Apr 04 Watch 6:59 Trade war, tariffs and uncertainty drag markets to worst week in years By Amna Nawaz, Azhar Merchant Stocks were in free fall again Friday as markets saw their worst week in years. The trade war heated up as China responded to President Trump with their own 34 percent tariffs on imported U.S. goods. Markets fell further after… Continue watching
Apr 04 Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut teacher-training money, for now By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts, while a lawsuit continues. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 5:52 Trump abruptly shakes up NSA leadership amid pressure from right-wing activist By Geoff Bennett, Sonia Kopelev, Dan Sagalyn President Trump abruptly fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency, the country’s powerful cyber intelligence bureau. That’s according to reports and members of the House and Senate intelligence committees. The firings came after right-wing activist Laura… Continue watching
Apr 04 Congress demands answers after Trump abruptly fires head of National Security Agency By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move. Continue reading
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