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Harvard rejects Trump demands, gets hit by $2.3 billion funding freeze
Harvard rejected numerous demands from the Trump administration that it said would cede control of the school to a ...
US import prices ease, but tariffs casting shadow over inflation
U.S. import prices unexpectedly fell in March, pulled down by decreasing costs for energy products, the latest indication that inflation was subsiding before President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs ...
Former US labor officials urge contractors to stand firm on DEI
A group of former U.S. Department of Labor officials has urged federal contractors to maintain their corporate diversity policies in the face of legal threats by the Trump administration, a letter ...
Judge scraps US rule capping credit card late fees at $8
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule capping credit card late fees at $8, after the agency agreed with opponents that the rule adopted during President ...
Another Columbia student arrested by US immigration officials
The public security bureau of China's northeastern Harbin city has accused the United States National Security Agency (NSA) ...
Measles cases in Texas rise to 561, state health department says
The Texas health department reported 561 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase of 20 from April 11, as the United States battles an outbreak of the childhood disease.
US banks flag risks to consumer spending from tariff policy uncertainties
U.S. consumer spending has benefited from strong wage growth and low unemployment so far, but it faces huge risks, bank executives warned, if the upheaval sparked by President Donald Trump's trade ...
Judge to consider Trump's compliance with order over wrongly deported man
U.S. judge on Tuesday will consider her next steps on what she called the Trump administration's failure to update her on efforts to return a man illegally deported to El Salvador, in a case critics ...
European first-quarter corporate profits seen falling 3% as tariff uncertainty prevails
The outlook for European corporate health has deteriorated, LSEG I/B/E/S forecasts showed on Tuesday, as economic uncertainty continues to hit companies.
Hamas armed wing says it lost contact with group holding Israeli-US hostage Alexander
The armed wing of Hamas said on Tuesday it had lost contact with a group of militants holding Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander in the Gaza Strip.
CONCACAF president opposes World Cup expansion
CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani voiced his opposition to the recent proposal to expand the 2030 FIFA World Cup to 64 teams.
At US antitrust trial, Meta's Zuckerberg admits he bought Instagram because it was 'better'
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a key concession at a U.S. antitrust trial on Tuesday, saying he bought Instagram because it had a "better" camera than the one his company was trying to build for ...