President Donald Trump is expected to announce an initiative at the White House on Wednesday to ease Americans’ access to medical records, tapping the help of technology and health care companies.The White House has advertised an afternoon speech in the East Room on “Making Health Technology Great Again.” Trump, who returned from a four-day trip to Scotland on Tuesday, also plans to sign legislation Wednesday.He is continuing to face fallout from his administration’s decision to limit the release of files from the Jeffrey Epstein case, but White House officials believe the uproar from Trump’s political base has calmed.
A divided Fed will keep rates steady, but might signal future cuts
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When Federal Reserve policymakers wrap up their latest two-day meeting on Wednesday, they are all but certain to leave interest rates unchanged for a fifth-straight time — a reflection of their cautious approach as they wait for clearer signals from the economy.
So far, economic growth remains decent, and inflation has shown recent moderation — a combination that gives the Fed room to cut rates but not the urgency to act this month.
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How Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren agreed on a sweeping housing package
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A sweeping housing package is gaining rare bipartisan support in the Senate, raising hopes that Congress might be able to pass legislation that would incentivize local governments and private developers to build more homes.
After the unlikely duo of Sen.Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) and Sen.Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) teamed up to write the measure, it passed unanimously out of the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday — unusual in a Senate sharply divided along partisan lines.
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U.S.economy is growing, but momentum may not last
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U.S.economic growth is likely to have been strong in the most recent quarter — though not quite as strong as the data might suggest, as tariff-related uncertainty continues to weigh on businesses and consumers.
New data from the Commerce Department this morning is expected to show that gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 2.5 percent between April and June, a significant pickup from the first three months of the year, when the economy contracted by 0.5 percent.
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GOP House committee chair yet to issue a subpoena for Epstein files
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A week after a House Oversight subcommittee voted to subpoena the Justice Department for records related to Jeffrey Epstein, the chairman of the full committee still hasn’t issued the order.
The delay stands in stark contrast to the subpoena Rep.
James Comer (R-Kentucky) — the House Oversight chairman — issued and signed within 24 hours of a similar subcommittee vote that compelled Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell to testify before Congress.
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White House officials say storm over Epstein has calmed
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Three weeks ago, White House officials were battling a frenzy from President Donald Trump’s supporters over the Jeffrey Epstein case.
But the flurry of criticisms from within the “Make America Great Again” movement have quieted, and Trump officials say they are plotting steps to try to shape the public narrative to their advantage.
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Senate confirms controversial Trump nominee Emil Bove as federal judge
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The Senate voted Tuesday night to confirm Emil Bove as a federal appeals court judge, ending a contentious confirmation in which the top Justice Department official and former attorney for Donald Trump was the target of three whistleblower complaints alleging he put the president’s agenda above legal principles.
The 50-49 vote giving Bove a seat on the U.S.Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit was mostly along party lines.
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Hegseth team lashes out at Pentagon’s internal ‘Signalgate’ review
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s team on Tuesday denounced the Pentagon’s internal review of his actions in the “Signalgate” affair, calling the independent inquiry “clearly a political witch hunt” and asserting without evidence that details of the nonpartisan review were leaked to the news media by “Biden administration holdovers.”
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Trump administration halts, then releases, NIH research funding
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The Trump administration on Tuesday temporarily halted all funding for science research issued by the National Institutes of Health before releasing the funds later in the day, according to emails obtained by The Washington Post and more than a half-dozen federal officials familiar with the matter.
The halt stemmed from a footnote in an Office of Management and Budget document, according to an email sent to NIH staff Tuesday afternoon by the NIH’s associate director for budget, Neil Shapiro.
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