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Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold in US, expanding trade war
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America’s northern neighbor as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands.Trump’s threat posted on social media came after he threatened over the weekend to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if it went forward with a planned trade deal with China. But Trump’s threat did not come with any details about when he would impose the import taxes, as Canada had already struck a deal.
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Scientists marvel at a Galapagos seabird that wandered 3,000 miles to California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross, marking just the second recorded sighting of the bird north of Central America.The yellow-billed bird with black button eyes, which can have an 8-foot (2.4-meter) wingspan and spends much of its life airborne over the ocean, also came with a mystery: Researchers wonder how and why a species known to breed in the Galapagos Islands — roughly 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) away — ventured so far north.
To scientists, it's a “vagrant” bird, one traveling... Read More
Democrats, White House strike spending deal that would avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and White House struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday as they consider new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement.As the country reels from the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis, the two sides have agreed to separate homeland security funding from a larger spending bill and fund the Homeland department for two weeks while they debate Democratic demands for curbs on the U.S. Immigration and... Read More
Venezuelaâs acting president signs oil industry overhaul, easing state control to lure investors
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization, reversing a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has ruled the country for more than two decades.Lawmakers in the country's National Assembly approved the overhaul of the energy industry law earlier in the day, less than a month after the brazen seizure of then-President Nicolás Maduro in a U.S. military attack in Venezuela’s capital.
As the bill was being passed, the U.S. Treasury Department... Read More
The Latest: Democrats and White House reach deal to avert shutdown and fund Homeland Security
Democrats and White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they negotiate new restrictions for President Donald Trump ’s surge of immigration enforcement.As the country reels from the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis, the two sides have agreed to separate homeland security funding from the rest of the legislation and fund DHS for two weeks while they debate Democratic demands for curbs on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The potential... Read More
Top Stories
- Venezuelaâs acting president signs oil industry overhaul, easing state control to lure investors
- Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold in US, expanding trade war
- Democrats, White House strike spending deal that would avert government shutdown
- Man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Omar is charged with assaulting and intimidating her
- A man impersonating an FBI agent tried to get Luigi Mangione out of jail, authorities say
- Trump's border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after âcooperationâ
- New cold snap adds urgency to winter storm recovery across the South
- EU lists Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as terrorist organization over protest crackdown
- Israel returns Palestinian bodies, marking last exchange between Israel and Hamas
- Trump says Venezuelan airspace will reopen to commercial travel and Americans soon can visit
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