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Israeli army says it will fire air force reservists who signed letter condemning Gaza war

Israel's military said Friday it will fire air force reservists who signed a letter condemning the war in Gaza and accusing it of only serving political interests and not bringing the hostages home.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Jailed Turkish mayor, an Erdogan rival, makes 1st court appearance since arrest

Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor appeared in court Friday in one of multiple cases against him. Hundreds of supporters gathered outside Silivri prison, west of Istanbul, where the hearing was taking place.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Trump's tariff confusion could leave planes, engines in limbo

Planes and their engines are usually ordered by U.S. buyers years in advance, and tariff confusion risks delaying shipments of both, even if the industry has not been directly targeted for duties, sources told Reuters. The frequent changes and added costs are stressing a supply chain that has wrestled with shortages of parts and labour.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

China hits back at Trump's tariff hike with 125% duties on U.S. goods

Beijing on Friday increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125 per cent, hitting back against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to hike duties on Chinese goods to 145 per cent, raising the stakes in a trade war that threatens to upend global supply chains.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Stunt performers finally catch a break with new Oscar category

After many years of impassioned calls for an Oscar category to recognizing the art of the stunt, the film academy has decided to give it an official award that will be added starting with the 100th Academy Awards in 2028.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Supreme Court orders Trump administration to return man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration's emergency appeal.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Kentucky Gov. Beshear launches his own podcast

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has launched his own podcast, joining California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in recently starting a podcast. “Each week, host Andy Beshear engages in honest conversations with guests from diverse backgrounds — leaders, educators, innovators, creators, and everyday people with extraordinary stories,” reads a description of “The Andy Beshear Podcast” on...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

GOP pollster finds support for Trump tax proposals in most key Senate battlegrounds

An internal poll conducted by GOP pollster Fabrizio Ward found support for President Trump’s tax proposals in most Senate battleground states ahead of the upcoming budget reconciliation battle in Congress, according to a source in the room when the data was shared Thursday with Senate chiefs of staff. The source said Fabrizio highlighted the need...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Supreme Court rules Trump administration must 'facilitate’ return of mistakenly deported man

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to lift a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. The court’s emergency ruling instructs the lower judge to clarify the language of her order but said she acted properly in ensuring that Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case is handled “as...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

U.S. stocks dove as Wall Street euphoria reverted to concern over U.S.-China trade war

The losses for U.S. stocks accelerated Thursday after the White House clarified that the United States will tax Chinese imports at 145 percent, not the 125 percent rate that President Donald Trump had written about in his posting on Truth Social Wednesday.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Trump defends enormous tariffs on China as markets take another dip

Markets dropped again Thursday as investors and businesses focused on the escalating U.S.-China trade war and what it could mean for the economy. For his part, President Trump showed no immediate signs of easing the Chinese tariffs. John Yang reports.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

All eyes on Medicaid

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House adopts budget resolution. Now eyes turn to Medicaid House Republicans on Thursday adopted the Senate’s framework that will be used to enact key parts of President Trump’s legislative agenda, like an extension of his first term tax...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Trump-China trade war escalates

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Stocks slide as Trump’s trade war spooks Wall Street Stocks slid Thursday as President Trump’s escalating trade war with China and concerns about its economic implications continued to rattle Wall Street. AP All three major...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Solution to U.S.-China trade war ‘may take a while,’ AEI’s Derek Scissors says

Markets flashed more warning signs over the enormous tariffs placed on Chinese imports by President Trump. To discuss the concerns around China's trade relationship with the U.S., Amna Nawaz spoke with Derek Scissors, a senior fellow for the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

House Republicans pass budget framework to begin work on Trump’s congressional agenda

In a dramatic vote, House Republicans passed a $5 trillion budget framework that kick starts the process for President Trump’s agenda on Capitol Hill. It came less than a day after hard-line conservatives refused to support it. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

News Wrap: Ksenia Karelina released to U.S. in prisoner swap with Russia

In our news wrap Thursday, Russian-American Ksenia Karelina was released to the U.S. in a prisoner swap after 14 months in Russian captivity, well over 200 people are confirmed dead from a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims his agencies will identify the cause of autism by September of this year.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

How Republicans got from 'DEAD ON ARRIVAL' to 'yes' on the Trump budget blueprint

As the fate of President Trump’s agenda hung in the balance in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) turned to what he knows best: prayer. At the end of an hours-long, late-night meeting that came after Johnson was forced to scrap a key vote Wednesday night, the Speaker, a devout Southern Baptist, led a group...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Food banks feel the pain from higher prices and cuts to government programs

President Trump's tariffs mean Americans can expect to see even higher prices on items ranging from coffee to fruits and cheese. It comes at a time when food banks nationwide are reporting record levels of need and after the USDA halted more than $500 million in deliveries to those food banks. Deema Zein reports.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Military’s ‘forever chemical’ use leaves lasting scars

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story How the military's use of PFAS impacted communities Colorado Springs and its suburbs in El Paso County are surrounded not only by natural wonders like the Garden of the Gods, a massive park filled with red rock formations, but also several military installations, including Peterson Space...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Trump directs DOJ to investigate former administration officials who criticized him

President Trump signed executive orders Wednesday targeting two former aides who criticized him. Escalating his retribution campaign, the president directed the Justice Department to investigate Miles Taylor, a former Homeland Security official, and Christopher Krebs, a top cybersecurity official. Both were appointees in Trump’s first term. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Ditch the switch? Senators debate future of daylight saving time

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Senegal struggles to cope with climate change despite promises of help from other nations

In 2009, a group of wealthy nations committed to helping less developed countries cope with the effects of climate change. But where the $100 billion goes has been tough to verify and critics say the effort has done little to help the people who need it most. With support from the Pulitzer Center, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on efforts to combat climate change and alleviate poverty in Senegal.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Musician Nile Rodgers reflects on the roots of his artistry

For decades, legendary photographer Platon has been taking portraits of some of the world’s most prominent people, from heads of state, to movie stars and everything in between. He recently started filming his photo shoots in which he gets his subject talking in a most disarming way. We share Platon’s dialogue with musician Nile Rodgers for our arts and culture coverage, CANVAS.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

RFK Jr. considering 'framework' for Medicaid, Medicare coverage of GLP-1s

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he is considering a “regulatory framework” for Medicare and Medicaid to cover GLP-1 medications to treat obesity. Kennedy said in a CBS News interview that aired Wednesday the high cost of the medication is the biggest hurdle to coverage, but he said he’s considering...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

6 people die in NYC helicopter crash

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says a family of Spanish tourists, including three children, died Thursday in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Percentage of 'thriving' Americans mired at 5-year low: Gallup

The percentage of “thriving” Americans is at a five-year low, according to a Gallup poll. The poll found 48.9 percent of respondents said they are “thriving,” staying at a five-year low previously recorded in November 2024 and September 2023. Since December 2020, there has not been a percentage of respondents lower than 48.2 percent that...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

CDC officials start planning for the splintering of their agency

Several parts of CDC — mostly those devoted to health threats that aren't infectious — are being spun off into the soon-to-be-created Administration for a Healthy America, the agency official told senior leaders in calls and meetings.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

FDA reverses course on telework after staff reductions threaten basic operations

A spokeswoman for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the administration is returning to “pre-COVID telework arrangements for reviewers, whose read and write work output is tracked in 15-minute increments to ensure productivity and accountability.”

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Stocks slide as Trump's trade war with China spooks Wall Street

Stocks slid Thursday as President Trump’s escalating trade war with China and concerns about its economic implications continued to rattle Wall Street. All three major stock indexes lost a significant portion of their gains from a Wednesday rally, which came in the wake of Trump’s decision to shift the focus of his sweeping tariff plans....

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

RFK Jr.: 'By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic'

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a “massive testing and research effort” that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said will determine the cause of rising childhood autism rates in the country. During a meeting of President Trump’s Cabinet on Thursday, Kennedy said the process will involve “hundreds of scientists around...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

FDA to phase out some animal testing requirements, possibly replace them with AI models

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological products and drugs, instead moving toward alternative testing models such computer simulations and "organoids." The agency said in a release that its animal testing requirements would be "reduced, refined, or potentially replaced using a range of approaches,"...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Gabbard: '100 people' working 'around the clock' on RFK, MLK assassination files

Director of National Intelligence Tusli Gabbard has been working with over 100 people to scan and release government documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

10 Palestinians released from Israeli detention say they suffered abuse

The 10 men, all dressed in grey sweatpants and shirts, were brought by bus to a hospital in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah, where they were welcomed by family members.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

TikTok deal in limbo amid trade war

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story How Trump's China tariffs upended TikTok negotiations President Trump’s new tariffs on China have thrown a wrench in efforts to negotiate a deal over TikTok’s divestment from its parent company ByteDance, as Washington and Beijing sink deeper into a trade war. Jeff Chiu, Associated Press After the...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Trump administration cuts contracts for National Climate Assessment 

The Trump administration is cutting contracts that funded work on the National Climate Assessment — which is published every few years and details how climate change impacts the U.S. — as well as other climate activity. Records show that NASA has canceled several deals with contractor ICF, including those supporting work on the climate assessment...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: The Hill