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Southwest Airlines breaks with another tradition and checked bags will cost you now

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Mar 11, 2025 9:09 am - Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals.
Republicans are marching ahead with a government funding bill despite Democratic opposition

By KEVIN FREKING
Mar 11, 2025 6:27 am - Republicans will face a critical test of their unity when a spending bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown and keep federal agencies funded through September comes up for a vote.
US resumes military aid and intelligence sharing as Ukraine says it is open to a 30-day ceasefire

By MATTHEW LEE
Mar 11, 2025 6:08 am - The Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine, and Kyiv signaled that it was open to a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia, pending Moscow’s agreement, American and Ukrainian officials said Tuesday following talks in Saudi Arabia.
Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US in response to Trump’s trade war

By ROB GILLIES
Mar 10, 2025 3:52 pm - Ontario's premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, announced that effective Monday it is charging 25% more for electricity to 1.5 million Americans in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war.
Stocks’ sell-off worsens as Wall Street wonders how much pain Trump will accept for the economy

By STAN CHOE
Mar 10, 2025 3:29 pm - The U.S. stock market’s sell-off cut deeper on Monday as Wall Street questioned how much pain President Donald Trump will let the economy endure through tariffs and other policies in order to get what he wants.
Elon Musk claims X being targeted in ‘massive cyberattack’ as service goes down

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and BARBARA ORTUTAY
Mar 10, 2025 3:23 pm - Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a “massive cyberattack.”
China strikes back at Trump tariffs with 15% levies targeting US farmers

By PAUL WISEMAN
Mar 10, 2025 12:24 pm - China retaliated against President Donald Trump's tariffs with an additional 15% tax on key American farm products, including chicken, pork, soybeans and beef.
Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case

By MARK SHERMAN
Mar 10, 2025 11:22 am - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday in a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy arrives in Saudi Arabia to meet prince ahead of summit with US

By MATTHEW LEE
Mar 10, 2025 11:19 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Monday in Saudi Arabia for a visit with its powerful crown prince ahead of his team's meeting with America's top diplomat.
Young people who aspired to government service dismayed by Trump ending the federal fellows program

By GARY FIELDS and CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Mar 10, 2025 9:38 am - A young economist who had uprooted her life for civil service. A fierce housing advocate terminated just before buying her first home. A semifinalist whose dreams were dashed before they materialized.

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