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The Latest: Markets plunge as Trump tariffs deliver shock waves to world economy

The Latest: Markets plunge as Trump tariffs deliver shock waves to world economy

Financial markets around the world are reeling following President Donald Trump’s latest and most severe volley of tariffs , and the U.S. stock market may be taking the worst of it.
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Democrats take hope in flipping a county in a ruby red corner of the Florida Panhandle

Democrats take hope in flipping a county in a ruby red corner of the Florida Panhandle

PENSACOLA, Fla.
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Trump's tariffs aren't strictly reciprocal. Here's how he calculated them

Trump's tariffs aren't strictly reciprocal. Here's how he calculated them

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised tariffs that would raise U.S. import taxes high enough to mirror what other assess as trade penalties on American goods. What he's actually imposing is based on far more complicated math.
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Trump's tariffs aren't strictly reciprocal. Here's how he calculated them

Trump's tariffs aren't strictly reciprocal. Here's how he calculated them

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised tariffs that would raise U.S. import taxes high enough to mirror what other assess as trade penalties on American goods. What he's actually imposing is based on far more complicated math.
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Trump moves to fire several national security officials deemed insufficiently loyal, AP sources say

Trump moves to fire several national security officials deemed insufficiently loyal, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has moved to fire several White House National Security Council officials after he was urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal to his “Make America Great Agai
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match U.S. auto tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match U.S. auto tariffs

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada will hit back against U.S. President Donald Trump's 25 per cent auto tariffs with matching levies on vehicles imported from the United States.
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Alberta seeks review after new trial ordered for man convicted of 1987 murder

Alberta seeks review after new trial ordered for man convicted of 1987 murder

EDMONTON — Alberta's attorney general and justice minister has asked for a judicial review after his federal counterpart ordered a new trial for a man convicted of killing an Edmonton woman almost four decades ago.
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Atlantic premiers hold the line on retaliatory measures, citing tariff uncertainty

Atlantic premiers hold the line on retaliatory measures, citing tariff uncertainty

HALIFAX — Premiers in the Atlantic region say that despite Canada being left out of the latest round of global U.S. tariffs, they need to hold the line in the face of growing economic uncertainty. On Wednesday, U.S.
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EEOC chief shifts focus to investigating DEI but the methods provoke an outcry

ARLINGTON, Va.
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Alberta, nurses union reach four-year deal, pay increases up to 20 per cent

Alberta, nurses union reach four-year deal, pay increases up to 20 per cent

EDMONTON — Alberta's nurses union has signed a four-year contract with the province after months of bargaining and mediation.
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