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New Pope Appears To Have Reposted Critical Social Media Posts About Trump May 09, 2025

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Leo, a 69-year-old from Chicago, is a leader with global experience. He spent much of his career as a missionary in South America and holds dual citizenship in the US and Peru, where he served as a bishop. He most recently led a powerful Vatican office for bishop appointments. He is expected to build on Pope Francis’ reforms.

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Ford Hikes Prices On Imports From Mexico, Cites Tariffs May 08, 2025

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Ford is hiking the sticker prices for the three US models it imports from Mexico by up to $2,000 each, just days after executives said they didn’t expect significant increases in industrywide car prices this year. The price increase was disclosed in a memo sent to Ford dealerships, first reported by Reuters but confirmed by Ford.

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Trump On Trade Deals: ”We Don’t Have To Sign Deals” May 07, 2025

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Two top Trump officials are scheduled to meet later this week with Chinese representatives on trade and economic matters, their agencies announced , a nascent sign of a thaw in the trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s massive tariffs. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will both travel to Geneva, Switzerland, where they will meet with President Karin Keller-Sutter and, separately, the Chinese officials, authorities announced.

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Trump Says Hollywood “Decimated”, Floats Foreign-Made Movie Tariff May 06, 2025

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Filmmakers and Hollywood financiers are baffled, to say the least, by President Trump’s announcement that he wants a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States. Several movie studio and streaming industry executives who spoke with CNN are downright apoplectic because, they believe, the president hasn’t thought about the ramifications of his proposal, which could decimate an iconic industry.

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China Says It’s Evaluating Possible Trade Talks With U.S. May 03, 2025

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US stocks rose Friday and the S&P 500 notched its longest winning streak since 2004 as China signaled openness to trade talks and investors digested a better-than-expected jobs report.

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Vance After Mike Waltz Ouster: “Pete Hegseth Is Safe” May 02, 2025

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President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would nominate national security adviser Mike Waltz to serve as UN ambassador, after widespread reports that Trump planned to oust him, in the first major staff shakeup since the president took office in January. The president said Secretary of State Marco Rubio would replace Waltz in the prior role on an interim basis.

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L.A. Port Chief Warns Of Drop In Shipping Volume & Higher Prices May 01, 2025

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A car-buying frenzy, stoked by tariff fears, drove US consumer spending in March to its biggest monthly gain in more than two years, new data showed Wednesday. Consumer spending leapt 0.7% from February, according to a Commerce Department report that showed Americans shelled out last month for durable goods, particularly automobiles.

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Trump Says “I Could” Get Abrego Garcia Back From El Salvador Apr 30, 2025

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President Donald Trump cast doubt on due process protections in the US immigration system and challenged the role of the courts during a tense exchange with ABC’s Terry Moran in an interview that aired on his 100th day in office. The president defended the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father whom the administration acknowledged in court documents was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

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Canadian Media: Liberals Win After Trump Tariffs, Threats Apr 29, 2025

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Canada’s Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, is on course to win the country’s federal election, Canadian media projects, following a campaign overshadowed by provocations and tariffs from US President Donald Trump. CNN affiliates CTV and CBC both projected that the Liberals would win enough seats to form a fourth consecutive government.

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FBI Arrests Wisconsin Judge, Accuses Her Of Obstructing ICE Apr 26, 2025

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Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan faces two charges for obstruction and concealing the individual from arrest after federal authorities accused her of directing a defendant – who was attending a hearing in her courtroom last Friday and facing domestic-battery charges – to leave through a non-public door in order to avoid immigration officers who were waiting outside to arrest him.

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