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As recession fears surge, Republican cracks emerge over Trump tariff plan

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WASHINGTON — A second day of market devastation shook Washington on Friday, prompting a small but influential group of Republican senators to partner with Democrats in a nascent effort to wrest back control over tariff policy from President Donald Trump.

The policy, announced by Trump on Wednesday, would levy steep tariffs on nearly every ...Read more

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Caribbean nations will be hit hard by new Trump tariffs. One diplomat wants a review

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As President Donald Trump launches a global trade war by imposing sweeping double-digit tariffs on major trading partners, Caribbean governments are trying to understand what it means for their already vulnerable economies, while bracing themselves for the ripple effects.

“We need to work these things out,” Trinidad and Tobago Prime ...Read more

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Pa. AG's office won't take further action on 2024 complaints of mysterious $100 checks from Elon Musk's America PAC

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PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Attorney General Office’s Bureau of Consumer Protections won’t be taking further action on the complaints made by more than a dozen Pennsylvanians who received unsolicited $100 checks following the 2024 presidential election that appeared to be from billionaire Elon Musk’s pro-Donald Trump America PAC.

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Republicans talk compromise on remote voting for new moms in Congress

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Congressional Republicans on Friday were negotiating a possible compromise to allow remote voting for new mothers after President Donald Trump urged them to find a solution to the dispute that threatened to derail his broader legislative agenda.

In a major climbdown, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson was haggling over terms of a solution to...Read more

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Trump says he will extend TikTok's sell-or-be-banned deadline

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With a deadline to sell itself or be banned in the United States just hours away, TikTok got another last-minute reprieve from President Donald Trump on Friday.

"My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we have made tremendous progress," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "The Deal requires more work to ensure all ...Read more

The hidden power of marathon Senate speeches: What history tells us about Cory Booker’s 25-hour oration

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Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey made history on April 1, 2025, when he stood on the Senate floor and spoke for 25 hours and five minutes, delivering the longest floor speech in the history of the U.S. Senate.

Booker’s speech detailed his concerns about President Donald Trump’s new executive orders, other policies ...Read more

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Gov. Gavin Newsom asks world leaders to spare California from retaliatory tariffs

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WASHINGTON — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday asked world leaders to spare California from levying retaliatory taxes on goods imported from the Golden State, invoking its economic power as the world’s fifth largest economy.

“Donald Trump’s tariffs do not represent all Americans,” Newsom said in a video, referring to the president’s new �...Read more

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Trump tariffs prompt retaliation, plunging stocks, auto plant shutdowns

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DETROIT — The aftershocks from President Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs have reverberated around the globe as trade partners unveiled retaliatory tariffs, stock market indices plunged and automakers announced plant shutdowns and other production changes.

Tariffs of 25% on vehicles imported into the United States began being collected ...Read more

Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery

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Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or economic changes. But what if both perspectives are looking at only part of the puzzle?

We are experts in economic development and social movements. Our new research uncovers what we believe to be a surprising and ...Read more

Florida is home to about 341,000 immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti who may soon lose residency, work permits

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Florida leads the nation in the number of immigrants with Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.

Soon after taking office, the Trump administration moved to scale back protections for the largest groups of these immigrants – those from Haiti and Venezuela.

TPS applies to immigrants from designated countries that the Department ...Read more

The Trump administration says Tren de Aragua is a terrorist group – but it’s really a transnational criminal organization. Here’s why the label matters.

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The U.S. State Department declared on Feb. 20, 2025, that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, as well as some Mexican drug cartels, are now considered foreign terrorist organizations.

Is the new label warranted?

Tren de Aragua is at the center of a controversial immigration case that the Supreme Court is going to consider.

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Trump says he thinks Iran will accept direct nuclear talks

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U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Iran was willing to engage in direct talks over its nuclear program, a day after Tehran indicated it would only negotiate through intermediaries.

“Forget about letters, I think they want to have direct talks,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday.

Trump said his preference was ...Read more

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He made waves in Missouri GOP and defended Jan. 6 rioters. Now he could be top DC prosecutor

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A former Missouri GOP chairman and key leader of the “Stop the Steal” movement who defended a Kansas City-area Proud Boy in his Capitol riot case faces a contentious confirmation battle as President Donald Trump’s nominee for Washington, D.C.’s top prosecutor.

Ed Martin, who led the state Republican Party from 2013 to 2015 and was ...Read more

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Trump's DEI undoing undermines hard-won accommodations for disabled people

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For years, White House press conferences included sign language interpreters for the deaf.

No longer. Interpreters have been noticeably absent from Trump administration press briefings, advocacy groups say. Gone, too, are the American Sign Language interpretations that used to appear on the White House’s YouTube channel. A White House webpage...Read more

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Questions linger on future of Smithsonian museums on women, Latinos

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WASHINGTON — Two new Smithsonian museums meant to honor the contributions of women and Latinos have been tied up for years as fights over their location and content have raged.

Despite these snags and the Trump administration’s vows to snuff out many diversity initiatives, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is projecting optimism this Congress...Read more

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How Trump's fight with California could harm poor students who rely on school meals

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LOS ANGELES — The food day begins early for the poorest students in the Los Angeles Unified School District — with breakfast available before the start of class. Then there's breakfast-for-all brought to the classroom, followed later by a snack, lunch, more snacks for after-school programs and sometimes a dinner sent home for the child.

It'...Read more

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Editorial: Trump's foolish tariffs take the US economy back centuries

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One thing you can say in favor of President Donald Trump’s announcement Wednesday from the Rose Garden: He did what he promised during the campaign.

For months as stock markets gyrated on news and rumors of Trump’s tariff plans, with the president making protectionist pronouncements and then backtracking in the face of resistance from ...Read more

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Tariff fallout: 'Not freaking out is a good idea'

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If Wednesday was indeed Liberation Day in America, perhaps Thursday represents the hangover.

Before markets opened, with futures trading showing some serious signs of impending negative economic reaction, President Donald Trump proclaimed his unilateral decision to hike tariffs was going precisely according to plan.

“The operation is over! ...Read more

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UC Berkeley professors sought by Trump administration for signing Israel-Hamas petitions

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Trump administration has subpoenaed personal information of hundreds of University of California, Berkeley professors who signed petitions during escalating Israel-Hamas campus protests to bolster its case that college campuses are hotbeds of antisemitism and not worthy of federal funding.

But at least some of them, who...Read more

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Trump to hit Brown with $510 million funding freeze, NYT says

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The Trump administration is poised to block $510 million in federal grants and contracts for Brown University over the school’s response to antisemitism on campus, The New York Times reported.

Following the report, Brown Provost Frank Doyle said in an email that the school couldn’t substantiate the information but was aware of “troubling...Read more

 

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