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Amazon’s places last-minute bid for TikTok days before U.S. ban is set to take effect

Amazon has put in a bidto purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in aneleventh-hour pitchas aU.S. ban on the platformis set to go into effect Saturday.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Trump NATO envoy poised to press allies on defense spending

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump NATO envoy poised to press allies on defense spending The Senate confirmed Matthew Whitaker, former acting attorney general during President Trump’s first term, as the next U.S. ambassador to NATO. The Hill, Greg Nash...

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Trump says Great Depression would never have started if tariffs continued

President Trump on Wednesday said that the 1930s Great Depression wouldn’t have happened if tariffs had continued, while announcing his massive tariff plan to hit trading partners. The president argued that before the income tax on U.S. citizens was established in 1913, the U.S. leaned into tariffs and was collecting money from other countries. Then...

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Johnson: 'Working on every possible accommodation' for mothers amid parental proxy voting impasse

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he is “working on every possible accommodation” to make it easier for mothers to serve in Congress amid the impasse between GOP leadership and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) over parental proxy voting. “Proxy voting aside, I am actively working on every possible accommodation to make Congressional service...

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Crockett responds to Bondi's 'threat' over Musk criticism

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Wednesday pushed back against Attorney General Pam Bondi after the Justice Department head criticized the Texas Democrat’s comments about tech billionaire Elon Musk being “taken down” multiple times. “To have her go on Fox News, and to then decide that she wanted to send a threat to me, it was...

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Shingles vaccine tied to fewer dementia diagnoses, study in Wales suggests

A new study out of Wales has found those who received the shingles vaccine were 20 per cent less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who did not receive the vaccine.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

WATCH LIVE: Senate expected to vote on resolution to undo Trump’s Canada tariffs

Just hours after Trump announced his plan for import taxes on a slew of international trading partners — his so-called “Liberation Day” — the Senate was expected to vote on a resolution that offers Republicans an off-ramp to the import taxes on Canada.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Do adults need a measles booster? An epidemiologist explains who is immune

With cases of measles on the rise, a medical epidemiologist explains who should consider getting a booster and whether you might need to check your antibody levels.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Amazon among bidders to acquire TikTok as deadline looms for a buyer to be found

As the weekend deadline approaches for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer to avoid being banned in the U.S., bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up, including Amazon.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Wisconsin’s conservative Supreme Court candidate tells supporters to accept election outcome

The conservative-backed candidate in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election promptly conceded the race as it was called Tuesday night, angering his own supporters, who yelled for him to stay in the fight. “You’ve got to accept the results,” he said.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

WATCH: Trump announces broad tariffs at ‘Liberation Day’ White House event

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners — a 34 percent tax on imports from China and 20 percent on the European Union, among others — that threaten to dismantle much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Musk could be headed for White House exit amid turbulent times at DOGE

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have recently suggested that the billionaire entrepreneur's time in the administration might be running out.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Netanyahu says Israel will establish a new security corridor across Gaza to pressure Hamas

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas, suggesting it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of the Palestinian territory.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Extreme weather across central U.S. expected Wednesday, gets most severe ‘high-risk’ designation

Potentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail could hit parts of the Midwest and South on Wednesday as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged, forecasters warned.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Trump pressures Senate Republicans to oppose Democratic resolution that would nullify Canada tariffs

Senate Republicans are facing pressure Wednesday from President Donald Trump to oppose a Democratic resolution that would nullify the presidential emergency on fentanyl he is using to implement tariffs on Canada.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Tesla sales tumble as Musk backlash, competition and aging lineup turn off buyers

The 13 percent drop is likely due to a combination of factors, including its aging lineup, competition from rivals and a backlash from Musk’s embrace of right wing politics.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Wall Street swings in final hours of trading before Trump’s tariff announcement

Financial markets around the world have been particularly shaky lately because of all the uncertainty around what Trump will announce in the event scheduled to begin after the U.S. stock market closes for the day.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Netanyahu to meet Orbán in Hungary. How is he getting around his international arrest warrant?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Hungary's capital on Wednesday to meet with the country's prime minister, despite an international arrest warrant for the Israeli leader over the war in the Gaza Strip.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Cheeseburgers, chicken fail to entice a rescue dog who’s spent weeks on the run in Alaska

The German shepherd-husky mix slipped her collar on the first day with her new family in mid-February and absconded to a pocket of forest. Since then, she has been living by her wits — eluding a trap that was set with food such as cheeseburgers or chicken by animal control workers and volunteers worried about her.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Why no one is challenging Trump’s executive order that keeps TikTok online in the U.S.

After TikTok was banned in the United States earlier this year, President Donald Trump gave the platform a reprieve, barreling past a law that was passed in Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court that said the ban was necessary for national security.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Israeli troops expand 'security zone' in northern Gaza, take control of more territory

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Israeli troops seize more land in Gaza as mass evacuations of Palestinians continue

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Republicans hold 2 House seats, Democrats win highly coveted Wisconsin Supreme Court seat

Wisconsin voters elected Democrat Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, maintaining the court's 4-3 liberal majority, while Republicans maintained two congressional seats in special U.S. votes held four months after the presidential election.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

White House issues warning to China for war games near Taiwan

The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a warning to China after Beijing announced large-scale war games in the waters and airspace around Taiwan. The joint military drills, which were launched with no prior notice and included China's army, navy and air and rocket forces, were meant as a "severe warning and forceful containment against Taiwan...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Booker's speech tops 350 million likes on TikTok live

More than 350 million people liked Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) floor speech on TikTok live, as the senator approached 25 hours of holding the floor in the Senate chamber. By 7:07 p.m. EDT on Tuesday — just over 24 hours after Booker began his historic floor speech on Monday — more than 270 million people...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

SCOTUS to hear oral arguments in abortion-related case

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story SCOTUS to hear oral arguments in abortion-related case The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week on its first abortion-adjacent case since President Donald Trump returned to office in January. The Hill, Greg Nash SCOTUS...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Trump nominee says he would have stopped Signal breach

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump nominee says he would have stopped Signal breach President Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. military’s highest-ranking officer said he would have stopped a Signal chat among senior officials last month had he been in...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Booker sets record for longest Senate speech in history

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday set a new record for the longest floor speech in Senate history, having held the floor for at least 24 hours and 19 minutes to decry potential GOP spending cuts in their looming tax bill and policies put in place by the Trump administration. Booker, the No. 4 member...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Republican Randy Fine wins Florida special election for Waltz seat

Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) has won the special election for Florida’s 6th Congressional District on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating Democrat Josh Weil in what became a closely contested race in the deep-red district. Fine’s win will come as a relief for Republicans, who grew increasingly worried about the race as...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Live updates: GOP's Randy Fine wins Florida special election

A group of House Republicans rebelled against GOP leadership’s effort to block a vote on allowing proxy voting for new parents and delivering a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) The gambit drew the ire of House Democrats, who bashed the "outrageous" move as several Republicans bucked their party’s leadership. Nine Republicans — led by...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Miners express concerns over recent Trump actions

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Safety official firings cause concerns for miners Reported firings at federal offices are creating concerns about the safety and health of coal miners. AP On Tuesday, massive layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) were expected to result in 873...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

In marathon speech, U.S. Senator Cory Booker accuses Trump of 'recklessly' attacking democratic institutions

Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker accused U.S. President Donald Trump of "recklessly" attacking the nation's democratic institutions in a speech that began at around 7 p.m. Monday and is approaching a Senate record for continuous speech.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

What's up with U.S. Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking speech on the Senate floor?

In a record-breaking speech on the U.S. Senate floor, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker accused U.S. President Donald Trump of "recklessly" attacking the nation's democratic institutions.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Mass firings begin at government health agencies, including FDA, CDC and NIH

The Trump Administration began terminating thousands of staff and purging some of the top leaders at the Department of Health and Human Services. It included several key agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Matthew Herper of STAT News.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Greene rails against Luna proxy voting push

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) blasted Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Tuesday over her push to force a vote on a measure to allow proxy voting for new parents in Congress. That effort scored a significant win Tuesday, when nine House Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing a procedural rule that would have blocked...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill