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Commerce chief fuels tariff confusion, saying tech exemptions are not permanent
Howard Lutnick threw cold water on the reciprocal tariff exemptions on Sunday, saying that separate tariffs on these products are “coming soon.”
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Bond market moves raise fears of growing bets against America
Treasury yields have been behaving unusually, sparking concerns that the typical “safe haven” investment might be losing some of its shine.
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FBI analyst targeted in Kash Patel's book placed on leave
Patel, who is now the FBI director, included Brian Auten on a list of roughly 60 alleged “deep state” actors in his 2023 book, “Government Gangsters.”
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Government files status update in case of wrongfully deported Maryland man
The United States government has filed a status update in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador — as ordered by Judge Paula Xinis, but it doesn’t say much. An official with the State Department simply states that Abrego Garcia is alive and being held in the Terrorism Confinement Center...
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Judge relaxes ban on DOGE access to sensitive US Treasury information
The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by 19 state attorneys general who sued over privacy issues amid DOGE’s assertion that it was working to modernize Treasury payment systems.
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Trump tariffs on China will soon bring ‘irreversible' damage to many American businesses
Apple’s iPhone and other tech got a reprieve from Trump’s China tariffs policy, but most businesses will soon face ‘irreversible’ damage from the trade war.
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Social Security is listing thousands of living immigrants as dead in effort to get them to leave, AP sources say
The move will make it much harder for those affected to use banks or other basic services where Social Security numbers are required.
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
Financial markets have been roiled since President Trump imposed stiff tariffs on China, where Apple and other tech companies make many of their products.
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Judge sides with Trump, permits immigration enforcement in houses of worship
More than two dozen religious groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing the policy violated the right to practice their religion.
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What to know about tensions between Iran and the US before this weekend's talks
Since returning to the White House, President Trump has been pushing for talks while increasing sanctions and suggesting a military strike by the U.S.
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Kennedy, in private speech to FDA staff, calls agency a ‘sock puppet' for the industry
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a speech Friday to Food and Drug Administration staff, derided their past decisions, at one point saying that the agency had become “a sock puppet” for the industries it was meant to regulate, NBC News reported.
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Painting of Trump after assassination attempt displaces Obama portrait at White House
The White House on Friday hung a painting of President Donald Trump depicting a moment after an assassination attempt against him last summer — bumping the official portrait of one of his predecessors, Barack Obama, to a location nearby.
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Judge permits Trump administration to deport Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil
A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claims measles vaccine protection ‘wanes very quickly'
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for people to get the measles vaccine while in the same breath falsely claiming it hasn’t been “safety tested” and its protection is short-lived.
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‘Where is he?' Judge calls lack of info on mistakenly deported Maryland man ‘troubling'
A federal judge said Friday that it is “extremely troubling” that a government lawyer couldn’t explain what, if anything, the Trump administration has done to arrange for the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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Judge permits Trump administration to deport Columbia student
Beijing signaled that this is likely to be its last increase for the moment as tit-for-tat tariffs reach levels that make trade between the world’s two biggest economies unfeasible. Follow for live updates.
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Apple is left without a life raft as Trump's China trade war intensifies, analysts warn
Apple remains stranded without a life raft, experts say, as tariffs on China reach a cumulative 145%.
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WorldPride organizers caution international trans community about coming to US
The organizers of DC WorldPride may issue a warning to transgender people from other countries about traveling to D.C. for the event as the Trump administration targets the trans community with policies like the military ban on transgender servicemembers and requiring passports to match a person’s sex at birth. “It’s possible that we may actually issue a statement telling trans...
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Another volatile stock day amid ongoing trade wars
Tariff fears remain at the forefront of investors’ minds. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 10,2025.
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Venezuelan NWSL star opts out of national team fearing possible return issues
Deyna Castellanos of the Portland Thorns cited the current and anticipated immigration and travel policies imposed by the Trump administration.