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Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100 per cent tariff on Chinese imports
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that he's placing an additional 100 per cent tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to leve...
Oct 10, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, western Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP File Photo/Susan Walsh)
Maine Gov. Janet Mills will challenge Sen. Susan Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine's two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year, two people familiar with Mills' plans sai...
Oct 10, 2025
National Guard troops seen patrolling in Memphis alongside local police
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - National Guard troops were seen patrolling in Memphis for the first time on Friday, as part of President Donald Trump's federal task force, which faces multiple legal challenges....
Oct 10, 2025
Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks
A judge on Thursday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a "danger of rebellion" is brewing in Illinois duri...
Oct 09, 2025
New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud case after pressure campaign by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday on mortgage fraud charges in a case that President Donald Trump urged his Justice Department to bring after he vowed ret...
Oct 09, 2025
China outlines more controls on exports of rare earths and technology
HONG KONG (AP) - China outlined new curbs on exports of rare earths and related technologies on Thursday, extending controls over use of the elements critical for many high-tech and military products ...
Oct 09, 2025
Senate Republicans vote down legislation to check Trump's use of war powers against cartels
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans voted down legislation Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump's ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels after Democrats ...
Oct 08, 2025
Trump-backed Van Epps and Democrat Behn win Tennessee primaries for US House special election
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Gov. Bill Lee's administration who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, and Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn won their crowded primar...
Oct 07, 2025
Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Illinois, governor says
The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday. Pritzker said the guard received word from the Pentagon in the morni...
Oct 04, 2025
North Carolina governor signs criminal justice bill into law after Ukrainian refugee’s death
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state's Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing d...
Oct 03, 2025
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