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Trump Aides Hunt for 11th-Hour Deal to Dial Back Canada-Mexico Tariffs  The Wall Street Journal Canada and Mexico face 25% tariffs on Saturday, Trump says  BBC.com High Stakes for Global Companies in Trump’s Latest Tariff Threats  The New York Times Biggest US trading

Senator calls RFK Jr.’s position on race and vaccines dangerous  NPR Republican committee chairman ‘struggling’ with RFK Jr. nomination  CNN Trump health secretary nominee RFK Jr survives heated hearings ahead of crucial confirmation votes  Fox News ‘There Is No Hiding From This’: Three

Takeaways from the US Senate confirmation hearing for FBI pick Kash Patel  Al Jazeera English Takeaways from FBI director nominee Kash Patel’s combative confirmation hearing  CNN Kash Patel Hearing: Trump’s FBI Pick Denies ‘Enemies List,’ Distances Himself From Jan. 6 Rioters As

Trump’s ‘Deferred Resignation’ Causes Confusion At Bureau Of Prisons  Forbes OPM ‘deferred resignation’ offer sparks flurry of legal questions  Federal News Network Employment lawyer discusses what Trump offer to federal employees to resign would do  NPR Federal workers reeling over Trump’s ‘buyout’ offer:

The weather-predicting groundhog celebrity has met two presidents and drinks a life-extending elixir: “Our Phil is like, probably 139 years old,” Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel says. (Image credit: Jeff Swensen)

NPR’s reporting will continue to focus on what happened and learning what we can about the victims and telling their stories. (Image credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor B/U.S. Coast Guard)

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken.

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in.

The new Trump administration is using the language of civil rights but flipping it on its head. If ‘diversity’ is now being coded as discrimination, what does that mean for the future of civil rights? Brittany is joined by Columbia

Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said.