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Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strikeApr 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 backlashApr 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.
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Trump fired several national security officials deemed insufficiently loyal, AP sources sayApr 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.
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Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffsApr 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...
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‘Freaky Tales’ a nostalgic, very gory ode to ’80s OaklandApr 03, 2025 8:21 am - Remember what it was like growing up in the East Bay in the ’80s? Ryan Fleck sure does, and vividly. The writer-director, together with partner Anna Boden, has produced a self-described “very weird” love letter to his former home in “Freaky Tales.”
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Dow drops nearly 1,680 in biggest wipeout since 2020 as fears of fallout from tariffs shake marketsApr 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.
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Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week as labor market continues to show strengthApr 03, 2025 8:15 am - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell modestly last week, remaining within the same range of recent years.
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Storms kill 7 in the South and Midwest as forecasters warn of catastrophic rains, floods this weekApr 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.
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Naomi Watts, Great Dane share solace after loss in ‘The Friend’Apr 03, 2025 8:06 am - Having it all means different things to everyone, but a rent-controlled apartment in Manhattan is probably pretty close to a universal dream. It’s easy enough, then, to understand the conundrum facing Iris (Naomi Watts), a writer, who suddenly finds herself with a 150-pound Great Dane ward after an unexpected death in “The Friend.”
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Nearly 2 months later, the Cubs finally go home to Chicago for their Wrigley Field opener on FridayApr 02, 2025 8:49 pm - The Chicago Cubs were in Arizona for spring training, began the regular season in Japan, went back to Phoenix to face the Diamondbacks in a four-game set and then traveled to Northern California to take on the Athletics. Now, the San Diego Padres come to the Windy City beginning with a Friday matinee and more opening day fanfare for the Cubs in a wild start to the year.