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Live updates: Judge slams Trump; Officials defend tariffs after markets plunge
Vulnerable House Republicans are on defense amid the fallout from President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, which have stoked uncertainty about the economy. Markets took a nosedive Thursday ...
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Trump officials defend tariffs amid market, conservative unrest
Trump administration officials fanned out across the media talk shows on Sunday to defend tariffs imposed by the president on just about every country on Earth. The reciprocal tariffs were long ...
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FAFSA had been struggling for years. Then Trump cut the Education Department in half
Families and students are growing nervous about the fate of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) amid President Trump's massive cuts to the Department of Education and his plans to ...
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RFK Jr. consoles Texas family: MMR vaccine 'most effective' way to stop measles spread
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as the “most effective” way to prevent the spread of measles during a visit to Texas ...
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California town reports third fatality related to rare virus linked to death of Gene Hackman's wife
Investigators recently blamed the rare virus for the death of Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman.
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Mahmoud Khalil speaks out on 'abduction,' calls on students to take action
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who was arrested in March by immigration authorities, spoke out about his “abduction” in a Friday opinion piece. Khalil, a former lead negotiator for ...
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Johnson strikes deal with Luna on parental proxy voting
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has reached a deal with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) over her push to allow new parents to vote by proxy, a development that is set to unlock the House floor after ...
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Trump posts video of himself golfing on Truth Social
President Trump posted a video of himself golfing Sunday on Truth Social. It wasn't immediately clear if the video was from Sunday. Trump is an avid golfer and often spends time on the golf course ...
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Trump's Colorado portrait artist says career in jeopardy
The artist behind a portrait of President Trump that hung at the Colorado Capitol for six years says the president's comments are "negatively impacting" her business. The portrait of Trump by ...
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Federal judge in scathing decision calls Trump's deportation of Salvadoran man 'wholly lawless'
A federal judge in a scathing decision on Sunday said the Trump administration had no legal grounds to arrest, detain and deport a Salvadoran national from the United States to a prison in his home ...
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Nine Big Lots stores to reopen this week, more expected in May
The first wave of store reopening are slated for this week, according to the new ownership.
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Renewable subsidies are poisoning the nation’s electricity grid
The Inflation Reduction Act's renewable energy subsidies are causing an energy crisis and rising power bills, while the 21 GOP members of Congress who called for keeping the tax credits warn that ...
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Pope Francis makes surprise appearance at St. Peter’s Square 2 weeks after leaving hospital
Pope Francis made a surprise appearance at St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, two weeks after he finished a recent hospital stay. Vatican News reported that official appearances were not on the Pope’s ...
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GOP rep says Russia and China are 'laughing at us' after NSA director firing
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a moderate Republican, slammed President Trump’s decision to fire the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and his top deputy after demands from far-right ...
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Schiff criticizes Democrats for 'not thinking big' or 'acting big'
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday urged Democrats to be bolder in their approach to winning over voters, saying in an interview that his party has been guilty of not “thinking big” or “acting ...
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Ceasefires aren’t guesswork: Trump’s Ukraine deal needs data, not bluster
President Trump’s much-hyped Ukraine ceasefire lasted just one hour. But was anyone really that surprised?
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Warner on Trump’s ‘America first’ policy: ‘Quickly becoming America alone’
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he believes President Trump’s “America first” policy is quacking making the country “America alone.” Warner joined CBS ...
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Trump shows his hand on tariffs
Presented by National Council on Aging {beacon} Trump set to reveal sweeping tariff plans President Trump’s long-awaited day of reciprocal tariffs has arrived. The president is expected to ...
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We can’t keep ignoring China's threat to our supply chains
Our global supply chains, long built for maximum cost-effectiveness, are now potential liabilities, susceptible to exploitation by adversaries and prone to disruption.
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Supreme Court confronts South Carolina bid to defund Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with a case testing whether South Carolina was legally allowed to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. South Carolina restricted Planned ...
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GOP lawmaker says Signal chat information being considered unclassified is ‘surprising’
Republican Rep. Mike Turner (Ohio), former chair of the House Intelligence panel, said it’s “surprising” that the Trump administration is considering the information leaked in a Signal group chat ...
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Rand Paul: 'Fallacy' to think tariffs will help country
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that it is a “fallacy” to think tariffs will help the country's economy as President Trump gears up to impose massive reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading ...
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American policies have unintentionally fueled China’s rise
Instead of spurring political liberalization, China’s integration into the global economy spawned a more repressive state system.
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Al Udeid Air Base: A strategic asset for US power in the Gulf
Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar is a strategic and fully operational hub that supports U.S. military operations across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, and relocating CENTCOM's forward ...
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Elon Musk says he sent MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair $2.5 million, open to paternity test
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair publicly feuded on X on Monday after she accused the world’s richest man of withdrawing childcare support and refusing to ...
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Planning to visit these national parks? You may need to make a reservation to get in
While hundreds of parks are free to enter, others use timed entry and other reservation methods to control crowds — but that also means you may need to secure your spot well in advance.
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Watch live: Trump gives remarks on 'Liberation Day' tariffs
President Trump on Wednesday is set to give a "Make America Wealthy Again" speech Wednesday afternoon, when he is expected to announce additional taxes on certain imported goods, as well as ...
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Booker says it ‘irked’ him that Thurmond held previous record to ‘stop people like me from being in the Senate’
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Tuesday he was determined to surpass Sen. Strom Thurmond’s (R-S.C.) prior record for longest Senate floor speech in history, saying it “irked” him that the late ...
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DOGE checks? Elon Musk claims 'progress' has been made, but says it isn't his decision
Waiting for a stimulus check funded by the cuts DOGE says it's making? It could be a while.
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Trump administration cutting some funds to Planned Parenthood
The Trump administration will withhold some federal funding from Planned Parenthood beginning Tuesday, potentially making it harder for Americans to access birth control, cancer screenings, and ...
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Democrats reject advice to 'play dead,' vow hard fight against Trump’s domestic agenda
A month ago, James Carville, the highly influential Democratic strategist, advised his party to “play dead” and allow President Trump and his Republican allies who control Congress to self-destruct ...
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China imposing 34 percent tariffs on all US goods
China, in the wake of President Trump's latest tariffs on foreign trading partners, announced Friday it will hit the U.S. with a 34 percent reciprocal tax on imports starting next week. “The US ...
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US sanctions network helping to get weapons for Houthis
The United States sanctioned an alleged network of financial facilitators, procurement operatives and companies Wednesday that are getting weapons, dual-use materials and stolen Ukrainian grain to ...
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Scott Walker on Wisconsin race: Trump voters 'don't vote in spring elections'
Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) brushed off the results from Tuesday’s state Supreme Court race, saying that Trump voters often “don’t vote in spring elections.” “I‘ve said this for months. ...
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Booker’s 2020 campaign staff praise senator over marathon speech
More than 80 of Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) former campaign staff praised his record-breaking speech on the Senate floor. “As alumni of your 2020 presidential campaign, we write today to express ...
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Republicans face possible rebellion over hardball tactic on proxy voting
An effort by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to stop Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s (R-Fla.) push for allowing proxy voting for new parents is on thin ice as a number of Republicans warn they may vote ...
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House panel recesses as GOP leaders weigh blocking proxy voting for new parents
The House Rules Committee went into recess on Monday night without taking action that would tee up a way for House Republican leaders to block Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) from forcing a vote on ...
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UAW president: 'Deplorable' that Trump stripped union rights for federal workers
United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain said it is “deplorable” that President Trump moved to strip union rights from federal workers. Fain joined CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, ...
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Obama visits college in New York for conversation
CLINTON, N.Y. (WSYR) — Over 5,000 patrons roared as former President Obama walked across the stage to engage in a conversation with Hamilton College's President Steven Tepper for the first time in ...
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Trump gambles on tariffs as nation braces for economic fallout
President Trump took his biggest gamble yet on the economy Wednesday when he pressed forward with sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every country in the world. But in fulfilling a key ...