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This illustration picture shows a saliva collection kit for DNA testing displayed in Washington DC on December 19, 2018.
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US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell arrives to testify during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on "The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report," on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 12, 2025.
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A worker pushes a wine barrel into a storage facility at Hunnicutt winery in St. Helena, Calif., on Sept. 30, 2021.
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US President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025.
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: Charts that show the "reciprocal tariffs" the U.S. is charging other countries are on display at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a news conference about the US tariffs on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 3, 2025.
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