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Republicans are going public with their growing worries about Trump’s tariffs
WASHINGTON — Manufacturers struggling to make long-term plans. Farmers facing retaliation from Chinese buyers. U.S. households burdened with higher prices. Republican senators are confronting the Trump administration with those worries and many more as they fret about the economic impact of the president’s sweeping tariff strategy that went into effect...
Israeli strike on Gaza apartment building kills at least 23, officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli aircraft struck a residential block in war-ravaged northern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, health officials said, as the renewed fighting in the devastated Palestinian enclave showed no signs of letting up. The Al-Ahly hospital said at least 23 people were killed...
Asian shares deepen losses after another Wall Street retreat as tariffs take effect
BANGKOK — Asian shares sank again on Wednesday as the latest set of U.S. tariffs, including a 104% levy on Chinese imports, went into effect. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index initially lost nearly 4% and markets elsewhere in the region also declined. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 dropped 1.6% after wiping...
3 dead, 3 wounded in mass shooting at townhouse complex in Virginia
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. — All suspects were in custody early Wednesday after a shooting that killed three people and wounded three others in Virginia, authorities said. The Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office announced in a social media post only that all suspects were in custody and there was no threat to public...
Egg giant Cal-Maine says government is investigating price increases
Shares of Cal-Maine Foods, the largest U.S. egg producer, fell in after-hours trading Tuesday once the company acknowledged it is being investigated by the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine said it received notice of the investigation into egg price increases last month. Cal-Maine said...
Scottie Scheffler back to defend Masters title, if he can make it through Champions DinnerVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The prerogative of choosing the menu for the Champions Dinner at the Masters falls upon the defending champion, and Scottie Scheffler made an addition in his second go-around at those selections that underscored his wry sense of humor. His dad used to make wonderful meatballs. It was...
IRS acting commissioner resigning after deal to share immigrants’ tax information with ICE
WASHINGTON — The acting comissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S., according to two people familiar with the decision. Melanie Krause, who had served...
Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau back in fold at the Masters on rare occasionVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — For now, there’s another tradition unlike any other at the Masters: The first opportunity in nine months for all the world’s best players to compete against each other. Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau are among the biggest stars in golf whom hardly anyone sees during this great...
Florida shows up late again, this time for the team’s championship celebration on campus
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It was fitting that Florida arrived nearly two hours late to its on-campus celebration Tuesday. After all, it was exactly how the Gators played while winning the NCAA Tournament. Coaches and players returned to Gainesville roughly 16 hours after rallying to beat Houston, 65-63, in San Antonio...
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t restrict its journalists
A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, ruling on a case that touched at the heart of the First Amendment and affirming that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its speech. U.S.....
Column: Rory McIlroy, hopes for Masters green jacket lie with his willingness to suffer heartacheVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy had every reason to believe the Masters would be the first major he won. He was 21 with no scar tissue, only brown, curly locks spilling out of his cap. And most importantly that Sunday afternoon in 2011, he had a four-shot lead. Now it’s...
Houston’s Kelvin Sampson sees 1st national title slip away in painful fashion
SAN ANTONIO — All Kelvin Sampson could do was stand there, hands on hips with a blank look on his face, as the ball bounced loose and Houston’s latest chance at a national title bounced away, too. The coach who has commanded all details over a 36-year career of wins,...
Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock
A day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated, public health officials say. West Texas is in the middle of a still-growing measles outbreak with 505 cases reported on Tuesday. The state expanded the...
National Park Service restores original Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad webpage
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash over the changes. “Changes to the Underground Railroad page on the National Park Service’s website were made without approval...
Nuggets fire coach Michael Malone, oust GM Calvin Booth in stunning moveVideo
Michael Malone, who coached the Denver Nuggets to the NBA title in 2023 and has led the team to eight consecutive winning seasons, was fired Tuesday in a stunning move that comes with less than a week in the regular season. Also out: general manager Calvin Booth, whose contract will...
Suspected U.S. strikes in Yemen kill at least 2 people, Houthi rebels say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Suspected U.S. airstrikes pounded the area around Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeida on Tuesday night, killing at least two people and wounding 13 others, the Houthi rebels said. The strikes hit around Hodeida’s al-Hawak District, home to the city’s airport, which the Iranian-backed...
House Republicans and Democrats say U.S. must maintain its troop totals in Europe
WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic members of the House Armed Services Committee voiced sharp bipartisan criticism Tuesday about reports the Trump administration is eyeing a reduction of U.S. forces in Europe, saying America must stick with its NATO allies. Rep. Michael Rogers, R-Mich., the panel’s chairman, said the U.S. must...
Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government. The justices acted in the administration’s emergency appeal of a ruling by a federal...
Justice Department will narrow its focus on crypto-related enforcement
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is disbanding a team of prosecutors who targeted cryptocurrency crimes and is shifting its focus away from complex crypto-related cases involving banking and securities law, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. “The Department of Justice is not a digital assets regulator,” Deputy...
White House keeps world guessing as clock ticks down to Trump’s new tariffs
WASHINGTON — Less than one hour before the stock market closed on Monday, journalists gathered in the Oval Office for their only chance of the day to ask President Donald Trump about the turmoil caused by his tariff plans. Are the new tariffs, scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, a...
The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use a 1798 wartime law, the Alien Enemies Act, to deport Venezuelan migrants it accuses of being gang members, ending the temporary halt on deportations ordered by a federal district judge. But the court also ruled that the administration must give...
Resilient Florida relies on defense, playmakers to overcome frustration in NCAA title game
SAN ANTONIO — Dribbles bounced off hips, no-look passes went to no one and Florida’s best player couldn’t make a basket. And when the Gators’ bench was assessed a technical foul early in the second half, a frustrating night appeared to be hitting its low point. But then the resilient...
Trump signs executive orders to boost coal, a reliable but polluting energy source
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in decline. Under the four orders, Trump uses his emergency authority to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement...
Stocks dive after another stunning reversal as uncertainty reigns about Trump’s tariffsVideo
NEW YORK — Stocks dove Tuesday following another stunning reversal, with Wall Street veering from a huge gain at the opening of trading to more losses at the close, because investors still have no idea what to make of President Donald Trump’s trade war, which is scheduled to kick into...
Clem Burke, multifaceted drummer of iconic rock group Blondie, has diedVideo
Clem Burke, whose versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades performing everything from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes, has died. He was 70. The band said in a statement on its website Monday that he died from cancer but no additional details were provided. “Clem was...
