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- The Labor Department reported that the U.S. added a solid 206,000 jobs last month, slightly beating expectations and continuing a remarkably strong run, but the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%, a sign of slack in a labor market.
- The head of America's biggest retail bank, Chase Bank, has a warning for its 86 million customers: Prepare to pay for your bank accounts.
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- Israel has declared control over its single-largest swath of land in the occupied West Bank this year, expanding its ability to build settlements in the Palestinian territory as it pursues the war in Gaza.
- Biden defiantly rejected calls for him to withdraw from the presidential race, telling voters in battleground Wisconsin that he was determined to win re-election against Trump.