April 7, 2025

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Law:

500 Law Firms Challenge Trump's Executive Orders in Court: What to Know Hundreds of law firms back Perkins Coie in fight against Trump sanctions 68 UVA Law Professors Band Together To Speak Up For The Rule Of Law Big Law's biggest players are absent from brief opposing Trump's attacks on law firms Big Law Mostly Sits Out Industry Response to Trump Orders Is It Really ‘Unfair To Criticize’ Biglaw Firms That Cut Deals With The Trump Administration? Kirkland & Ellis Wants To Cave To Donald Trump Kirkland Talks Deal With Trump White House, Looks to Avoid Order Big Law launches a trickle of resistance against Trump’s crackdown An attack on the Constitution? Why Trump's moves to punish law firms are causing alarm Big Law Firms Struck a Truce With Trump—and Set Off a Clash With Recruits Big law and academia: capitulation or cooperation? The People Who Want Institutions to Stand Up to Trump Biglaw Is Under Attack. Here’s What The Firms Are Doing About It. Big Law Firms Struck a Truce With Trump—and Set Off a Clash With Recruits
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The Biglaw Firms That In-House Counsel Recommend Most (2025)
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The Biglaw Firm That Provides The Best Training To Be An Actual Lawyer
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Herbert Smith, Kramer Levin Partners Approve UK-US Merger Deal Herbert Smith, Kramer Bosses Push Back Law Firm Merger Live Date
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Libertarian Lawyers Have Questions About Legal Authority For Tariffs. Major Questions.
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The Battle For The Heart Of The First Amendment Is Heating Up
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Who Are The Happiest Lawyers?
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The Biglaw Firm Where Partners And Associates Have The Best Rapport
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Firm slammed for asking lawyers to ‘avoid physical ticks’
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Lawyers have to level up skills in the age of generative AI
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Judges urge lawyers to embrace AI or risk falling behind
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Using generative artificial intelligence? Ethics guidance is available
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Woman Lunges at Her Attorney During Court Hearing, Is Tackled by Security
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Sex-dismemberment killer once again attacks a defense lawyer in court
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The right is cooking up a surprising legal fight against Trump’s tariffs
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DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants New Yorker Who Has Been in US Over 50 Years Held by ICE, Faces Deportation Veteran Who Has Been in US Since He Was 4 Years Old Faces Deportation Judge says deportation of Maryland man was "wholly lawless" Cuban-American Granddad in US for 45 Years Arrested by ICE, Family Says Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador March Madness star could be deported as Marco Rubio confirms plans to revoke visas DACA recipient and father of 3 deported to Mexico despite valid documentation Judge orders US government to return man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by end of Monday Judge Orders Return of Deported Maryland Father, 'No Evidence' He's MS-13 The frenzied 24 hours when Venezuelan migrants in the US were shipped to an El Salvador prison DACA Recipient Who Came to US When He Was 4 Years Old Deported Trump Voter's Wife to Be Released Weeks After ICE Arrest What Green Card and Visa Holders Need to Know Ahead of Summer Travel Season Republican Working to Crack Down on People Threatening ICE Online Trump Deportation of Migrants Sparks Christian Anger: 'Morally Bankrupt' Attorneys for Tufts University student accuse government of ‘secretive’ effort to move her across state lines Trump administration cancels more than a dozen international student visas at University of California, Stanford Ukrainian refugees mistakenly told they must leave US in email mix-up 2 US Border Patrol officers are charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted Rubio says US is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders States to Join Immigrant Worker Crackdown With E-Verify Bills As Trump officials near deadline to return man deported to El Salvador, a group is demanding answers on student deportations El Paso bishop warns 1 in 5 Catholics are 'at risk for deportation'
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Justice Dept. suspends lawyer who acknowledged deportation was a mistake
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Trump’s tariffs could face more than one legal challenge
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Conservative group claims Trump's tariffs illegally usurp powers of Congress
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Trump Loyalist Ed Martin Brings Upheaval to US Attorney Office
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Former Trump WH staffer demands legal fees from Hunter Biden after judge nixes laptop case
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Diddy Indictment Update: New Allegations Include Trafficking, Coercion Diddy Attacks Feds For Invading His 'Private Sex Life' Judges to Diddy accusers: Reveal yourselves or your lawsuits will be tossed
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Tate brothers under federal criminal investigation in US, court filings show
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Trump ordered to pay $800,000 in legal fees over failed Steele dossier lawsuit
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Judge awards $6.6M to whistleblowers who were fired after reporting Texas AG Ken Paxton to FBI
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How The Covenant School shooter planned the deadly attack for years while manipulating parents and therapists
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Woman's arrest after miscarriage in Georgia draws fear and anger
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Man 'tired of being used' by female friend guns her and boyfriend down: Police
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Caregiver took elderly man off life support, ordered him cremated and took his money: Cops
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Wife who claimed husband stabbed himself charged with murder: Police
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Man threatened to assault boater in viral boat rage video: Police
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Loan Shark Freed by Trump Back in Jail After Series of Arrests
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judgeship Opportunities - Eastern District of California
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BK ED NY: Chief Bankruptcy Judge Alan S. Trust to Retire
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Notice of Vacancy, Judicial Law Clerk, The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland
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Judge Describes 'Alarming' Pizza Delivery as Threats Increase
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John Roberts Sides With Supreme Court Liberals Against Donald Trump 5-4 Supreme Court allows Trump to freeze roughly $65 million in teacher training grants
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Judge savages FEMA and Kristi Noem for trying to 'covertly' carry out spending freeze
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Judge slams brakes on Trump cutting billions in 'critical public health funding'
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Appeals Court Hands Win to Republican State Supreme Court Candidate
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Judge halts HHS plan to kill $11B in public health grants
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Judge rips Trump for 'grievous error' in deporting father, reaffirms order to return him Judge orders US to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador prison 'Astonishing': Critics aghast as Trump DOJ essentially tells judge to 'pound sand' DOJ vet suspended after admitting Trump wrongly deported father with protected status
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures plunge ahead of Monday open as Trump tariffs shock continues Markets Tumble as Three-Day Selloff Wipes Out $9.5 Trillion Dow futures tumble as the massive market sell-off continues Dow futures fall over 1,500 points as Trump tariff market collapse worsens Trump says he doesn’t want stocks to go down, ‘but sometimes you have to take medicine’ Trump not trying to crash stock market with tariffs, says White House economic advisor Trump tariffs spark trade war, decimating stocks
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European stocks tank 5% as global tariff rout deepens; Rheinmetall drops 10.5%
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Chinese Stocks Suffer ‘Panic Selling’ as Tariff War Escalates
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Global Market Meltdown Deepens as Tariff Turmoil Spreads
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U.S. stocks bearing the brunt of trillions in market value losses around the globe
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U.S. stocks see biggest 2-day wipeout in history as market loses $11 trillion since Inauguration Day Dow drops 2,200 points Friday, S&P 500 loses 10% in 2 days as Trump’s tariff rout deepens Stock Market Has Worst Week In 5 Years Amid Trump's Tariff War
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The latest victim of Trump's tariffs: IPOs
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Stock Volatility Index Now At 2008 Levels
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Trump's SEC Pick Brings Slew of Potential Conflicts to New Role
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Here Are the Winners of Wall Street's Tumultuous Week
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Trump Is Fighting a Trade War He Can’t Win. The Stock Market Is the Loser.
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Stock tumult dredges up memories of COVID trading halts in U.S.
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Retail traders keep buying the dip — and they keep getting burned
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Trump admits to purposely crashing the market in wild chess move Inside Trump’s defiant response to the markets’ tariff meltdown
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How far stocks would need to fall to trigger a circuit breaker as rout intensifies
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Rob Citrone Says Tariff Turmoil Is Like Navigating NYC Rush Hour
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Hedge funds hit with steepest margin calls since 2020 Covid crisis
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer Throws Around C-Word As Trump Stock Crisis Deepens — Says Slide Is Headed For ‘Crash’
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The Trump slump has handed China a golden opportunity China plans to turn Trump tariff ‘crisis into opportunity’
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Trump’s tariffs brought carnage to U.S. stocks. What it will take to stop it.
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Layoffs:

Hundreds of Chevron Employees to Be Laid Off in California
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Wall Street Fears Job Cuts as Dealmaking Fizzles in Trade War
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Dramatic HHS cuts leave US ‘weaker as a nation,’ says top FDA vaccine official forced out under Kennedy
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Which jobs were cut at CDC? Here’s a list.
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Layoffs threaten US firefighter cancer registry, mine research and mask lab
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RFK Jr. said HHS would rehire thousands of fired workers. That wasn't true.
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RFK Jr. to lay off more NIH employees, officials say
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FDA bird flu testing efforts disrupted by RFK Jr.'s layoffs, officials say
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Confusion and despair as health agency workers tally their losses
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Nuclear Bomb Staffers on Energy Agency’s 8,500-Job ‘Non-Essential’ List
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IRS Begins Gutting 25% Of Its Workforce—Beginning With Civil Rights Office
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The country's top cyber agency is expected to significantly slash its headcount
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Some of the probationary workers in limbo amid legal battles over firings
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Education:

Universities Eye Bankruptcy Alternatives as Funding Cuts Loom
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Judge declines Khalil’s request to block Columbia from giving student records to House committee
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NY public schools tell Trump administration they won’t comply with DEI order
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DOGE teams cut critical funding from America's libraries, officials say
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Tufts PhD Student Wins Fight to Move Deportation Case to Vermont
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UMass Amherst says 5 international students' visas have been revoked
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Visas revoked for more than 3 dozen California university students and alumni
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Amid ICE detention, Georgetown professor worried most for his class, colleagues and students say
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Cornell, Brown Look to Alternative Funding After Trump Threats
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US Starts Title IX Team to Ban Trans Women in Female Sports
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With Universities Threatened, Can Boston Still Be Boston?
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Movie Theaters:

Movie Theaters Stung by Falling Sales Plead to Keep Films Longer
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Metals:

At the last alumina refinery in the U.S., a trade war spells trade-offs
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Food/Beverage:

37 closures amid legal spat between fast-food giant, Texas operator
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Farewell to this classic bourbon? After 5 years in trouble, Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Kelly Clarkson investing millions to save Hooter's chain after bankruptcy filing
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‘We’re just getting screwed’: Coffee shop owner reacts to Trump’s tariffs
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Alcohol Industry Dodges Worst of Trump’s Tariffs — For Now
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Trump’s tariffs hit a sour note in landmark NYC emporium of sweets
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Trump made all beer more expensive — and no one knows why
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Texas AG says he’s investigating Kellogg’s over ‘healthy’ cereal claims
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Personal Finance:

I asked 200 retirees for their best advice. The biggest tip had nothing to do with money.
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Economy:

President Donald Trump says Fed Chair Powell should cut interest rates and ‘stop playing politics’ U.S. Fed in no hurry to cut as markets continue to swoon: Powell
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Jerome Powell Surprised by Tariffs: Risks Higher Inflation, Slower Growth Fed Chair Powell: "Tariff increases will be significantly larger than expected"', Expect "higher inflation and slower growth" Jerome Powell warns on Trump’s tariffs: High inflation could be here to stay
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Goldman boosts recession risk, brings forward Fed rate-cut call
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Jamie Dimon Warns Trump Tariffs Risk Recession Jamie Dimon Says Tariff Policy Issues Must Be Resolved Quickly
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Traders see five U.S. Fed cuts in 2025 and a risk of an emergency move
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Trump is losing the confidence of business leaders, billionaire investor Bill Ackman says
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2-year Treasury drops to lowest level in years as investors digest impacts of tariffs
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Wall Street Gets Rude Shock as Bessent Plays Second Fiddle on Tariffs
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US Jobs Growth Explodes in Major Win For Trump Comments on March Employment Report March Employment Report: 228 thousand Jobs, 4.2% Unemployment Rate The US economy added 228,000 jobs last month, but the unemployment rate ticked up
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Getting a job is hard. A trade war is only going to make it harder.
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Bessent says Americans ready to retire aren't worried about 'day-to-day' market fluctuations
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Q1 GDP Tracking: Near Zero Growth
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US Hiring Picks Up, Showcasing Solid Job Market Ahead of Tariffs
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Trump touts "economic revolution" as economists warn of recession
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Trump Says Business ‘Not Worried’ About Tariffs, Touts Tax Deal
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Trump’s Trade War Is Setting Up the Next Big Debt Default Wave
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Secretary Bessent: I See No Reason U.S. Has to ‘Price in a Recession’ Bessent rejects warnings of a recession and says more than 50 countries are trying to negotiate tariffs
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Recession Watch
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White House’s Miran Rejects Recession Fear, Touts Deregulation
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Trump Promised a Manufacturing Boom. Industries Are Not So Sure
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Trump tariffs are weakening the dollar instead of boosting it—further adding to the price Americans will pay for costlier imports Trump’s tariffs were expected to boost the dollar, but recession fears are dragging it down
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America’s astonishing act of self-harm Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs aren’t quite what they seem. Here’s the real story Donald Trump Addresses Whether He Crashed Markets On Purpose Here's what economists are saying about Trump's tariffs Here's what the smartest people in markets and economics are saying about Trump's tariffs Trump tariffs could climb even further—to the highest since 1872—before they ease again as a cycle of retaliation and escalation plays out Donald Trump Hits Back at Escalating China Trade War: 'Economic Revolution' Trump’s 10% Baseline Tariff on Most US Imports Takes Effect From Ray-Bans to Wigs, US Buyers May See Unexpected Price Hikes Elon Musk says he wants a 'zero tariff situation' and a 'free trade zone' for Europe amid Trump's trade war Trump goes all in with bet that the heavy price of tariffs will pay off for Americans 'It won't be easy': Trump scrambles to defend tariff chaos with plea for patience Sen Rand Paul: Terminate the Trump tariffs before it's too late GOP Congressman: President Trump on ‘right track’ with tariffs Why Mike Johnson and John Thune are sticking with Trump amid tariff turmoil How Trump’s tariffs are changing — or not — lives around the world America's passion for tariffs rarely pays off, economists warn How Donald Trump's Tariffs Will Impact Texas: 'More Pain Than Most' How Donald Trump's Tariffs Will Impact California Fox Host Confronts Republican on Tariffs—'Consumers Are Not Gonna Be Happy' Tariffs bring overnight economic chaos Deal or no deal? Trump ends some of the mystery on tariff compromise. Are Trump’s tariffs a negotiating tool? Depends on whom you ask Trump says tariff policies ‘WILL NEVER CHANGE’ amid plunging stocks, Chinese response ‘The policy may very well fail’: JD Vance doubted Trump’s first-term trade policies, previously bashed tariffs Eric Trump Reveals How to 'Win' Tariff Negotiations With His Dad Donald Trump Tariff Results Could Take Years To Show Inside Trump Policy: The Art of the Tariff Map Shows How Countries Responded to Trump Tariffs Can Congress Stop Trump's Tariffs? Buying foreign? That’ll now cost Americans a lot more Companies Test Apple’s Playbook To Dodge Trump’s New Tariff Regime ‘Everyone is terrified’: Business and government officials are afraid to cross Trump on tariffs Southeast Asia Rushes to Avert Tariff Pain by Enticing Trump Trump Says Vietnam Is Willing to Eliminate Tariffs on US Goods South Korea’s Trade Minister Heads to US After Hit by 25% Tariff Retaliate or capitulate? How countries are responding to Trump’s tariffs
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Trump’s Tariffs Spark Debate on Possible Breach of NATO Treaty
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Trump’s Tariffs Raise Tax-Cut Stakes With Recession Fears Rising
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U.S. inflation is set to give hints of Trump tariff pain to come
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Tariffs Stoke Fears That Hung Debt Will Return
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Howard Lutnick's Remarks on Bringing Factories to US Face Pushback
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Mark Cuban warns that Trump's tariff plan plus DOGE cuts could lead the country to 'a far worse situation than 2008'
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Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller: ‘I do not support tariffs exceeding 10%’
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Hedge Fund Billionaires Lash Trump’s Tariffs as Rout Deepens
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Billionaires Poised to Lose Near Half-Trillion Dollars in 2 Days
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick doesn’t back down in face of market sell-off: ‘The tariffs are coming’
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‘Utter and total nonsense’: Larry Summers reacts to Trump’s new tariffs
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Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out
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Musk Melts Down at Trump’s Tariff Guru as Feud Goes Public
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Tariffs spark US junk bond sell-off as recession risk mounts
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‘Fewer Choices and Higher Prices’: The Supply Chain of the Future
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The Age of Miraculous Growth Is Over. Trump’s Tariffs Were Just the Last Straw.
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Donald Trump Scores Major Senate Win on Tax and Spending Senate GOP adopts budget blueprint to advance Trump agenda as spending fight consumes Capitol Hill Senate passes budget, setting up showdown with House over Trump agenda House budget chair blasts Senate resolution as ‘unserious and disappointing’ Senate GOP adopts budget blueprint for Trump agenda — but hurdles loom Takeaways from the Senate budget vote: Tariff pressure, debt worries and signs of GOP unease
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California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs
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'What on Earth?' GOP Senate staffers puzzled by Stephen Miller’s 'arrogant' presentation
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US Age Groups Most Vulnerable to Social Security Cuts
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Closed doors and price hikes: Travel is getting expensive
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Trump’s FCC ‘Investigates’ Disney For Not Being Racist And Sexist Enough
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I Asked 700 Women About Work-Life Balance—Their Answers Were Alarming
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Americans Want Retirement Redefined
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Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Asking Rents Mostly Unchanged Year-over-year
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The home insurance crisis hits the heartland
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Florida vs. California: How Two States Are Facing the Insurance Crisis
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Donald Trump's Tariffs Offer Mortgage 'Silver Lining'
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Oil/Gas:

U.S. crude oil falls below $60 a barrel to lowest since 2021 on tariff-fueled recession fears
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Oil in freefall reorders energy landscape from U.S. to Middle East
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Chevron ordered to pay $744.6 million over land loss in Louisiana
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Shale Stocks Battered as Trump Tariffs Subvert His Push to Drill
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Banking:

Big U.S. banks hurtle toward worst two-day drop since start of pandemic
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Politics:

‘Hands Off!’ protests against Trump and Musk are planned across the US Trump opponents ready to take to streets with nationwide protests We went to the anti-Trump protests. Here's what surprised us the most. Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies Photos: Massive Crowds at Anti-Trump, Musk 'Hands Off' Rallies Across US Trump-Stronghold The Villages in Florida Holds Large 'Hands Off!' Rally Major Anti-Trump 'Hands Off' Protests Erupt Across Europe
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Trump approval slips to lowest point in second term: Survey
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America the victim: Trump's tariffs reveal how he sees the world
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How the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat
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He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading. Now in Office, He Trades Freely
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‘He Doesn’t Give a F---’: White House Official Tells Washington Post Trump Has Reached Peak ‘Not Giving a F---’
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Trump Is Gaslighting Us
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Musk’s risks to Trump become starker
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Trump Ally Warns Swing State's Voters 'Highly Concerned' About Tariffs Ted Cruz Sees Risk of ‘Political Bloodbath’ if Trump’s Trade Gambit Fails Full List Of Republicans Sounding The Alarm On Trump Tariffs
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Florida Man Arrested After Making Death Threats Against Trump: Police
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Elon Musk Inking Multibillion-Dollar Pentagon Deal Amid DOGE Cuts 'Unhappy' Trump was blindsided by Elon Musk's Pentagon plans: report Trump Adviser Says Elon Musk Is 'Simply Protecting His Own Interests'
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Video shows Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ex-husband berating three Muslim women
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AOC's Chances of Beating Chuck Schumer in New York—New Poll Poll: AOC leads Schumer in head-to-head New York primary matchup by double digits
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What FDR built, Trump wants to tear down
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A conspiracy theorist convinced Trump to fire the NSA director 5 things to know about Laura Loomer and Trump’s national security purge Laura Loomer Is a Warning Ex-NSA official who worked under Trump issues stark warning about his firings Trump’s firing of NSA chief is ‘rolling out the red carpet” for cyber attacks
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FEMA chief given lie detector test after leak of private meeting
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Black veterans sound the alarm over military DEI purge
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Trump uses child abuse awareness proclamation to bash transgender people
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Take Trump Seriously About Greenland
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Obama on Trump: 'Imagine if I had done any of this'
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US Weather Agency to Preserve Research Websites in Reversal
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Sean Hannity Praises Trump’s ‘Funny’ Third Term Talk As Expert-Level Trolling: ‘I Love It!’ Attorney General Pam Bondi Doesn't Rule Out Third Term for Donald Trump
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This Marco Rubio Is Unrecognizable
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‘I didn’t ask you’: The CNN anchor rattling Donald Trump’s cage
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National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage
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“More Of That!”: Kamala Harris Praised By Hollywood Donors For Ripping Trump & Corporate Capitulation To “Unconstitutional Threats”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene makes huge stock market play just days before tariffs announced
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Luna says agreement reached to allow proxy voting for members ‘unable to be physically present’ including new parents
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Pharma:

Threat of future tariffs on pharmaceutical imports raises alarm
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FDA Faces ‘Catastrophic Collapse’ as Massive Layoffs Endanger User Fee Program
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Nursing Homes:

Senior living giant Pacifica files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Museums:

Miami Seaquarium parent company files for bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Deion Sanders addresses son Shilo's Mercedes issue in bankruptcy case: 'Bulljunk came out'
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Non-Profits:

Govoni pleads the fifth as court expands search for missing trust fund money
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (26 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (13 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Mass Torts:

Los Angeles County plans historic $4 billion payout for sex abuse claims
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Sovereign Immunity:

Law Dean J. Rich Leonard joins amicus brief regarding Montana bankruptcy case
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Litigation Finance:

Bankruptcy Litigation Financing
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Hedge Funds, Private Equity Quietly Invest in Litigation Finance
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Autos:

‘People Get Used to It’: A Car-Dealing Congressman Predicts ‘Shock’ Then Acceptance for Trump’s Tariffs
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Tesla Bull Slashes Stock Price Target 43%, Citing Musk and Trump 'SNL' mocks Trump's tariff announcement as Mike Myers' Musk intros 'self-vandalizing' Teslas Tesla shares plunge below Lutnick’s ‘never this cheap’ level
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Automakers seek 'opportunity in the chaos' of Trump’s tariffs
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Stellantis joins Ford in offering employee discounts to public
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Jaguar Land Rover pausing shipments to U.S. in April
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Donald Trump Gets Sign His Car Tariffs Are Working
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Starmer Eases EV Rules to Protect UK Carmakers From Tariffs
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Climate:

Arctic Sea Ice Melt Exposes US to New Threat
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Thunderstorms trigger catastrophic flooding across the middle of the US At least 16 dead in flooding and tornadoes as storms slash from Texas to Ohio
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Trump Team Proposes Ending Clean Energy Office, Cutting Billions
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Tech:

Google AI Search Shift Leaves Website Makers Feeling ‘Betrayed’
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Donald Trump Shares TikTok Deal Update Who Could Buy TikTok? What We Know China Halted TikTok Deal in Response to Trump's Tariffs
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Big Tech bet on Trump. It’s still waiting for the payoff. 'We’d like to put this chapter behind us': Tech execs having regrets about backing Trump
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Staggering price of new iPhone after Trump's tariffs
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Apple’s collapse proves cosying up to Trump is no guarantee of safety
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Healthcare:

Public health cuts hit hospital finances
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The Three States That Are Especially Stuck if Congress Cuts Medicaid
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House Speaker Johnson is eyeing big cuts to Medicaid. In his Louisiana district, it's a lifeline.
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Measles vaccination rate may be even lower than estimated, leaving kids vulnerable amid outbreak US Measles Cases Rise 26% in a Week; Total Now 607 in 21 States Second measles death reported in Texas, amid fast-growing outbreak
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Anti-Vax RFK Jr. to Attend Funeral of Second Child to Die in Texas Measles Outbreak RFK Jr. is advocating for the MMR vaccine to stop measles from spreading in Texas Can vitamin A treat measles? RFK Jr. suggests so. Kids are overdosing.
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Axed Vaccine Chief Reveals RFK Jr.’s Crackpot ‘Data’ Demands
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RFK Jr. drops plan to have Medicare, Medicaid cover weight loss drugs
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Healthcare’s New Partisan Battleground: The Doctor’s Office
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‘It Will Set Us Back Multiple Decades’: Why Public Health Experts Are Panicking About the HHS Overhaul
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Personal Genomics:

Genetic data is another asset to be exploited – beware who has yours
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Retailing:

Rite Aid Considers Second Bankruptcy Amid Ongoing Financial Struggles Rite Aid plots second bankruptcy in two years... sparking fears of mass closures
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US consumers rush to buy big-ticket items before Trump’s tariffs kick in
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US Trade Overhaul Creates High-Five Moment for Resale Retailers
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These Analysts Say Retailers Face Most Uncertainty They've Seen Since COVID
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JCPenney To Close Stores Across US By Mid-2025. Here's The Full List
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Freight:

AAR: Rail Carloads and Intermodal Up in March
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Tourism:

Foreign Tourists Are Taking Trump at His Word
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Travel alert for US citizens to 'delete apps' from law firm amid phone border checks
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Agribusiness:

Farmers are no strangers to trade wars. But this time may be worse.
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A bailout for farmers caught in Trump’s trade war is already being discussed. ‘If we don’t get something, it will be quite a disaster’
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Media:

Republican senator floats using violence against journalists who report 'fake news'
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Fraud:

Prosecutors seek 7 years in prison for disgraced ex-US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case
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Theme Parks:

Drowning in unethical practices: SeaWorld’s bankruptcy indicates a larger shift in consumer ethics
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Crypto:

FTX Expunges Nearly 400,000 Unverified Crypto Customer Claims
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Bitcoin drops below $80,000 as cryptocurrencies join global market rout
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Crypto’s Trump Rally Evaporates as Tariffs Savage Riskier Assets
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Watches:

Swiss watches will face some of the highest U.S. tariffs at 31%—and its ripple effects will change the industry’s dynamic
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UK:

Starmer Vows Steps to Bolster UK Against Trump Tariff Threat Starmer vows to ‘shelter British business from the storm’ of US tariffs
(DBN)

UK Companies Could Gain Competitive Advantage From Trump Tariffs
(DBN)

Rats ‘bigger than cats’ are roaming Britain’s second-biggest city as garbage collectors strike
(DBN)

Distressed craft brewers ‘not attractive’ acquisition targets, insolvency firm warns
(DBN)

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EU:

ECB’s Schnabel Says Trump’s Onslaught May Mark End of Free Trade
(DBN)

All EU Retaliation Tools Against US on Table, Cuerpo Says
(DBN)

EU to Discuss Lowering Tariffs in First Talks With Trump’s Team
(DBN)

US Tariffs Could Cut France GDP by Over Half a Point, PM Says
(DBN)

Musk Hopes US, Europe Move to Zero-Tariff Free-Trade Zone
(DBN)

Italy and Spain Warn Against EU Escalation in Response to Trump
(DBN)

EU Answer to Trump May Involve Data Use by Big Tech, France Says
(DBN)

European Stocks Slide to January 2024 Lows as Defense Plunges
(DBN)

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Canada:

Canadian Union Responds to Trump's Tariffs: 'We're Fighting for Our Lives'
(DBN)

Canadian Ambassador’s warning amid Trump’s tariff chaos
(DBN)

‘Hard to stomach’: Oil prices slump below Alberta’s budgeted barrel price amid economic uncertainty of Trump tariffs
(DBN)

Canada says its friendship with the US is ‘over.’ Now what?
(DBN)

Canadians Advised to Take Burner Phones When Traveling to US Canada Warns Residents Their Phones May Be Searched at US Border
(DBN)

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Austria:

Austria Issues Warning to Republican States Over Trump Tariffs
(DBN)

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Russia:

Rubio tells Russia the clock is ticking while allies doubt Putin wants peace in Ukraine NATO chief's impression from U.S. is Russians "not moving fast enough" to end war
(DBN)

What a Kremlin envoy’s trip to Washington says about Trump’s Russia-Ukraine policy
(DBN)

Ukrainian civilians held by Russia in the war face abuse and years in prison, activists say
(DBN)

Russia Strikes Kyiv as Ukraine Reels From Deadly Attack on Zelensky’s Hometown
(DBN)

Polish official warns Trump against "historical mistake" regarding Russia
(DBN)

Russia Using Oligarchs' Yachts, Spy Devices for Naval Espionage: Report
(DBN)

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MENA:

Trump’s Tariff Stance Set for Test in Meeting With Israel’s Netanyahu
(DBN)

One State, No Solution: Planning for the Death of Palestinian Independence
(DBN)

Houthis 'Laughing Out Loud' at Claims Iran Leaving Yemen Amid US 'Failure' Houthis Claim Attack on U.S. Aircraft Carrier: What We Know Cost of US military offensive against Houthis nears $1 billion with limited impact
(DBN)

Video showing final moments of Gaza emergency workers casts doubt on Israeli account of killings
(DBN)

US base and 4,000 of its troops are 'at risk of complete destruction' if Trump decides to strike Iran, state newspaper warns as it lays out how Tehran would launch attack with long-range drones
(DBN)

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Argentina:

Argentina's Milei doubles down on Trump bromance as the world reels from trade shock
(DBN)

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China:

In a factory that makes baseball caps, Trump's 54% tariffs bring chaos
(DBN)

China Appeals for Calm, Readies Plans to Counter Trump’s Tariffs China Social Media Defiant as Beijing Hits Back at Trump Tariffs
(DBN)

China investors brace for ‘ugly’ Monday on U.S. tariff retaliation
(DBN)

Beijing Crafts ‘Resolute Measures’ to Hit Back at Trump Tariffs
(DBN)

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Germany:

Trump Tariff Shock Rips Up Germany’s China Strategy Under Merz
(DBN)

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South Africa:

South Africa Wary of Imposing Reciprocal Trade Tariffs on US
(DBN)

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Germany:

Where’s the gold? Germany’s conservatives sound the alarm over reserves in the US
(DBN)

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Australia:

Star Entertainment Groups agrees to $300m takeover deal from US giant Bally's Corporation to save itself from collapse
(DBN)

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India:

Clarifying interplay between consumer protection and insolvency laws
(DBN)

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