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President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Answering your questions about President Trump's vast new tariffs

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After weeks of anticipation and speculation, President Donald Trump followed through on his reciprocal tariff threats by declaring on Wednesday a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade surpluses with the United States.

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford waves during her election night party after winning the election Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
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Democrats demoralized by Trump get a boost from Wisconsin voters and Cory Booker's speech

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Democratic leaders are sharing a rare moment of relief — if not celebration — as they cling to election results from Wisconsin and Florida that offered a glimmer of hope for their party.

FILE - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) building is seen in Washington on Sept. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Federal judge questions whether EPA move to rapidly cancel 'green bank' grants was legal

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U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday questioned a Department of Justice attorney over whether the Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it terminated $20 billion in green bank grants allegedly without following the proper process.

FILE - Rescue and salvage crews pull up a part of a Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet, at a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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Air traffic controllers to get more support after a fight and latest near miss at Washington airport

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Air traffic controllers at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport will be offered crisis counseling and additional supervision after a fight in the tower and another alarming near miss two months after a midair collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter killed 67 people.

FILE - Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 30, 2024, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. Mills vetoed on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, a bill to establish a minimum hourly wage for agricultural workers that she initially submitted herself. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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Social Security's acting leader faces calls to resign over decision to cut Maine contracts

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The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner is facing calls to resign after he issued an order that would have required Maine parents to register their newborns for Social Security numbers at a federal office rather than the hospital.

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel plays with his band "4 on the Floor" at his election night party Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Pewaukee, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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Once common, now unusual: Conservative candidate publicly quashes shouts that the other side cheated

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The conservative-backed loser of Wisconsin's Supreme Court election promptly conceded the race as it was called, angering his own supporters, who yelled for him to stay in the fight.

This combination of images shows from left, Army Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, 21, of Dededo, Guam, Army Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, 25, of Glendale, Calif., Army Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., 25, of Joliet, Ill., and Army Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, of Battle Creek, Mich., who were killed in a training accident near Pabrad, Lithuania, in March 2025. (Department of Defense via AP)
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US Army identifies 4th soldier who died in training accident in Lithuania

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The Army has released the identity of the fourth soldier who died in a training accident in Lithuania, a day after his body was recovered during a weeklong search that took hundreds of troops and other rescuers from three nations.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 31, 2025. (Pool via AP)
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Law firms fear Trump orders could affect security clearances of lawyers who are military reservists

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President Donald Trump says executive orders targeting law firms are being issued in the name of national security, with the White House asserting that the firms don’t deserve access to sensitive U.S. government information.

This undated photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (Murray Osorio PLLC via AP)
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Outrage grows over Maryland man's mistaken deportation to El Salvador prison

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In the 22 days since Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a notoriously violent prison in El Salvador, his young autistic son has sought comfort in the scent of his missing father’s clothes.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh arrives before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Man who had gun and knife will plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh

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A California man's attorneys say he'll plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.

FILE - A federal employee, who asked not to use their name for fears over losing their job, protests with a sign saying "Federal Employees Don't Work for Kings" during the "No Kings Day" protest on Presidents Day , Feb. 17, 2025, near the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Judge who ordered fired federal workers to be reinstated now says ruling applies to 19 states and DC

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A federal judge who had ordered the Trump administration to reinstate fired federal probationary employees across the country at more than a dozen agencies has narrowed the scope of his ruling so it now applies to workers in the 19 states and the District of Columbia that challenged the mass dismissals.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, is joined from left by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., as they speak to reporters about President Donald Trump's tariffs on foreign countries, at the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports

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The Senate has passed a resolution that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada.

FILE - A high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Mass., April 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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Supreme Court sides with the FDA in its dispute over sweet-flavored vaping products

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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids says the Supreme Court's ruling for the Food and Drug Administration in its crackdown on sweet-flavored vaping products is “a major victory for the health of America’s kids.”.

Elon Musk speaks at a town hall holding a check Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
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Wisconsin Supreme Court to tackle abortion, unions and redistricting after a liberal's win

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Susan Crawford’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election victory over a conservative candidate backed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk cements a liberal majority on the state’s top court for at least three more years.

FILE - The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Truck driver can seek triple damages in lawsuit over THC content in CBD product, Supreme Court says

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The Supreme Court is siding with a truck driver who wants to sue for triple damages over a CBD hemp product he says was falsely advertised as being free from marijuana’s active ingredient and resulted in him getting fired.

FILE - U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks at the Linen Building in Boise, Idaho, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, File)
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Biden's top health official, Xavier Becerra, enters the race to succeed California Gov. Gavin Newsom

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Former Biden administration Health Secretary Xavier Becerra is the latest Democrat to join the crowded field seeking to become California's next governor.

FILE - Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program run by Easterseals, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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Mass layoffs rattle Head Start leaders already on edge over funding problems

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President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday laid off scores of Health and Human Services employees, including many who ran the Head Start early education program.

FILE - In this photo provided by the Office of the Mayor of New York, Mayor Eric Adams, third left, participates in the ribbon cutting ceremony and sign unveiling of Bally Links, formerly Trump Links, at Ferry Point in the Bronx borough of New York, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office via AP, File)
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New York's casino sweepstakes could put $115M in Donald Trump's pocket

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A high-stakes contest to decide who gets to build a casino in New York City could potentially result in a $115 million jackpot for President Donald Trump.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Trump gives GOP senators his support as they charge ahead on tax package and spending cuts

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Republican senators unveiled a budget proposal that’s central to President Donald Trump’s agenda of tax breaks, spending cuts and border security.

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

Read full article: Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

President Donald Trump has announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners — including a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on the European Union, among others.