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U.S. aid team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
The Trump administration has moved to fire nearly all USAID staff in recent weeks, as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency slashed funding across ...
Pope makes his first public appearance since leaving hospital
The pontiff, 88, passed through a jubilant crowd, entering St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in a wheelchair as part of a Jubilee Mass ...
EU seeks unity in first strike back at Trump tariffs
If approved, the bloc would be joining China and Canada in imposing retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. in an early escalation of what some fear will become a global trade ...
At America’s last alumina refinery, a trade war spells trade-offs
Trump wants the U.S. to make more aluminum. In Louisiana, home to the only domestic producer of a material essential to that process, some say a ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans ready to retire aren’t worried about ‘day-to-day’ market fluctuations
Bessent’s comments come after President Donald Trump warned that the “economic revolution” won’t “be easy” in a social media post. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ...
Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil says his ICE arrest was an ‘abduction’
Khalil, who took an active role in protests at Columbia University over the war in Gaza, was arrested March 8, and the Trump administration ...
Ukraine says Russia kills 19 in Kryvyi Rih, Moscow says it was targeting military
The strike on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown was one of Moscow’s deadliest this year in the conflict. A Russian attack killed at least 19 people ...
Some House Republicans voice opposition to the Senate’s newly adopted budget for Trump’s agenda
The Senate vote is one big step in a long process. And the debate revealed intra-party tension over key issues like Medicaid, tax-cut strategy ...
In a factory that makes baseball caps, Trump’s tariffs bring chaos and likely price hikes
“It’s a mess,” a baseball cap supplier in Guangzhou said of Trump’s tariffs, which are now at least 54% on imports from China. “It’s ...
In the race to save lives after the Myanmar quake, U.S. rescuers are notable by their absence
Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected a suggestion that the U.S. was ceding influence abroad by canceling thousands of its aid and development contracts, ...
