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An order of ground beef is prepared for a customer at Deep Cuts butcher shop in Dallas on Oct. 21, 2025.
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AP
Will Trump's latest beef plan make your hamburger cheaper? Not much, experts say
Joe Hernandez
The proposal comes weeks before the midterm elections, when food prices and the cost of living are expected to be major issues on voters' minds.
Dolly Parton in 1979.
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Redferns
Dolly Parton didn't just write hits — she created an American songbook
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks to reporters at a press conference after opening arguments took place in the Meta trial over a lawsuit brought by US states about social media addiction at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Oakland, California, on August 18, 2026.
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