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16-03-2026 Vol 19

Year: 2025

US weighs plan to slash China tariffs to as low as 50% — down from 145% — as soon as next week: sources

Insiders said the 50%-to-54% range is in keeping with rates that were discussed last month when President Trump met with the bosses of the three biggest retailers in the...

House GOPers spark outrage for pushing sale of hundreds of thousands of acres of public land

House Republicans added a provision to their tax cut package authorizing sales of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah, prompting outrage from Democrats and environmentalists. House...

FIU moves into final phase to name president

Florida International University is moving into its final stage of naming its seventh president. According to a media release, the Presidential Search Committee selected three finalists for recommendation to...

The MAGA backlash to Trump’s MAHA surgeon general pick

Casey Means and brother Calley are favorites of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Casey Means and brother Calley are favorites of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ​Health...

New Pope Leo XIV spent years retweeting criticism of Trump policies

WASHINGTON —Newly elected Pope Leo XIV spent years amplifying criticism of President Trump’s policies on social media — with the Catholic Church’s first American leader taking particular aim at the...

Feds vow visa crackdown, deportations against ‘disgraceful’ anti-Israel Columbia University rioters

Republicans are calling for harsh measures to be taken against the anti-Israel rioters who stormed a Columbia University library Wednesday -- as the White House praised the Ivy League...

Key Medicaid issue yet to be resolved ahead of markup, GOP leaders say

One of the thorniest issues around Medicaid is yet to be resolved ahead of a crucial House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting next week to mark up its portion...

FEMA chief is fired

Federal Emergency Management Agency acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton told people he was terminated Thursday.

St. Theresa School students in Coral Gables cheered after election of new pope, priest says

After white smoke rose out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney in Vatican City, the bells from Roman Catholic churches around the world started tolling. Church of the Little Flower...

Trump blasts Fed Chair Jerome Powell again for not cutting rates: ‘Not in love with me’

The Fed on Wednesday kept short-term borrowing costs in the 4.25%-4.50% range, where they have been since December. The Fed on Wednesday kept short-term borrowing costs in the 4.25%-4.50% range, where they have been since...