Nation and World
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US stocks climb but the US dollar sinks as Wall Street closes a chaotic and historic week
Apr 11, 2025 9:09 am - U.S. stocks are climbing Friday in another manic day on Wall Street, while the falling value of the U.S. dollar and other swings in financial markets suggest fear is still high about escalations in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China.
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Trump will undergo his annual physical Friday after years of reluctance to share medical information
Apr 11, 2025 8:10 am - Donald Trump is undergoing his annual physical on Friday, potentially giving the public its first details in years about the health of a man who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president.
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China hits back at US and will raise tariffs on American goods from 84% to 125%Apr 11, 2025 8:05 am - China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% — the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies that has rattled markets and raised fears of a global slowdown.
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US wholesale inflation fell last month as price pressures eased, but trade war clouds outlook
Apr 11, 2025 8:02 am - U.S. wholesale prices fell last month in another sign that inflationary pressures are easing. But President Donald Trump’s trade wars cloud the outlook.
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Social Security classifies thousands of immigrants as dead, as part of Trump crackdown
Apr 10, 2025 8:43 pm - The Social Security Administration this week entered the names and Social Security numbers of more than 6,000 mostly Latino immigrants into a database it uses to track de...
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FBI, other criminal investigators drafted for welfare checks on migrant children
Apr 10, 2025 8:40 pm - The Department of Homeland Security has enlisted the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in recent weeks to conduct welfare checks on children and young people who cam...
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Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man
Apr 10, 2025 8:01 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must work to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to prison in El Salvador, reje...
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Ukraine ‘coalition of the willing’ presses ahead with force planning amid doubts about US support
Apr 10, 2025 7:26 pm - BRUSSELS — Britain's defense minister on Thursday urged his counterparts from around 30 countries to press ahead with plans to deploy troops to Ukraine to police any futu...
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US ambassador to Ukraine to step down as peace talks uncertain
Apr 10, 2025 7:18 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is stepping down from her post after nearly three years in Kyiv amid uncertainty over the Trump administration’s attempts to b...
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Prince Harry meets war victims in unannounced visit to Ukraine
Apr 10, 2025 7:15 pm - LONDON — Prince Harry met with war victims on Thursday during an unannounced visit to Ukraine as part of his ongoing work with wounded veterans, a spokesperson said. Harr...