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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dances for his supporters following a rally at East Carolina University on October 21, 2024 in Greenville, N.C. Ricky Carioti | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesDonald Trump's campaign has accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party of "blatant foreign interference" in the U.S. presidential election after its volunteers travelled to the United States to help campaign for Kamala Harris.The campaign has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in Washington, calling for an immediate investigation into what it called "apparent illegal foreign national contributions made by the Labour Party of the United Kingdom and accepted by Harris for President".The complaint cited media reports and a now deleted LinkedIn post fro...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at their bilateral meeting prior to the opening of the BRICS summit, on Oct. 22, 2024, in Kazan, Russia.Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesChina and Russia's "profound" relationship will not change despite the turbulence in global geopolitics, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin at the opening of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Tuesday.The two leaders met at the BRICS summit in Kazan on Tuesday afternoon local time, according to the official readouts from both governments."The world today is facing momentous transformations unseen in a century, resulting in a fast-changing and turbulent international landscape," Xi said, according to the English readout of the meeting. "Yet I am ...

Ryan Bergh, a machinist at Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington for 10 years, cheers during a strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at the Seattle Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on October 15, 2024. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty ImagesBoeing has already braced investors for a rough quarterly report. Now, new CEO Kelly Ortberg has the chance to share his vision for the troubled manufacturer, from a potential strike-ending labor agreement to a slimmed-down future.When he takes the mic for his first earnings call as Boeing's CEO on Wednesday, more than 32,000 striking machinists will start voting on a new, sweetened contract proposal. Results of the labor vote ar...

Rockaa | E+ | Getty ImagesFederal tax brackets for 2025Federal income tax brackets show how much you owe on each part of your "taxable income," which you calculate by subtracting the greater of the standard or itemized deductions from your adjusted gross income.Higher standard deductionThe standard deduction will also increase in 2025, rising to $30,000 for married couples filing jointly, up from $29,200 in 2024. Starting in 2025, single filers can claim $15,000, a bump from $14,600.Trump's tax cuts also included higher standard deductions, which will sunset after 2025 if Congress doesn't extend that tax break.  Source link