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Meta to reinstate Trump on Facebook, Instagram

Former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be reinstated “in the coming weeks,” the social media platforms’ parent company Meta said on Wednesday.  Trump’s accounts have been suspended since January 2021 when Meta initially banned the him indefinitely, after finding his posts on Jan. 6 amid the attack on …

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U.S. economy is slowing to stall speed, recession gauge shows

A closely watched gauge of economic activity shows the U.S. is likely to tip into recession sometime this year. The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index, which consolidates several measures of the economy’s trajectory, declined in December — its tenth consecutive monthly drop. Several indicators pulled the index down, including a …

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Justice Dept outlines limits of its cooperation with House GOP

Washington — The Justice Department told House Republicans there would be strict parameters limiting its ability to fully cooperate with congressional probes into the department’s work.  In a letter Friday to the new House Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan, the department cited the need to safeguard ongoing investigations. “Consistent with …

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