled against him on his administration's most prominent initiatives. The president has been publicly furious with the Supreme Court over its decisions against restricting birthright citizenship and his ability to issue tariffs ...

FBI chief Kash Patel defends hiring standards changes on prostitution, bestiality at fiery hearing

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday defended the bureau's loosening of hiring standards regarding an applicant's past experience with prostitution and bestiality, insisting that the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to be considered for employment without fear ...

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McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalization

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to the Senate to vote on Monday for the first time in three months, looking noticeably more frail after he was hospitalized for a June fall in his home. McConnell's lengthy absence from the Senate generated a flood of ...