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In a move that could upend American foreign relations across the globe, President Trump announced Wednesday that he is imposing what he calls “reciprocal tariffs” on virtually every nation the U.S. engages with in trade. From April 5, all imports to the U.S. will be subject to a baseline tariff of 10%. Then, beginning April
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Global markets tumble after tariffs news Global stock markets tumble after Trump’s tariffs news 05:19 President Trump on Wednesday, announced so-called reciprocal tariffs on imports from about 90 nations, in addition to a 10% across-the-board tax applied to all imports to the U.S. Describing the announcement as “Liberation Day,” the president said the new taxes
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Mallory McMorrow announces bid for U.S. Senate Mallory McMorrow announces bid for U.S. Senate 00:32 Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow has declared her candidacy for the 2026 U.S. Senate race as a Democrat. “We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one,” said McMorrow, who represents Michigan’s eighth district. McMorrow is
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ historic federal corruption case has been dropped. Judge Dale Ho has agreed to the U.S. Department of Justice’s request to drop the charges against Adams, but he did so “with prejudice.” That means Adams cannot be re-tried on the same charges at a later time – a stipulation the Justice Department
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A federal judge in Boston is holding a hearing Thursday regarding a Tufts University Ph.D. student taken into custody in Massachusetts and moved by Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities to Louisiana last week. The government claimed in a filing Tuesday that Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student and Fulbright Scholar, had already been removed from
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President Trump is scheduled to announce the details and implementation of his tariffs on Wednesday, a day he has named “Liberation Day,” despite warnings from economists over increased prices. What new tariffs will Trump announce today? The president hasn’t yet said what the tariff rates on foreign goods will be and whether they will be
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Susan Crawford, who was endorsed by the Democratic Party, won the closely-watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday night in what was the most expensive judicial election in American history. What would have normally been a sleepy nonpartisan judicial race turned into an expensive battle between Crawford, a Dane County judge, and Waukesha County Judge Brad
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Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose 1991 film “JFK” portrayed President John F. Kennedy’s assassination as the work of a shadowy government conspiracy, called Tuesday for a new congressional investigation of the killing during a hearing that aired conspiracy theories about it. The freewheeling hearing of the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets,
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Washington — Republicans’ slim majority in the House grew a little larger Tuesday after GOP candidates in two Florida congressional districts won in special elections. Republican state Sen. Randy Fine defeated Democrat Josh Weil for the 6th District seat formerly held by Mike Waltz, who left to become President Trump’s national security adviser. Waltz had
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Washington — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker delivered a record-breaking marathon speech on the Senate floor, which started Monday evening and continued more than 25 hours before wrapping up Tuesday night, in a protest against the Trump administration’s policies. At 25 hours and five minutes, the speech now marks the longest on Senate record, surpassing Sen. Strom
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