Nation and World Politics
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HHS is looking for some laid-off employees to keep working
Apr 03, 2025 9:54 pm - On Tuesday, thousands of Food and Drug Administration workers were laid off. They were shut out from the government offices where they had worked and placed on administra...
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South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office over ill-fated declaration of martial law
Apr 03, 2025 9:36 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, four months after he threw South Korean politics ...
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Economists say the way Trump calculated tariffs makes no sense
Apr 03, 2025 7:55 pm - Economists say the crude formula the White House used to calculate what it’s calling “reciprocal tariffs” is too simplistic to achieve its goal of wiping out U.S. trade d...
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Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffs
Apr 03, 2025 7:49 pm - MELBOURNE, Australia — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bear...
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Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to states
Apr 03, 2025 4:36 pm - A federal judge will temporarily block President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting billions in federal dollars that support COVID-19 initiatives and public healt...
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams will skip the Democratic primary and run for reelection as an independent
Apr 03, 2025 3:48 pm - New York City Mayor Eric Adams withdrew from the city’s Democratic primary on Thursday and said he would instead run for reelection as an independent, a move intended to ...
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Pritzker hopes trade mission to Mexico sparks new investment despite tariffs
Apr 03, 2025 3:31 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker wrapped up a four-day trip to Mexico City on Wednesday, hopeful a trade mission to Mexico will yield new economic development in Illinois, even as tariffs threaten the stability of the United States’ global trade.
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Trump tariff price hikes could start with food, clothing, cars and coffee
Apr 03, 2025 3:20 pm - Americans will bear the brunt of President Donald Trump’s newest tariffs, with price increases kicking in almost immediately on cars, clothing, electronics and other everyday goods. Here are some areas where consumers may start to see higher prices first.
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Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strike
Apr 03, 2025 2:57 pm - The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
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Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash
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.