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Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Apr 03, 2025 12:55 pm - President Donald Trump's expansive new tariffs flips on its head a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and is likely, economists say, to raise prices for Americans by thousands of dollars each year while sharply slowing the U.S. economy.
Trump fired several national security officials deemed insufficiently loyal, AP sources say

By MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER
Apr 03, 2025 10:40 am - President Donald Trump has moved to fire several White House National Security Council officials after he was urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal to his “Make America Great Again” agenda, several people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffs

By ROD MCGUIRK and JAMEY KEATEN
Apr 03, 2025 10:29 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar...
Trump tariffs set to wipe out nearly $2 trillion from US stocks

Jeran Wittenstein, Carmen Reinicke and Matthew Griffin
Apr 03, 2025 8:26 am - Roughly $1.7 trillion is set to be erased from the S&P 500 Index when trading opens Thursday amid worries that President Donald Trump’s sweeping new round of tariffs could plunge the economy into a recession.
Dow drops nearly 1,680 in biggest wipeout since 2020 as fears of fallout from tariffs shake markets

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT
Apr 03, 2025 8:19 am - Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID’s outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage President Donald Trump’s newest set of tariffs could do to economies across continents, including his own.
Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week as labor market continues to show strength

By MATT OTT
Apr 03, 2025 8:15 am - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell modestly last week, remaining within the same range of recent years.
Storms kill 7 in the South and Midwest as forecasters warn of catastrophic rains, floods this week

By JEFF MARTIN and HALLIE GOLDEN
Apr 03, 2025 8:08 am - Violent storms and tornadoes tore through cities from Oklahoma to Indiana during what could be a record-setting period of deadly weather and flooding, destroying homes and sending debris nearly 5 miles into the air in one location.
Federal judge expands order barring Trump admin from firing federal workers

By Katie Mettler
Apr 02, 2025 7:06 pm - A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to continue reinstating probationary federal employees that were fired from 20 federal agencies since the...
Musk could be headed for a Washington exit after turbulent times at Trump’s DOGE

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Apr 02, 2025 6:44 pm - WASHINGTON — DOGE’s days appear to be numbered. Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with his work in the near future. President Donald Trump told report...
Health department layoffs mean that data on drug use and mental health could sit unused

By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Apr 02, 2025 4:16 pm - Most teenagers don’t use drugs. There’s data to show that because of a 50-year-old government survey that may now be in jeopardy. The entire 17-member U.S. government tea...

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