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US consumer confidence plummets to COVID-era low as trade war stokes anxiety

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Apr 29, 2025 2:58 pm - Americans’ confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as anxiety over the impact of tariffs takes a heavy toll.
Hegseth boasts about ending ‘woke’ program on women and security that Trump had signed into law

By TARA COPP and FARNOUSH AMIRI
Apr 29, 2025 1:00 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted on social media Tuesday that he had dismantled a program supporting women on security teams — and may not have realized the program he tried to break was not a “woke” Biden-era initiative but instead a celebrated program signed into law by his boss, President Donald Trump.
For some Americans, the end of the Vietnam War after Saigon fell 50 years ago is still deeply felt

By MARK THIESSEN and JULIE WATSON
Apr 29, 2025 12:56 pm - The Vietnam War greatly impacted U.S. society from the passage of the War Powers Resolution that restricts the president’s ability to send troops into extended combat without congressional approval to the cementing of college campuses as centers of student activism.
Amazon is not planning to show added tariff costs next to its online product listings

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and JOSH BOAK
Apr 29, 2025 11:44 am - Amazon is not planning to list added tariff costs next to product prices on its site — despite speculation spanning from a report that claimed the e-commerce giant would soon show new import charges, as well as fiery comments from President Donald Trump's White House denouncing such a move.
Trump marks his first 100 days in office in campaign mode, focused on grudges and grievances

By WILL WEISSERT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Apr 29, 2025 8:29 am - President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his second term, staging his largest public event since returning to the White House in a state that has been especially rocked by his steep trade tariffs and combative attitude toward Canada.
’Nowhere to turn’: Small businesses dependent on imports from China are feeling more desperate

By MAE ANDERSON
Apr 29, 2025 8:05 am - Major orders canceled. Containers of products left stranded overseas. No roadmap for what comes next.
With China and the U.S. at intense economic odds, other nations are being forced to choose sides

By DIDI TANG and ZEKE MILLER
Apr 28, 2025 2:26 pm - As U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war locks the world’s two largest economies on a collision course, America’s unnerved allies and partners are cozying up with China to hedge their bets.
Trump made big promises and moved at frenetic speed. 100 days in, here's what he's done and not done

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and CALVIN WOODWARD
Apr 28, 2025 9:55 am - The weeks since President Donald Trump returned to office have been a whirlwind of activity to show Americans that his administration is relentlessly pursuing his promises.
Carney’s Liberal Party wins Canadian election amid Trump worries

By ROB GILLIES
Apr 28, 2025 9:08 am - Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election on Monday, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and trade war.
Houthi rebels say alleged US airstrike that hit Yemen prison holding African migrants kills 68

By JON GAMBRELL
Apr 28, 2025 9:01 am - Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday alleged a U.S. airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants, killing at least 68 people and wounding 47 others. The U.S. military did not acknowledge carrying out the strike.

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