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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Leigh McManus |Nandika Chatterjee |Julia Ornedo
President Trump erupted at the Federal Reserve chair on Thursday after the central bank boss warned that Trump’s tariffs will hurt the American economy. Jerome Powell, speaking at the Economic Club of Chicago on Wednesday, said “the level of the tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated,” which will cause “higher inflation and slower growth.” U.S. stocks tumbled as Powell spoke.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Julia Ornedo |Nandika Chatterjee |Catherine Bouris
The Trump administration reportedly plans to kill a highly popular program that allows millions of people to file their taxes for free. Two sources told The Associated Press that the government is looking to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File system rolled out last year under the Biden administration and later made permanent after it was “overwhelmingly liked” by taxpayers.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Yasmeen Hamadeh |Kenneal Patterson |Nandika Chatterjee |Aazim Jafarey
RESULTS ARE INMichelle Trachtenberg’s cause of death has been revealed around two months after her sudden passing at 39. The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to People magazine Wednesday that Trachtenberg died from natural causes. They said her death was a result of complications of diabetes mellitus. The actress was found dead in a New York City apartment on Feb. 26 after officers received a 911 call.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Nandika Chatterjee |Josh Fiallo
The head of the Federal Reserve made some of his most forceful comments yet Wednesday about the president’s tariffs, suggesting that they would force the central bank into a sticky situation. In his remarks at the Economic Club of Chicago on Wednesday, Jerome Powell explained that while there’s no immediate need to cut interest rates, trade disruptions caused by President Donald Trump will likely complicate the central bank’s path forward.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Nandika Chatterjee |Barry Levitt |Clare Donaldson
Lindsay Lohan will star in her first-ever scripted TV series called Count My Lies. The actress is also set to executive produce the drama in development at Hulu, Deadline reported. Based on the recently published book by Sophie Stava, the project comes from 20th Television and former This Is Us showrunners Issac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger. Stava’s recently released debut novel is a mystery thriller and a GMA Book Club Pick.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Leigh McManus |Isabel van Brugen |Nandika Chatterjee |Aazim Jafarey
THIRD DEGREEDonald Trump launched into a furious tirade against Harvard University after the college defied his demands for policy changes. After threatening to take away the college’s tax-exempt status over the refusal, Trump followed up with another blistering Truth Social post early Wednesday. “Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and ‘birdbrains’ who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called ‘future leaders,’” Trump raged.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Nandika Chatterjee
The property of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa, who were found dead in their New Mexico mansion in February, was infested with disease-spreading rats, The Daily Mail reported. The 95-year-old Hollywood star died days after his wife, 65, passed away from a hantavirus pulmonary syndrome—a rare condition spread by rodent droppings and urine. Hackman’s passing was caused by severe heart disease that was exacerbated by Alzheimer’s disease and kidney disease.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Amethyst Martinez |Mia Maguire |Nandika Chatterjee |Erkki Forster
OPEN RACEA new poll has compiled some pretty interesting picks for the next Democratic presidential candidate. Conducted by Echelon Insights between April 10 to April 14, the survey of more than 1,000 participants found former Vice President Kamala Harris topping the list as a favorite to win with 28% of votes. Meanwhile, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker soared up the ranks following his record-setting Senate floor speech earlier this month, landing at the number two spot with 11% of votes.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Amethyst Martinez |Nandika Chatterjee |Mia Maguire |Erkki Forster
TragicKyren Lacy, the 24-year-old NFL draft prospect who died over the weekend from an apparent suicide, led police on a chase right before his death. The former Louisiana State University wide receiver was found dead in his crashed car after the Houston-area chase with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. “Preliminary information indicates that Lacy shot himself during the pursuit and prior to the vehicle crashing,” officials stated.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Nandika Chatterjee
Jeff Bezos could barely contain his excitement when he ran up to greet his fiancée on her return to Earth on Monday. So much so that the Amazon and Blue Origin founder face-planted right onto the Texas desert floor as he ran up to Lauren Sánchez and the all-female crew, the New York Post reported. The livestream of the historic launch shows the 61-year-old circling the capsule before he trips over a mound of sand.
