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President Trump has vehemently defended the sweeping tariffs unveiled by his administration on what he dubbed “Liberation Day” last week, even as they threaten to spark a global trade war and have sent stock markets tumbling around the world. In the United States, many are concerned about levies driving up the price of everyday goods, and Goldman
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Washington — Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily paused a lower court’s order that required the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly arrested and removed to El Salvador back to the U.S. by 11:59 p.m. Monday. Roberts’ administrative stay gives the Supreme Court more time to consider the matter and will remain in place “pending
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Washington — President Trump announced Monday that the U.S. would begin direct engagement with Iran. During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr. Trump said that “we’re having direct talks with Iran,” beginning Saturday. “We have a very big meeting, and we’ll see what can happen,” he said. The president said Iran is “going
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It was another wild ride on Wall Street, with stocks swinging sharply Monday as economists raised the specter of a U.S. recession and President Trump threatened to escalate U.S. tariffs against China. Leading indexes fell sharply in the morning, briefly rebounded on a false report that President Trump was considering a 90-day tariff freeze for
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The funeral of 14-year-old Palestinian-American Amir Mohammed Rabee was held Monday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, one day after the dual national from New Jersey was shot and killed there. Two other teenage boys, one whose family told CBS News he is also a U.S. citizen, were shot but survived. Rabee’s father told CBS News
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Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson reached a deal with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna amid her push to allow new parents to vote remotely, which paralyzed the House last week and threatened to delay a key vote on President Trump’s agenda in the coming days. Luna, a Florida Republican, announced Sunday she and Johnson had
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Stocks in the U.S. look poised for another bruising day, with futures on leading indexes pointing south and following a wave of selling overseas amid mounting investor fears over the economic fallout from the Trump administration’s barrage of tariffs. Two hours before markets opened in New York, futures on the S&P 500 were down 92 points,
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Massachusetts has some of the best health care in the country, but it’s far from perfect. Black women in particular experience complications during childbirth two-and-a-half times more often than their white counterparts, and they face a pregnancy-related death rate that’s more than three times the rate of white mothers. Researchers at at the Center for
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GOP Rep. French Hill says Ukraine aid is “critical” and it should have “passed months ago” – CBS News
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A federal judge did not have the authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a notorious El Salvador prison, government attorneys argued Saturday as they urged an appeals court to suspend the ruling. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Friday ordered
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