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FILE — Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at a fairgrounds in Schnecksville, Pa., April 13, 2024. “I wish people would stop calling Donald Trump a populist. He has, after all, never demonstrated any inclination to help working Americans, and his economic policies really didn’t help — his 2017 tax cut, in particular, was a giveaway to the wealthy,” writes New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. (Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times)

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FILE - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks during an event at Howard University on April 25, 2024, in Washington. The EPA has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper and is known to cause liver cancer and other health problems. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

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FILE - The TikTok logo is displayed on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent company or face a ban. A battle in the courts will almost certainly be backed by Chinese authorities as the bitter U.S.-China rivalry threatens the future of a wildly popular way for young Americans to connect online. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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