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Nov 2024
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Smugglers Tell Migrants to Rush to U.S. ...

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P.M. Edition for Nov. 15. WSJ Latin America deputy editor Santiago Pérez explains how smuggler warnings about President-elect Donald Trump could trigger a migration surge at the U.S. border. And U.S. stocks fall after a Federal Reserve official indicates a December interest rate cut wasn’t a “done deal.” Plus, Heard on the Street columnist David Wainer on how Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s health and human services secretary nomination is raising alarms among U.S. and European pharmaceutical companies. Tracie Hunte hosts.


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