Trump Aides Defend His Tariffs Amid Global Blowback
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Trump Aides Defend His Tariffs Amid Global Blowback

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s top aides raced to defend his expansive global tariffs on Sunday, downplaying the prospect that his new taxes on imports could cause a significant spike in prices or tip the U.S. economy into a painful recession. As Mr. Trump departed Mar-a-Lago…

Small Businesses Face a ‘Tornado’ of Challenges: Cuts, Freezes and Now Tariffs
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Small Businesses Face a ‘Tornado’ of Challenges: Cuts, Freezes and Now Tariffs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was a bad week for Ben Coryell, who runs a wilderness guiding company in Golden, Colo. He got several calls from customers who wanted to cancel their climbing courses and mountaineering expeditions over the summer, often citing second thoughts about big purchases…

Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity Drugs
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Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity Drugs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration on Friday rejected a Biden plan that would have required Medicare and Medicaid to cover obesity drugs and expanded access for millions of people. Under the law that established Medicare’s Part D drug benefits, the program was forbidden from paying…

Supreme Court Rules Against Makers of Flavored Vapes Popular With Teens
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Supreme Court Rules Against Makers of Flavored Vapes Popular With Teens

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration had acted lawfully in rejecting applications from two manufacturers of flavored liquids used in e-cigarettes with names like Jimmy the Juice Man Peachy Strawberry, Signature Series Mom’s Pistachio and Suicide Bunny…

Trump Allies Grill PBS and NPR During Congress Hearing
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Trump Allies Grill PBS and NPR During Congress Hearing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Congressional Republicans laced into PBS and NPR on Wednesday, accusing the country’s biggest public media networks of institutional bias in a fiery hearing that represented the latest salvo against the American press by close allies of the Trump administration. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene,…

E.P.A. Declares ‘Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen’
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E.P.A. Declares ‘Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a barrage of pronouncements on Wednesday the Trump administration said it would repeal dozens of the nation’s most significant environmental regulations, including limits on pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks, protections for wetlands, and the legal basis that allows it to regulate the…

Fed in No Hurry to Adjust Rates Amid Trump Policy Uncertainty
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Fed in No Hurry to Adjust Rates Amid Trump Policy Uncertainty

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, said the central bank is focused on the “net effect” of President Trump’s sweeping economic agenda amid high uncertainty about which policies will actually be enacted, as he reiterated that officials are still not in…

How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost .5 Billion to North Korean Hackers
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How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost $1.5 Billion to North Korean Hackers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On the night of Feb. 21, Ben Zhou, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, logged on to his computer to approve what appeared to be a routine transaction. His company was moving a large amount of Ether, a popular digital currency,…

Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts?
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Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The National Plant Germplasm System, a vast federal collection of seeds, roots, branches and stems, is probably unknown to most Americans. But to Rachel Spaeth the system is a “living library” — and America’s safeguard against “famine on a global scale.” Dr. Spaeth…