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Trump closes loophole used by American shoppers to buy Chinese goods tariff-free

Trump closes loophole used by American shoppers to buy Chinese goods tariff-free

The so-called de minimis exemption allowed Chinese and Hong Kong retailers to ship millions of packages worth $800 or less directly to U.S. consumers. That loophole will close May 2.
by Brian Mann

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'Your RIF notice is not cancelled.' Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHS

'Your RIF notice is not cancelled.' Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHS

Health agency staffers describe a week of widespread uncertainty about who still has a job and how the work will get done as thousands of "reduction in force" notices went out beginning April 1. To many it's the opposite of "government efficiency."
by Rob Stein, Yuki Noguchi, Sydney Lupkin, Chiara Eisner, Selena Simmons-Duffin and Carmel Wroth

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Hegseth is to travel to Panama for meetings following Trump's demands for the canal

Hegseth is to travel to Panama for meetings following Trump's demands for the canal

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama next week to meet its leaders following recent U.S. allegations of Chinese interference in the operations of the critical Panama Canal shipping lane.
by The Associated Press

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Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants

Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants

By a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the administration to freeze millions of dollars in grant funding for diversity and instructional programs at public and private universities.
by Nina Totenberg and Christina Gatti

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Politics Friday: Budget begins to take shape as leaders huddle

Politics Friday: Budget begins to take shape as leaders huddle

MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with the top budget adviser to the governor: Erin Campbell, commissioner of Minnesota Management and Budget. Then, a conversation with the new DFL Party Chair Richard Carlbom.
by Brian Bakst and Matthew Alvarez

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