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How automakers are navigating Trump’s tariffs on imported vehicles and parts

Foreign leaders in Europe, Canada and Asia sharply criticized President Trump’s announcement of 25 percent tariffs on imported cars and car parts. Nearly half of all passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. last year were assembled outside the country and

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News Wrap: Health and Human Services cutting workforce by nearly 25 percent

In our news wrap Thursday, the Health and Human Services Department will slash its workforce by almost 25 percent, the White House pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be UN ambassador over the GOP’s slim House margin and Attorney General

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ACLU attorney on suing Trump administration for using wartime authority for deportations

President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, without due process, could end up at the Supreme Court. An appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the administration from using the rare wartime authority for

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Anti-abortion groups aiming to defund Planned Parenthood look to DOGE to get it done

Major anti-abortion groups gathered in the nation’s capital on Thursday to begin a lobbying effort with Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood, with some calling on Elon Musk to make the organization one of

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‘Send Julia Louis-Dreyfus with a Veep soundtrack’: J.D. Vance mocked over Greenland visit

J.D. Vance earned mockery this week from a former Republican lawmaker as the vice president tried to salvage the second lady’s cultural trip to Greenland by refashioning it as a national security visit. President Donald Trump has pressed the idea

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Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots

Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans. “You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.

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Trade wars, federal cuts complicate lives of some Nebraskans who put Trump back in office

President Trump’s sweeping measures, from tariffs to federal worker cuts, are taking shape in Washington, but their impact is already rippling far beyond. Lisa Desjardins visited rural Nebraska where livelihoods are on the line.

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FTC commissioner fired by Trump says move threatens agency designed to protect consumers

Two Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission sued the Trump administration after being fired before their terms expired. The independent agency, designed to be bipartisan, protects consumers and enforces antitrust laws. The White House defended the move but Democrats

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Ukraine is at the cutting edge of drone innovation, but Russia is catching up

The war between Russia and Ukraine is now largely being fought with drones. Ukraine is at the cutting edge of wartime drone innovation, producing over 2 million in 2024 — but Russia is close behind.

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U.S. economy grew 2.4 percent in 4th quarter of 2024 after upgrade in growth estimate

It’s unclear whether the United States can sustain that growth as President Donald Trump wages trade wars, purges the federal workforce and promises mass deportations of immigrants working in the country illegally.

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