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Fears of a 2025 Recession Are Gaining Steam
Fears of a 2025 Recession
Are Gaining Steam
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Mar 10, 2025 10:43 AM CDT

Fears of a 2025 Recession Are Gaining Steam

Big banks more pessimistic as Trump declines to rule out the possibility

(Newser) - Wall Street started the new trading week in a foul mood on Monday, with the Dow tumbling about 500 points and the benchmark S&P 500 index down more than 2%. It's a continuation of last week's selloff blamed on tariff uncertainty, but Monday's pain appears to...

Trump Defends Coney Barrett Amid Backlash on the Right

'She's a very good woman,' says the president despite her key ruling against him

(Newser) - Amy Coney Barrett may be an unpopular figure in MAGA world these days, but President Trump himself is not joining the critics. "She's a very good woman," Trump told reporters Sunday when asked about the Supreme Court justice. "She's very smart, and I don't...

WHO: Tuberculosis Could Surge After Aid Cuts
WHO: Tuberculosis
Likely to Surge After Aid Cuts
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Mar 10, 2025 2:30 AM CDT

WHO: Tuberculosis Likely to Surge After Aid Cuts

US would likely feel the effects, too, expert warns

(Newser) - The latest dire warning in the wake of the Trump administration's massive aid cuts: Tuberculosis could surge around the globe. "Without immediate action, hard-won progress in the fight against TB is at risk," the director of the WHO's Global Program on TB and Lung Health said...

NORAD Has Intercepted a Lot of Planes Near Mar-a-Lago

Latest incident happened Sunday

(Newser) - Air Force fighter jets intercepted a civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace near President Trump's Florida home Sunday, bringing the number of violations to more than 20 since he took office on Jan. 20, the AP reports. North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement that...

Trump Concedes Recession Is Possible

Adjusting to tariffs will take time, president says

(Newser) - President Trump would not rule out the possibility of a recession this year during an interview aired Sunday, saying it "takes a little time" for the economy and Americans to see the benefits of his new tariffs. He discounted the recent stock market losses, contending "you have to...

Reagan's Daughter Thinks Trump Needs a History Lesson

'America is supposed to be a beacon to guide others,' as her father believed, writes Patti Davis

(Newser) - When President Trump addressed Congress this week, he cited President Reagan's phrase "peace through strength." In a New York Times essay, Reagan daughter Patti Davis clocked the moment and suggests Trump could use a refresher on her father's political philosophy.
  • "My wish is that he
...

25 Years Later, 'Joe Canadian' Is Back to Take on US

Molson Canadian remakes classic ad from 2000

(Newser) - US tariffs on Mexico and Canada may be on pause for the moment, but the culture clash between the United States and its neighbor to the north rages on—this time with Canada on the offensive. Twenty-five years ago, Molson Canadian put out a beer ad called "I Am...

DOGE's Cuts in One IRS Division Are Perplexing
DOGE's Cuts in
One IRS Division
Are Perplexing
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Mar 8, 2025 4:15 PM CST

DOGE's Cuts in One IRS Division Are Perplexing

The Large Business and International division has experts who bring in billions

(Newser) - The IRS is working on a plan that would see its 90,000-strong workforce reduced by as much as half, the AP 's sources say. The cuts would come as part of President Trump's DOGE-led moves to pare down the size of the federal workforce, and would...

Muslim Leaders Reject Trump's Plan for Palestinians

Trump said he wants to empty Gaza of its Palestinian population

(Newser) - Foreign ministers from Muslim nations on Saturday rejected calls by President Trump to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population and instead backed a plan for an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead. The AP reports that the foreign ministers gathered...

Trump Moves to Limit Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Order denies student loan relief to nonprofit workers engaged in 'improper' activity

(Newser) - President Trump is ordering changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that would disqualify workers of nonprofit groups deemed to have engaged in "improper" activities. An executive order signed Friday directs the Education Department to modify the program to deny loan relief to some borrowers. It would exclude...

Trudeau Takes Emotional Look at His 'Complicated Times'
Trudeau Takes
Teary Look Back
Mar 7, 2025 3:10 PM CST

Trudeau Takes Teary Look Back

It's been a decade of Trump, war, pandemic, and inflation, prime minister says on his way out

(Newser) - Down to his last few days in office, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered a teary assessment of his tenure and era. "These have been complicated times," he said at a press conference Thursday in Ottawa. "This is the job I signed up for. This is the...

Musk, Rubio Had Volatile Exchange in Trump Meeting
Musk, Rubio Had Volatile
Exchange in Trump Meeting
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Mar 7, 2025 1:15 PM CST

Musk, Rubio Had Volatile Exchange in Trump Meeting

Multiple Cabinet members vented, according to the New York Times

(Newser) - President Trump made a surprise move on Thursday by reining in Elon Musk during a last-minute Cabinet meeting. The upshot is that Trump informed his secretaries that they, and not Musk, would be in charge of cuts within their departments going forward. So just what happened at the meeting? The...

Trump to Iran: Make a Deal or We 'Go in Militarily'

President says he sent letter Wednesday pushing for a new nuclear agreement

(Newser) - President Trump says he's sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, seeking a new deal with Tehran to restrain its rapidly advancing nuclear program and replace the agreement he withdrew America from in his first term in office, reports the AP . Iranian state media immediately picked...

In Turnaround, Trump Takes a Hard Line on Russia

After he suspended military aid to Ukraine, he's concerned it's getting a 'pounding,' threatens tariffs

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is surely flummoxed by President Trump's sudden threat Friday to layer more sanctions and tariffs on Russia. After claiming it was Ukraine's fault for Russia's invasion , suspending US military aid to Ukraine , and pausing intelligence sharing with the country, Trump wrote Friday on...

Trump Walks Back Support for Daylight Saving Change

'If something is a 50/50 issue, it's hard to get excited about it'

(Newser) - Three months after vowing to put an end to "inconvenient" and "costly" twice-a-year time changes, President Trump appears to have changed his mind. While signing executive orders Thursday, Trump said he could do something about daylight saving time—either make it permanent, meaning more daylight in the evening,...

CBS Wants Trump's $20B Lawsuit Tossed

Paramount lawyers call it an 'affront to the First Amendment'

(Newser) - CBS News' parent company is trying to get President Trump's $20 billion l awsuit against the network thrown out, arguing that it is an "affront to the First Amendment and is without basis in law or fact." Paramount filed two motions in the US District Court for...

Trump Tweaks Orders on Musk's Firings

President says DOGE steps in only if Cabinet members' cuts are insufficient

(Newser) - Despite the mass dismissals, ultimatum emails sent to government employees, and repeated support for his billionaire adviser, President Trump told Cabinet members on Thursday that Elon Musk isn't in charge of their departments and their firings—they are. It was Trump's first significant attempt to limit Musk's...

Judge Rules on NLRB Firing: A 'President Is Not a King'

Trump lacked the authority to dismiss Gwynne Wilcox, court finds

(Newser) - A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump acted illegally when he fired a member of an independent labor agency, and the judge ordered that she be allowed to remain on the job. US District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, DC, found Trump did not have the authority to remove...

Trump Suspends Tariffs on Mexico for a Month
Trump Suspends
Tariffs on Mexico, Canada
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Mar 6, 2025 2:46 PM CST

Trump Suspends Tariffs on Mexico, Canada

Officials say 1-month delay covers items in compliance with USMCA trade pact

(Newser) - As his commerce secretary hinted , President Trump has suspended tariffs on many imports from Mexico and Canada for a month, reports the Wall Street Journal .
  • Mexico: "I have agreed that Mexico will not be required to pay Tariffs on anything that falls under the USMCA Agreement," Trump wrote
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Question About Trump Gets Top Diplomat Fired

New Zealand's Phil Goff wondered about president's grasp on history at London event

(Newser) - New Zealand's top diplomat in the UK is being sent home after publicly criticizing President Trump's grasp on history. At a think-tank event in London on Tuesday, High Commissioner Phil Goff referred to the 1938 Munich Agreement, which gave Adolf Hitler the green light to annex part of...

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