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Independent and organic farmers say chaos created by the Trump administration’s cuts has hurt their businesses, even as the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, praises small farms and regenerative agriculture. The split-screen for . . .
President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill, about to face the Senate, entails a new 3.5% tax on remittance transfers from non-citizens, drawing widespread criticism for disproportionately affecting poor migrants while failing to completely close off channels for sending money overseas. What Happened: The United States was responsible for over $656 billion . . .
Air Force veteran Ed Anderson can’t recall any time past puberty when he didn’t get razor bumps after shaving his face. His coarse facial hair would often cause painful inflammation and itchy bumps as it grew back. Anderson, now 70, remembers requesting a shaving waiver when he entered the service in 1975, allowing him to […]
A See’s Candies worker restocks the display next to a cutout of Warren Buffett at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting exhibit hall Friday, May 2, 2025 in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Josh Funk) (AP Photo/Josh Funk) hide caption toggle caption (AP Photo/Josh Funk) OMAHA, Neb.–Warren Buffett wants the United States to knock off its trade war. […]
CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai meets Polish Prime Minister at the Chancellery in Warsaw, Poland on March 29, 2022. Mateusz Wlodarczyk | Nurphoto | Getty Images As Google heads back to the courtroom Monday, the company is arguing that the U.S. needs the company in its full form to take on chief adversary […]
Drop in illegal crossings at U.S. southern border Sharp drop in illegal crossings at U.S. southern border 01:16 Washington — Two service members deployed to the U.S. southern border are dead and a third is in serious condition after a vehicle accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, the military announced late Tuesday. The troops were […]
BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new 20% tariff on the European Union drew a sharp rebuke from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. She said it was a major blow to the world economy and the consequences “will be dire for millions of people.” Groceries, transport and medicines will […]
Introduction: Growth fears grip markets Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. The Trump Bump has turned into the Trump Slump, as rising fears of a US recession rocked the markets yesterday. Monday was a dark day on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 fell […]
Jump to K-12 education; higher education; overall risk for the nation. The Trump administration is poised to issue executive orders that would dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, defunding many of its programs and shifting functions to other agencies. While outright abolishing the department would require an act of Congress, the administration is expected to […]
U.S. voters are concerned that tariffs could hurt the U.S. economy, but the depth of those concerns varies by political party with more concern from Democrats than Republicans, according to a new poll. A separate poll released earlier this month asked voters about tariffs in a different way: Do they support President-elect Donald Trump’s strategy […]