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Today's Top News Compilation - Monday, Mar. 16, 2020

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Flooding sweeps away 9-year-old as storms slam central US

  • News source: BBC News - World
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High winds and heavy rain were expected to continue into Sunday, delaying clean-up efforts.
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South Korea's president is out - but he leaves behind a polarised country

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A pro-Yoon fringe movement, stoked by right-wing YouTubers, has become more energised and extreme.
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"Hands Off!" demonstrations protest Trump, Musk across U.S.

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration's actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.

More than 1,200 "Hands Off!" demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and elections activists. The protests are planned for the National Mall in Washington, D.C., state capitols and other locations in all 50 states.

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Speaker Johnson moves on Senate's Trump budget bill as House GOP rebels threaten to defect

  • News source: FOX News
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House Republican leaders are rallying GOP lawmakers around a plan to enact a broad swath of President Donald Trump's agenda, after the legislation was passed by the Senate in the early hours of Saturday morning.

"More than a year ago, the House began discussing the components of a reconciliation package that will reduce the deficit, secure our border, keep taxes low for families and job creators, reestablish American energy dominance, restore peace through strength, and make government more efficient and accountable to the American people. We are...
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Trump urges Americans to 'hang tough' on tariffs plan as markets tumble

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump is doubling down on his controversial tariffs program and has called on Americans to "hang tough" amid stock market turmoil over the last few days.

Trump, in a post on Truth Social Saturday morning, wrote that his plan is already working with trillions of dollars already being poured into the U.S. economy.

"We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before. Already, more than FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, and rising fast! THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN," Trump wrote.

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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.

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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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