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How might tariffs change the price of Nike's iconic trainers?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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What impact will the introduction of hefty tariffs on countries in Asia have on Nike's iconic US shoe?
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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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Tariffs get warm welcome in Ohio's industrial Trump country

  • News source: BBC News - World
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As economic uncertainty swirls and the markets take a hit, many in this deeply Republican area back the president's plan.
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Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil says his ICE arrest was an ‘abduction'

  • News source: Phil Helsel | NBC News
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A Columbia University student activist who led campus pro-Palestinian rallies and is now fighting the Trump administration's deportation efforts is urging students to continue demonstrations and protests, NBC News reported.

Mahmoud Khalil, who is in custody in Louisiana as his case moves through courts, called his March 8 arrest by immigration authorities an "abduction" in an op-ed published Friday in the Columbia Spectator.

Titled “A Letter to Columbia,” the piece was dictated and verified by his attorney, the student newspaper said.

"Since my...
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Obama expresses deep concern as Trump admin takes aim at students and law firms

  • News source: Rebecca Shabad and Peter Alexander | NBC News
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Former President Barack Obama said he is "deeply concerned" with some of the actions that President Donald Trump and his administration have taken and seemed to call out the Republican Party for not pushing back on them, NBC News reported.

Obama rebuked Trump without explicitly naming him over the federal government's threats against universities and students who exercise free speech, its targeting of law firms, and the new tariffs imposed on foreign countries.

"I don’t think what we just witnessed in terms of economic policy and tariffs is going...
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Prosecutors seek 7 years in prison for ex-US Rep. George Santos in fraud case

  • News source: Philip Marcelo | The Associated Press
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Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges.

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argued in a court filing Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery” of the country’s election system.

“From his creation of a wholly fictitious biography to his callous theft of money from elderly and impaired donors, Santos’s unrestrained greed...
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Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book among DEI purge at Naval Academy library

  • News source: Lolita C. Baldor | The Associated Press and Tara
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Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library this week. It came after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office ordered the school to get rid of books that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. The Navy late Friday provided the list of 381 books that have been taken out of its library. The move marks another step in the Trump administration’s far-reaching effort to purge so-called DEI content from federal agencies.
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Trump touts airstrike on Houthis, showing video: Will 'never sink our ships again'

  • News source: FOX News
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Trump on Friday shared video of a recent airstrike on Houthi rebels, writing, "They will never sink our ships again."

"These Houthis gathered for instructions on an attack," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Oops, there will be no attack by these Houthis! They will never sink our ships again!"

The black and white aerial footage appeared to show a group assembling before a massive blast leaves nothing but a crater.

The Trump administration has been conducting daily airstrikes on the Iranian-backed rebels for the last 20 days following renewed Houthi...
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Sec Hegseth to visit Panama after Trump's demands for canal's return

  • News source: FOX News
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is slated to meet with Panama leaders next week amid President Donald Trump's continued efforts to regain control of the key strategic and military resource.

The Trump administration has been outspoken about national security threats presented by alleged Chinese interference.

During a February visit to the country, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in an X post that "the United States cannot, and will not, allow the Chinese Communist Party to continue with its effective and growing control over the Panama Canal...
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Retirees ‘stunned' as market turmoil over tariffs shrinks their 401(k)s

  • News source: Daniella Silva | NBC News
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Americans nearing retirement and recent retirees said they were anxious and frustrated following a second day of market turmoil that hit their 401(k)s after President Donald Trump’s escalation of tariffs.

As the impending tariffs shook the global economy Friday, people who were planning on their retirement accounts to carry them through their golden years said the economic chaos was hitting too close to home.

Some said they are pausing big-ticket purchases and reconsidering home renovations, while others said they fear their quality of life will be...
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White House accidentally tells Ukrainian refugees they must leave U.S. immediately

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Trump administration on Friday said it accidentally told some Ukrainians refugees they needed to leave the U.S. immediately because their legal status was being revoked, telling CBS News the message was sent by mistake.

Some Ukrainians who had entered the U.S. under the Biden administration following Russia's invasion of their homeland received emails this week telling them that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would be terminating their legal protections, according to advocates and a notice obtained by CBS News.

"DHS is now exercising...
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GOP's Kennedy compares dire Trump tariff predictions to 'late-night psychic hotlines'

  • News source: FOX News
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While senators Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., cited economists' projections that President Donald Trump's tariffs will cost American families an extra $5,000 per year, GOP Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., insisted, "We don't know," suggesting those who claim they do are making fools of themselves.

"I followed what all these economists are saying. Most of them make these late-night psychic hotlines look respectable," Kennedy told Fox News Digital at the Capitol. "They don't know any more than anybody else. We're in uncharted waters...
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Dem prosecutor lets off illegal immigrant charged with strangulation, kidnapping

  • News source: FOX News
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A Democratic prosecutor in Fairfax County, Virginia, dropped a felony charge against a twice-deported illegal immigrant charged with strangulation and kidnapping, cutting a plea deal that let him off with a misdemeanor.

According to local outlet ABC7 News, Democrat Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano advertises on his website that "wherever possible, Steve will make charging and plea decisions that limit or avoid immigration consequences."

Guatemalan national Wilmer Osmany Ramos Giron was facing 360 days in prison for a felony charge involving...
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DOGE says GSA saving $1M by converting decades-old information storage technology to digital records

  • News source: FOX News
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The U.S. General Services Administration has saved $1 million by converting decades-old information storage technology, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Friday.

In a post on X, DOGE said that the agency, which supplies office space, transportation and other basic services to federal agencies, saved money by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes to permanent modern digital records.

The move is part of the Elon Musk-led group's mission to get rid of wasteful government spending.
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Senate kicks off all-night 'vote-a-rama' as Democrats plan to press GOP on Trump, DOGE

  • News source: FOX News
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The Senate kicked off a marathon vote series on Friday night, which Republicans need to get through in order to approve their changes to the House's plan for President Donald Trump's budget.

The endless amendment votes began after nearly a day of debate concluded. Republicans passed a key motion on Thursday to begin the process, which will end with a vote on their adjustments to the House GOP's budget.

DEM SENATOR LOOKS TO HIJACK KEY TRUMP BUDGET PROCESS WITH TARIFF CHALLENGE

During the "vote-a-rama," senators of both parties are able to...
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