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Federal agents turned a busy intersection in a mixed residential-commercial area of Washington, D.C., into a police checkpoint, drawing protests from residents.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that its producer price index — which measures wholesale inflation before it hits consumers — was up 0.9% last month from June and 3,3% from a year earlier.
The White House says President Donald Trump will be signing a proclamation this afternoon honoring the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act.
Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. It's Putin’s first trip to the U.S. since 2015 for the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
Trump told reporters that he's going to submit a "crime bill" to Congress and will ask lawmakers to approve an extens