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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Republicans moving ahead with Trump's 'big' bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar

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After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump’s ”“big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts.

FILE - Laura Loomer arrives with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at Philadelphia International Airport, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File)
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A look at Laura Loomer, longtime Trump ally criticized for racist posts and Sept. 11 conspiracies

Read full article: A look at Laura Loomer, longtime Trump ally criticized for racist posts and Sept. 11 conspiracies

Laura Loomer, a right-wing personality known for her incendiary social media presence, appeared to have President Donald Trump's ear again.

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FILE - Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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States sue to block Trump's election order, saying it violates the Constitution

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Democratic officials in 19 states are suing over President Donald Trump’s attempt to reshape elections across the U.S., calling it an unconstitutional invasion of states’ clear authority to run their own elections.

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President Donald Trump, driven by his son Eric Trump, arrives at Trump National Doral during the LIV Golf Miami tournament, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Trump says things are 'going very well' after worst stock market drop in years over tariffs

Read full article: Trump says things are 'going very well' after worst stock market drop in years over tariffs

President Donald Trump is sounding an upbeat note about his tariffs even as the stock market reacted by falling more than 1,600 points.

Air Force One with President Donald Trump on board arrives at Miami International Airport, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Federal judge rules action against NEA unnecessary after it backed off bans on gender ideology

Read full article: Federal judge rules action against NEA unnecessary after it backed off bans on gender ideology

A federal judge has denied a motion to block the National Endowment for the Arts from barring funds to artists whose projects promote gender ideology, saying the agency no longer was doing that.

FILE - A worker loads boxes of goods from a truck outside a wholesale clothing mall in Beijing on June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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No more cheap skirts: Trump ends tax exemption for low-value Chinese imports

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A notice to customers dazzled by the low-priced products on Chinese shopping apps: the days of getting trendy clothing, tools and gag gifts that cost less than lunch delivered to your door in 10 days are probably numbered.

Lynn Sokler, who retired from the CDC three weeks ago after working there almost two decades, protests with others in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in front of the headquarters in Atlanta, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
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Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to states

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A federal judge in Rhode Island says she'll temporarily block the Trump administration from cutting billions in federal public health dollars.

Tom Cruise, star of the upcoming film "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning," leads a moment of silence for late actor Val Kilmer during the Paramount Pictures presentation at CinemaCon at Caesars Palace on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Tom Cruise opens CinemaCon speech with moment of silence for Val Kilmer

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Tom Cruise opened his highly anticipated CinemaCon appearance on Thursday with a moving tribute to his “Top Gun” co-star, Val Kilmer.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, waves at the conclusion of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency

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Former heart surgeon and TV pitchman Dr. Mehmet Oz was confirmed Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

FILE - The Old Florida Capitol is seen with the tower of the current Florida Capitol rising behind, during a legislative session in Tallahassee, Fla., March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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Transgender student's arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to be a first

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A transgender college student declared “I am here to break the law” before entering a women’s restroom at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee and being handcuffed by police.

People shout slogans during a rally calling for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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South Korea's Constitutional Court is set to rule on the impeachment of Yoon

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South Korea’s Constitutional Court is set to rule Friday on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, either removing him from office or restoring his powers four months after he threw the country into turmoil with an ill-fated declaration of martial law.

Options to use the Zelle payments network are seen on a Chase mobile banking app in New York on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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Zelle has shut down its app, but customers can still use service

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Zelle has been used by banking customers for several years to transfer money from person-to-person. While it will still be available through your banking institution, the company has shut down its app.

President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One after speaking with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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What to know about the Trump tariffs upending global trade and markets

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The trade war President Donald Trump promised has begun, threatening the world economy and straining the United States’ longstanding alliances in Europe and Asia.

This photo provided by Helyeh Doutaghi shows Helyeh Doutaghi, a Yale Law School scholar. (Helyeh Doutaghi via AP)
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Yale fires legal scholar amid review of possible ties to 'sham charity' for designated terror group

Read full article: Yale fires legal scholar amid review of possible ties to 'sham charity' for designated terror group

Yale Law School has fired a scholar it says refused to appear in person to answer questions about her possible ties to organizations deemed to support terrorism.

William Fraser takes photographs inside the warehouse of a damaged building of Specialty Distributors after a tornado passed through an industrial industrial park on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Jeffersontown, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)
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What you do before and during a tornado could mean the difference between life and death

Read full article: What you do before and during a tornado could mean the difference between life and death

Experts say planning before a tornado threatens is key for staying safe.

FILE - Vice President Mike Pence hands the electoral certificate from the state of Arizona to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., as he presides over a joint session of Congress as it convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP, File)
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Pence will get the Profile in Courage Award from JFK Library Foundation for his actions on Jan. 6

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Former Vice President Mike Pence will receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his refusal to go along with President Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in office after losing the 2020 election.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a joint news conference with Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)
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Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strike

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The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.

A video projection by Manual Cinema uses animation, shadow puppets and oral installation to help museum visitors "understand why more than 50 years after the Fair Housing Act of 1968, we are still living in a segregated world with a growing racial wealth gap," according to the National Public Housing Museum, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
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Unique Chicago museum showcases the history of public housing through its residents

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A one-of-a-kind Chicago museum hopes to change the perception of public housing in America.

Republican candidate Randy Fine, second from left, meets with supporters after the special election for U.S. House District 6 was called in his favor, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Ormond Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Democrats take hope in flipping a county in a ruby red corner of the Florida Panhandle

Read full article: Democrats take hope in flipping a county in a ruby red corner of the Florida Panhandle

When the results for Tuesday's special election in Florida came in, Democrat Gay Valimont had fallen short of winning a congressional seat that few thought she had a chance to claim.

President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after signing an executive order during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Trump's tariffs aren't strictly reciprocal. Here's how he calculated them

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President Donald Trump promised tariffs that would raise U.S. import taxes high enough to mirror what others assess as trade penalties on American goods.

FILE - Cars are submerged on a freeway flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey near downtown Houston, Texas, on Aug. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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When heavy rainfall threatens flooding, you can protect yourself. Here's how

Read full article: When heavy rainfall threatens flooding, you can protect yourself. Here's how

Extreme weather is dangerous weather, and that’s particularly true for the heavy rainfall events that experts say are becoming more frequent with climate change.

People march during a protest to condemn a draft legislation that critics consider liquidating for many non-government organisations in Bratislava Thursday, April 3, 2025. (Jaroslav Novk/TASR via AP)
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Slovaks rally to protest against legislation that critics say is harmful to NGOs

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Thousands of people have marched through Slovakia’s capital before a planned rally in front of parliament to condemn draft legislation that critics consider detrimental for many nongovernmental organizations.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives her morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Mexico celebrates dodging latest US tariffs but feels the effects of global economic uncertainty

Read full article: Mexico celebrates dodging latest US tariffs but feels the effects of global economic uncertainty

Mexico is celebrating having dodged the latest round of tariffs from the White House taking aim at dozens of U.S. trading partners around the world.

FILE - Massad Boulos visits The Great Commoner, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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The US is negotiating a minerals deal with conflict-hit Congo, a Trump official says

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A Trump administration official says the United States is talking with conflict-plagued Congo about developing its mineral resources under a deal that the Congolese president has said could help make his country safer.

A screen displays financial news as traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Fear that Trump tariffs will spark recession wipes out more than $2 trillion in value from US stocks

Read full article: Fear that Trump tariffs will spark recession wipes out more than $2 trillion in value from US stocks

U.S. companies had trillions of dollars in value wiped out Thursday after President Donald Trump slapped sweeping tariffs on foreign imports.

Hurricane Helene around sunset on Thursday, September 26th, 2024, hours before landfall in Florida’s Big Bend. Helene caused an estimated $79 billion in damage in the U.S., making it the 7th costliest U.S. hurricane (adjusted to 2024 values) behind Katrina (2005), Harvey (2017), Ian (2022), Maria (2017), Sandy (2012), and Ida (2021). Helene was responsible for 249 deaths in the U.S. – most from catastrophic inland flooding across the mountains of western North Carolina – making it the deadliest hurricane to strike the mainland U.S. since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Photo credit: NOAA/CIRA Satellite Library.
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First 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecasts released as DOGE cuts loom

Read full article: First 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecasts released as DOGE cuts loom

On Thursday, the pioneers of seasonal hurricane forecasts released their first predictions of what the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season could hold.

Containers are stacked at the Port of Los Angeles Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash

Read full article: Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash

President Donald Trump’s expansive new tariff regime reverses a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers that will likely raise prices for U.S. consumers and threatens to sharply slow the economy this year.