Apr 04 Nearly half of National Weather Service offices are critically understaffed, experts warn By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20 percent vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago — as severe weather chugs across the nation's heartland, according to data obtained by The… Continue reading
Apr 04 Judge orders return of Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador mega-prison By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement expelled Kilmar Abrego Garcia last month despite an immigration judge’s 2019 ruling that shielded him from deportation to his native El Salvador, where he faced likely persecution by local gangs. Continue reading
Apr 04 Trump extends TikTok deadline another 75 days as search for a deal continues By Fatima Hussein, Sarah Parvini, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under… Continue reading
Apr 04 Senate Republicans pass Trump’s budget bill with tax and spending cuts By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, Leah Askarinam, Associated Press Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurtling past Democratic opposition toward what President Donald Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill” that's central to his agenda. Continue reading
Apr 04 How Trump’s latest tariffs could affect your personal spending By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Cora Lewis, Associated Press Economists say consumers foot the bill from these kind of trade actions and stress the far-reaching impacts that U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariffs will have on goods sourced from around the world. Continue reading
Apr 04 WATCH: Fed Chair Powell warns Trump tariffs likely to raise inflation and slow economic growth By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press Powell said that the tariffs, and their likely impacts on the economy and inflation, are “significantly larger than expected.”… Continue reading
Apr 04 S&P drops 6 percent, closing worst week since COVID after China matches Trump tariffs By Stan Choe, Associated Press The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 2,231 points, or 5.5 percent Friday, and the Nasdaq composite tumbled 5.8 percent to pull more than 20 percent below its record set in December. Continue reading
Apr 04 U.S. added 228,000 jobs in strong March buildup to Trump trade wars By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press U.S. employers added a surprising number of jobs last month, showing that the American labor market was in solid shape as President Donald Trump embarked on a risky trade war with the rest of the world. Continue reading
Apr 04 China hits back with 34 percent tariff on U.S. imports as world weighs how to deal with Trump’s hikes By Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press As world markets wallowed in heavy losses Friday, Taiwan's president promised to provide support to industries most vulnerable to the 32% tariffs Trump ordered in his "Liberation Day" reciprocal tariffs announcement. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 11:00 Markets plunge in wake of Trump’s new tariffs and fears of global trade war By Geoff Bennett, Lisa Desjardins, Jackson Hudgins, Jonah Anderson U.S. markets plunged in the wake of President Trump's announcement of new tariffs. Many stocks had their worst single day since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Leaders around the world denounced the tariffs and experts warned the president's… Continue watching