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As Death Toll Rises After Blast, a Search for Answers and Survivors

Rescue workers still struggling to treat thousands of people wounded in an enormous explosion that rocked Beirut turned their attention on Wednesday morning to the desperate search for survivors.

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TikTok, Trump and an Impulse to Act as C.E.O. to Corporate America

WASHINGTON — President Trump campaigned on a promise to run the economy like his business empire. And for almost four years, he has unabashedly wielded the power of the presidency to insert himself into corporate affairs, helping some companies and punishing others in line with his instincts and inclinations.

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TikTok row: Microsoft pursues deal as China vows to resist US sanctions

On Sunday the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, told Fox News that Donald Trump was likely to take unspecified action in the coming days.

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Drugmakers Win $2.1 Billion Vaccine Deal With U.S.

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U.S. G.D.P. Fell 9.5 Percent

Gross domestic product — the broadest measure of goods and services produced — fell 9.5 percent in the second quarter of the year, the Commerce Department said Thursday. On an annualized basis, the standard way of reporting quarterly economic data, G.D.P. fell at a rate of 32.9 percent.

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A Viral Epidemic Splintering Into Deadly Pieces

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Barr to Testify on Protest Response, Mueller Inquiry and Other Issues

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Cities in Bind as Turmoil Spreads Far Beyond Portland

SEATTLE — A series of strident new protests over police misconduct rattled cities across the country over the weekend, creating a new dilemma for state and local leaders who had succeeded in easing some of the turbulence in their streets until a showdown over the use of federal agents in Oregon stirred fresh outrage.

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As global cases keep soaring, the virus rebounds in places that seemed to have tamed it

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Weekly Unemployment Claims Rose to 1.4 Million in U.S.

The government reported on Thursday that more 1.4 million workers filed new claims for state unemployment benefits last week, the first time that the weekly tally has risen in more than three months.