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America’s trade hawks fear the gaps in Trump’s tariff wall

Even as markets reel, some firms want the president to get tough on enforcing duties

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Why Your Cortisol Levels Shouldn’t Stress You Out

Do you feel overwhelmed by daily tasks? Catch yourself thinking negative or pessimistic thoughts? Blame your high cortisol levels, influencers would have you believe. Online, cortisol—commonly called the “stress hormone”—is a hot topic and frequent scapegoat. Type “cortisol levels” or

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Egg prices continue to hit records as Easter and Passover approach

Egg prices again reached a record high in February, as the bird flu continues to run rampant and Easter and Passover approach.

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How steel and aluminum are a fundamental part of American life

Steel and aluminum are ubiquitous in Americans’ lives. A stainless steel refrigerator holds aluminum soda cans.

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Trump campaigned as a protector of free speech but critics say his actions threaten it

President Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of free speech, but First Amendment advocates say they’ve never seen freedom of speech under attack the way it has been in his second term.

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Trump’s Tariffs Target Steel and Aluminum, a Fundamental Part of American Life

Steel and aluminum are ubiquitous in Americans’ lives. A stainless steel refrigerator holds aluminum soda cans. A stainless steel drum tumbles inside an aluminum washing machine. They’re the metals used in cars and airplanes, phones and frying pans, skyscrapers and

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What to Know About Dave Weldon, Trump’s Pick to Lead the CDC

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), former Republican Congressman Dr. Dave Weldon, is set to face questioning by Senators on March 13. Weldon is due to appear before the U.S. Senate

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Musk’s latest cuts will hamper life-saving medical research for ‘a generation’: report

The Trump administration’s emphasis on right-wing ideology has had a chilling effect on life-saving medical research — and the researchers themselves — at the National Institutes of Health, according to a new opinion piece in Bloomburg. NIH “is the largest

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Archaeologists discover oldest known partial face fossil of human ancestor in western Europe

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old.

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