Stocks Sink as Trump’s Tariff Threats Weigh on Confidence
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Stocks Sink as Trump’s Tariff Threats Weigh on Confidence

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Stocks in Asia tumbled Monday as investors braced for a week of market tumult caused by an expected announcement of more tariffs by President Trump on America’s biggest trading partners. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell nearly 4 percent in early trading. Stocks in…

Elon Musk Says ‘Destiny of Humanity’ Rests on Wisconsin Judicial Race
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Elon Musk Says ‘Destiny of Humanity’ Rests on Wisconsin Judicial Race

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk framed Tuesday’s election for Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court in nothing less than apocalyptic terms, telling a crowd on Sunday night in Green Bay that the vote could ultimately swing control of Congress — meaning it could effectively “affect the entire destiny…

Opinion | A.O.C. Wants the Democrats to Think Anew
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Opinion | A.O.C. Wants the Democrats to Think Anew

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Case in point: In talking to me about economic populism, she didn’t cite members of the lefty Squad, but instead name-checked a very different colleague. “Look at a front-liner like Jared Golden, who is on Medicare for all,” she said, citing the Maine…

White House Takes Highly Unusual Step of Directly Firing Line Prosecutors
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White House Takes Highly Unusual Step of Directly Firing Line Prosecutors

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two longtime career prosecutors have been suddenly fired by the White House, in what current and former Justice Department officials called an unusual and alarming exercise of presidential power. In recent days, the prosecutors, in Los Angeles and Memphis, were dismissed abruptly, notified…

Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
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Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The United States, the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing. Even as President…

Opinion | The Fantasy of Annexing Canada Has a Long and Mortifying History
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Opinion | The Fantasy of Annexing Canada Has a Long and Mortifying History

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Franklin, said to be “pitifully unwell,” returned home, accompanied by a Montreal couple who took “such liberties in taunting at our conduct in Canada,” he reported, “that it came almost to a quarrel.” Congress appointed a committee to investigate the Canadian fiasco, producing…

Trump Says He Won’t Fire Officials Involved in Leaked Signal Chat
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Trump Says He Won’t Fire Officials Involved in Leaked Signal Chat

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump told NBC News on Saturday that he would not fire anyone involved in a group chat that inadvertently disclosed plans for airstrikes on Yemen to a journalist. In a wide-ranging interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker, Mr. Trump pushed back on reports…

U.S. Institute of Peace Staff in U.S. Fired as Trump Seeks Nonprofit’s End
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U.S. Institute of Peace Staff in U.S. Fired as Trump Seeks Nonprofit’s End

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Nearly all of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s staff members in the United States were fired on Friday, a sharp escalation of the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE team’s efforts to eliminate the government-funded independent nonprofit, according to current and former staff…

Specter of Auto Tariffs Spurs Some Car Buyers to Rush Purchases
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Specter of Auto Tariffs Spurs Some Car Buyers to Rush Purchases

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ziggy Duchnowski spent Saturday morning car shopping along Northern Boulevard in Queens with two goals in mind. He wanted to find a new small car for his wife, and he hoped to strike a deal before the new tariffs that President Trump is…