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Stock market today: Wall Street finishes mixed as strong fashion, tobacco stocks offset Ford’s drop

Stock market today: Wall Street finishes mixed as strong fashion, tobacco stocks offset Ford’s drop

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted through mixed trading Thursday as rising fashion and cigarette stocks worked against drops for Ford Motor and Qualcomm. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% following…

Trump blames ‘obsolete’ US air traffic control system for the plane and chopper collision near DC

Trump blames ‘obsolete’ US air traffic control system for the plane and chopper collision near DC

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed last week’s deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter on what he called an “obsolete” computer system used by U.S. air traffic…

Trump urges Americans to ‘bring God back into our lives’ in National Prayer Breakfast speech

Trump urges Americans to ‘bring God back into our lives’ in National Prayer Breakfast speech

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that his relationship with religion had “changed” after a pair of failed assassination attempts last year, as he advocated at the National Prayer Breakfast at the…

Trump’s administration is pulling almost all USAID workers off the job worldwide

Trump’s administration is pulling almost all USAID workers off the job worldwide

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the…

US Postal Service flip-flops on Hong Kong-China packages, lifting a ban imposed a day earlier

US Postal Service flip-flops on Hong Kong-China packages, lifting a ban imposed a day earlier

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong. The…

Senate confirms Pam Bondi as US attorney general, putting Trump ally at Justice Department’s helm

Senate confirms Pam Bondi as US attorney general, putting Trump ally at Justice Department’s helm

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Tuesday evening, putting a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a…