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GOP tax cuts have little effect on campaign trailORO VALLEY, Ariz. -- Republicans in Congress had hoped the major tax-and-spending-cut bill they muscled into law last year would redeem them on the campaign trail as they try to beat historical odds to keep their majorities in November's midterm elections.

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Midterms to test Trump’s support in working classWASHINGTON -- The midterm elections are a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate. The outcome will be decided in places like Dayton, Ohio, which once sprouted factories but shed about half of its 90,000 factory jobs since 1990 after the North American Free…

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Families of Arkansans with disabilities testify to state lawmakers about waitlist for in-home aidFamilies of disabled Arkansans waitlisted for critical in-home services testified alongside officials from the state Department of Human Services at a legislative hearing Friday, expressing very different opinions on how the Community and Employment Support Waiver program is working.

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Investigation concludes that Union Pacific broke law when it fired North Little Rock employeeThe Union Pacific Railroad Co. breached the Federal Railroad Safety Act when it fired a North Little Rock yardman who notified management of nearby lightning and federal safety standards, a U.S. Department of Labor whistleblower investigation discovered.

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Fed watchdog says bank mismanaged renovationWASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve's internal watchdog said Wednesday that the central bank has broadly mismanaged an expansive building renovation project but did not find any criminal violations, as claimed by Trump administration prosecutors.

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Trump says S. Korea to invest $54B in AlaskaWASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday plans for South Korea to invest roughly $54 billion to export natural gas from Alaska, a project long backed by Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who's in a competitive reelection contest there.

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Entergy receives $13.7M in federal funds for power grid upgradesThe U.S. Energy Department is awarding Entergy Corp. $13.7 million in federal funding to improve power delivery across the utility's service territory.

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Sanders issues order allowing use of dyed diesel on highwaysCiting the high cost of diesel fuel, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued an order allowing red-dyed diesel to be used on state highways for agricultural purposes through late October.

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STAR PARKER: Attempts to slow AI and other overreactionsI'm far from understanding chatbots, chips and AI technology, but I've worked in D.C. long enough to be suspicious when industry giants come begging for government regulations.

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N.J. House midterm candidates host debateTom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican congressman whose four-month absence from the House this year went unexplained until he disclosed that he was being treated for depression, clashed Sunday with Democratic opponent Rebecca Bennett in the battleground district over his support for President Donald Trump's tariffs and the Iran war.

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Trump cuts Congress-backed spendingWASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives.

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Fed working on threshold planNEW YORK -- The U.S. Federal Reserve is working on a plan to raise the asset thresholds that trigger stricter oversight of big banks, four people with knowledge of the matter said, which would allow some lenders to avoid costly additional regulation and potentially spur consolidation.

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Ex-Fayetteville banker denied new trial after federal judge rejects convicted fraudster’s motionFAYETTEVILLE -- A former Fayetteville banker convicted of federal fraud charges won't be getting a new trial after a judge found that the "new" evidence he claimed to have unearthed isn't actually new and was available before trial.

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Drop your ruling in the Illinois River pollution case, all parties ask judgeRescind his final ruling in the Illinois River pollution case, all parties requested of a federal judge in a motion filed Tuesday.

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Pulaski County restaurant inspections: crawling insects by the sink; squid balls, eggs stored at unsafe temperaturesThe following restaurants in Pulaski County have been inspected by the Arkansas Department of Health over the past week.

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House OKs Russia sanctions billWASHINGTON -- The House on Wednesday passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine.

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Lawmakers discuss the data center industry in ArkansasGoogle Inc., the technology giant building a huge data center campus at West Memphis, is taking time to visit with residents who will be neighbors of the billion dollar project, Rachel Wilson, a Google energy market development employee, told the Legislature's Joint Energy Committee on Tuesday.

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CAL THOMAS: As always, turnout will be key in the electionRepublicans held a unique midterm combination rally/get-out-the-vote convention in Dallas earlier this month. The GOP hoped to raise enthusiasm (and money) for Republican candidates in the November election. One indication they are in trouble are polls that show Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, twice impeached by members of his own party and…

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Johnson: Proposed $5,000 checks need Congress’ OKHouse Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans would "try" to implement President Donald Trump's $5,000 dividend checks, but he didn't confirm the move during a tense interview with NBC's "Meet the Press."

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ROGER LACY: Congress needs to free Main Street from invasive mandatePoliticians always promise to stand with Main Street. Thankfully, Congressman French Hill is fighting hard to keep that promise in Washington, D.C. The bad news is that other lawmakers are standing in the way of giving small businesses relief from one of the most absurd mandates I've ever seen. As a small-business owner in Little Rock, I'm tired of…

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