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US Deploys Additional Carrier Strike Group to Middle East as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Rise

The Pentagon ordered an aircraft carrier strike group and guided-missile destroyers into the Persian Gulf after drone and missile attacks threatened commercial shipping, with US forces intercepting airborne threats along a route carrying roughly one-fifth of global petroleum consumption.
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US Regulators Ease Planned Capital Increases for Regional Banks
US Orders Water Utilities to Harden Systems After Foreign Cyber Intrusions
White House Launches Grid and Nuclear Power Initiative for AI Data Centers
Federal Appeals Court Allows State-Level Immigration Enforcement to Resume
US Finalizes Higher Tariffs on Chinese EVs, Semiconductors and Batteries
Congress Negotiates Stopgap Funding to Avert September 30 Government Shutdown
Federal Reserve Weighs First Rate Cut in Years as Labor Market Cools
US Deploys Additional Carrier Strike Group to Middle East as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Rise
US Midterm Campaign Spending Expected to Reach Record Levels
US Midterm Primaries Intensify Amid Disputes Over Campaign Rhetoric
Pentagon Invests $22 Million in Radiation Testing for Military Microelectronics
Drugmaker Dompé US Agrees to $32 Million Settlement Over Kickback Allegations
US Officials Assess BRICS New Delhi Declaration and China’s Expanding Influence
Democrats Attack Trump’s Proposed $5,000 Payments Over Fiscal and Election Concerns
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