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Trump to meet with Netanyahu at White House amid Israel's offensive in Gaza

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, several people familiar with the meeting confirmed to CBS News on Saturday.

The leaders are expected to focus on the latest Israeli military operations in Gaza and new U.S. tariffs announced by Mr. Trump against Israel and other countries, the Associated Press reported.

This would be their second meeting of Mr. Trump's second term. The two last met in Washington, D.C. in February, when Mr. Trump unveiled his plan for the U.S. to "take over Gaza"...
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‘Deep ties to the CCP’: Meet the vaping lobbyist ramping up pressure on Trump to save 'illicit' vape industry

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: A top vaping lobbyist, whose group worked closely with the Trump campaign last year and is now ramping up pressure on the Trump administration to "uphold their promise to save the flavored vaping industry," has extensive ties to the Chinese Communist Party, a Fox News Digital review found.

Tony Abboud, the Illinois-based executive director of the Vapor Technology Association, made several smaller donations to pro-Trump GOP Senate candidates ahead of the 2024 election and met with then-candidate Donald Trump weeks before the election in...
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Iranian president sacks deputy for 'lavish' Antarctic cruise

  • News source: BBC News - World
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President says trip by Shahram Dabiri, the vice-president for parliamentary affairs, was "indefensible" while Iran's economy suffers.
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Scale of Myanmar's loss is clearer one week after the quake

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More than 3,000 people have been confirmed dead after last week's earthquake and the toll is expected to rise.
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Automakers seek ‘opportunity in the chaos' of Trump's tariffs

  • News source: Michael Wayland, CNBC
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As President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on imported vehicles were set to take effect, executives at Ford Motor scrambled to figure out how to respond to the new levies.

While they and their industry counterparts are still trying to navigate the impacts, Ford decided to move quickly in one area by offering an employee pricing program — called "From America, For America" — for U.S. consumers.

Such programs have historically been controversial, as they sell vehicles close to or lower than invoice prices for dealers and eat away at already tight profit...
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Michigan joins 18 other states to block Trump's election order

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Democratic officials in 19 states, including Michigan, filed a lawsuit against President Trump's attempt to reshape elections across the U.S., calling it an unconstitutional invasion of states' clear authority to run their own elections.

Thursday's lawsuit is the fourth against the executive order issued just a week ago. It seeks to block key aspects of it, including new requirements that people provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote and a demand that all mail ballots be received by Election Day.

"The President has no...
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Price hikes in clothing apparel expected amid tariffs

  • News source: Jennifer Cuevas
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Clothing is on the list as one of the industries that could see significant price hikes amid the newly imposed tariffs.

Tariffs on imported goods went into effect on Wednesday.

Prices in clothing and shoes may see an increase of 16.9%, according to the Yale Budget Lab.

At TeTa Active Apparel in Wolcott, a shop that specializes in embroidery and print work, Cial Cook, the sales account manager, said they’re already seeing an increase in price of the materials they use such as thread going up by 4%.

“Now a T-shirt that used to be $10.00 to make is...
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Dems slam Elon Musk, Melania Trump with xenophobic attacks: ‘Go back to South Africa!’

  • News source: FOX News
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Since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Democrats have made xenophobic comments about DOGE chief Elon Musk and first lady Melania Trump.

Some of the party’s leaders have repeatedly complained about Musk’s country of birth being South Africa and told Trump to look into deporting his wife, who was born in the former Yugoslavia.

Speaking at an anti-DOGE protest in Los Angeles March 22, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., suggested Trump should investigate and potentially deport the first lady.

"When he [Trump] talks about birthright...
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Video casts doubt on Israeli account of Gaza medic killings

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The video was published by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), which said it was obtained from the phone of a paramedic who was killed.
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Democrats propose bill to prevent Trump from relocating federal agencies outside DC

  • News source: FOX News
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A cohort of Democratic representatives and senators are proposing legislation aimed at stalling President Donald Trump's efforts to relocate federal agencies outside of Washington, D.C., something the president has taken steps to start doing.

Guidance issued in February from the Trump administration instructed federal agencies to submit any proposed relocation of agency bureaus and offices by April 14, instructions that were tied to the president's broader efforts to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government.

The pair of...
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WATCH: Dems dodge on calling Tesla attacks acts of 'domestic terrorism'

  • News source: FOX News
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After taking to social media to announce he was ditching his Tesla because it was made by an "a--hole" he claimed is damaging the country, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., refused to say whether Democrats’ inflammatory rhetoric against
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Here's what happened during Trump's 11th week in office

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump marked the week by unveiling an unprecedented wave of tariffs on imports to the U.S., aligning with his long-held position that other countries have taken advantage of the U.S. in trade.

Trump disclosed the historic tariffs in a ceremony at the White House’s Rose Garden for a "Make America Wealthy Again" event, asserting these new duties would generate new jobs for U.S. workers.

"For nations that treat us badly, we will calculate the combined rate of all their tariffs, nonmonetary barriers and other forms of cheating,"...
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Detained Georgetown professor worried most for his class, colleagues and students say

  • News source: Kimmy Yam | NBC News
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Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University professor and postdoctoral scholar who was arrested and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration last month, was most concerned for his students after he was detained, according to members of the Georgetown community.

Suri, who was born in India and in the U.S. on a student visa, had been teaching a course on minority rights in South Asia at the university’s School of Foreign Service (SFS). A student and faculty members told NBC News that amid the shock of his arrest, Suri still kept his class at...
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Ex-lawmaker George Santos faces 7-year prison sentence for federal fraud, identity theft

  • News source: FOX News
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Disgraced former Rep. George Santos could face more than seven years in prison if New York prosecutors get their way.

Santos, 36, who became just the sixth House member to be expelled from the chamber and the first Republican, pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges in August as part of a plea deal after having been indicted on felony charges.

The former lawmaker stole from political donors, used campaign contributions to pay for personal expenses, lied to Congress about his wealth and collected unemployment benefits while...
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Video footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic killings

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The footage was reportedly filmed by a Palestinian paramedic who was killed by Israeli forces along with 14 others in March.
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