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President Donald Trump’s expanding trade war is ricocheting through corporate boardrooms and driving up economic pessimism at kitchen tables.

Harlingen receives more than 21in of rain this week, with 200 people still waiting to be rescued A day after severe storms along the Texas-Mexico border, crews were rescuing residents trapped in their homes by drenching rains, which also forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on flooded roads and shut down an airport. Officials in … Read more

Sanders signs extension after two-year turnaround Buffaloes coming off 9-4 season and bowl appearance Colorado coach Deion Sanders has received a contract extension through the 2029 season after turning around a downtrodden program in just two seasons. The school said the extension increases Sanders’ yearly base salary to $10m this year, making him the highest-paid … Read more

Transgender inmates who were moved from a women’s prison to an all-male facility, after President Donald Trump’s executive order mandating inmates live in facilities corresponding to their biological sex, are now being sent back to the women’s prison after a judge issued a preliminary injunction. “This is the latest example of an activist judge attempting … Read more

State department shares new standard for denials based on social media posts, financial donations and memberships The United States has ordered consular offices to significantly expand their screening processes for student visa applicants, including through comprehensive social media investigations, to exclude people they deem to support terrorism. Coming after several high-profile visa revocations and targeted … Read more

President Donald Trump stressed the need to acquire Greenland as part of the U.S. for international security purposes Friday, as Vice President JD Vance conducted a trip there with second lady Usha Vance.  Although the Danish territory has said it is seeking independence from Copenhagen and isn’t interested in becoming part of the U.S., Trump … Read more

A D.C. federal judge on Friday extended a restraining order against the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 wartime immigration law the Trump administration enacted to deport Venezuelan nationals who are alleged Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members in the U.S. illegally. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled the extension will run through April 12. Also … Read more

Mikal Mahdi scheduled to be executed by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets A second South Carolina death row prisoner has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi chose the firing squad … Read more

Facing a razor-thin Republican majority in the House, President Donald Trump says he pulled GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to serve as United Nations ambassador because he doesn’t “want to take any chances.” The president made his comments Friday as he answered questions at the White House, one day after announcing in a social media … Read more

Government reports largest outbreak is in Texas, and 70 people across US needing hospitalization The federal government reported on Friday that there have been 483 confirmed cases of measles across 20 US jurisdictions so far this year, with the largest outbreak in Texas, and 70 people across the nation needing to be hospitalized. That compares … Read more