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Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

By JOSH BOAK
Apr 02, 2025 8:58 am - After weeks of White House hype and public anxiety, President Donald Trump is set on Wednesday to announce a barrage of what he calls reciprocal tariffs on friend and foe alike.
Tesla sales drop 13% in first quarter as Elon Musk backlash, aging models hurt demand

By BERNARD CONDON
Apr 02, 2025 8:17 am - Tesla sales declined in the first three months of the year, another sign that Elon Musk’s once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers.
Trump-backed candidates win Florida special elections for 2 US House seats

By STEPHANY MATAT, KATE PAYNE and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
Apr 01, 2025 8:34 pm - ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — Republican Jimmy Patronis won a special election Tuesday in Florida’s 1st Congressional District, bolstered by President Donald Trump’s endorsement t...
Fired health workers told to contact dead employee for discrimination complaints

By Lauren Weber
Apr 01, 2025 4:41 pm - Some government health employees who were laid off Tuesday were told to contact Anita Pinder with discrimination complaints. But Pinder, who was the director at the Offic...
A Senate vote to reverse Trump’s tariffs on Canada tests Republican support

By STEPHEN GROVES
Apr 01, 2025 4:02 pm - WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump's so-called “Liberation Day” of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some ...
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say

By John Hudson
Apr 01, 2025 3:37 pm - Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials.
Illinois, 22 other states sue Trump administration over decision to rescind billions in health funding

By DEVNA BOSE and LINDSEY WHITEHURST
Apr 01, 2025 3:25 pm - A coalition of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initiatives ...
UN agency closes its remaining Gaza bakeries as food supplies dwindle under Israeli blockade

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM MEDNICK
Apr 01, 2025 2:29 pm - The U.N. food agency is closing all of its bakeries in the Gaza Strip, officials said Tuesday, as supplies dwindle after Israel sealed off the territory from all imports nearly a month ago.
Democratic-backed Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority

By SCOTT BAUER
Apr 01, 2025 1:40 pm - Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be decided Tuesday in a race that broke records for spending and has become a proxy battle for the nation’s political fights, pitting a candidate backed by President Donald Trump against a Democratic-aligned challenger.
Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?

By MIKE CATALINI
Apr 01, 2025 9:15 am - In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday evening, setting a historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.

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