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White House dismisses Chamber push for small businesses tariff relief The White House on Thursday rebuffed an effort to give small U.S. business owners any immediate relief from tariffs, saying those companies would get economic relief from tax cuts that Congress is seeking to extend.

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Trump Administration Continues to Defy Judge’s Orders in Abrego Garcia Case, Lawyers Say In refusing to reveal much of anything about the administration’s efforts, department lawyers insisted the information constituted state secrets that needed to be protected.

Continuing a pattern of stonewalling, the Justice Department has defied a judge’s order to explain what the Trump administration has done, and plans to do, to seek the release of a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador last month, court papers show.

Trump says US cannot give every person it wants to deport a trial

Trump says US cannot give every person it wants to deport a trial reut.rs/3EAThdd

Planned Parenthood closing two Utah clinics after Trump cuts all federal reproductive health funds to state Under a Trump administration directive to freeze some federal funds that subsidize reproductive health services like birth control and disease testing, Planned Parenthood Association of Utah will close a quarter of its clinics.

Under a Trump administration directive to freeze some federal funds that subsidize reproductive health services like birth control and disease testing, Planned Parenthood Association of Utah will close a quarter of its clinics.

Indonesian woman turns to mangroves to fend off rising tides

Indonesian woman turns to mangroves to fend off rising tides reut.rs/4jCSqYj

CNN goes inside notorious El Salvador prison where US deportees are held | CNN CNN is the first US news organization inside Cecot prison since the latest deportation flight.

Inside El Salvador's notorious Cecot prison, US deportees live in the same conditions as convicted gangsters.

A Prison Death Highlights Russia’s LGBTQ Crackdown The Russian government has unleashed a wave of repression against L.G.B.T.Q. people, with the police raiding gay night clubs and investigators targeting people they suspect of being gay.

The Russian government has unleashed a wave of repression against LGBTQ people, with the police raiding gay night clubs and investigators targeting people they suspect of being gay.

Seventeen states want to end an abortion privacy rule. A federal judge is questioning HIPAA itself. • Kansas Reflector The decades-old federal law protecting the privacy of individual health information is threatened by multiple lawsuits that seek to throw out a rule restricting disclosure of information in criminal i...

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Seventeen states want to end an abortion privacy rule. A federal judge is questioning HIPAA itself. kansasreflector.com/2025/03/31/r...

Farmers, Dockhands and Shipowners Fight Against U.S. Fees on Chinese Ships A broad cross-section of American business is dialing up its opposition to the Trump administration’s plan to impose steep fees on Chinese ships calling at American ports.

A swath of companies and trade groups warn of higher costs for importers and consumers and risk of job losses

"the new tariffs could have the ironic effect of increasing global demand for Russian oil." And if you think that's an accidental side effect, have a bridge to sell you. 🙄

U.S. Institute of Peace sues to block DOGE 'takeover by force' A federal judge set an emergency hearing after law enforcement helped DOGE enter and take over an independent non-profit established under President Ronald Reagan.

The United States Institute of Peace, an independent non-profit established by Congress, is asking a federal judge to immediately block DOGE's attempted forced shutdown of the organization after what its lawsuit portrayed as a "takeover by force" of their headquarters building.

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ICE Detains Prominent Immigration Activist in Grim Sign for Future U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Jeanette Vizguerra outside her job.

So far, the administration has removed immigrants who’ve lived and worked in the country for decades, those who are married to U.S. citizens, and individuals in the process of renewing their visas.

'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

Court hearing on deportations moves ahead despite Justice Department objection The Justice Department told a judge it would not be providing any more information about the flights.

NEW: A court hearing over the Trump administration's defiance of a court order halting deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members will move forward despite the Justice Department's objections

Judge blocks Trump after he invokes wartime Alien Enemies Act to speed up deportations Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act against Tren de Aragua members. A federal judge later ordered the administration to turn around any planes that had already taken off.

A federal judge barred President Donald Trump on Saturday from using a wartime powers act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without a hearing, ordering the administration to turn around any planes that had already taken off after the Alien Enemies Act quietly went into effect.

Discovery of secret crematoriums at a ranch in Mexico stirs fears of a cover-up | CNN Along with incinerated skeletal remains, personal items at least 200 pairs of shoes were found at the ranch.

Advocates in Mexico are calling for an immediate and independent investigation after the discovery of what they’re describing as an “extermination camp” in Jalisco that cartels allegedly used to kill missing persons.

Trump Seeks to Expel a Green Card Holder, Mahmoud Khalil, Over Student Protests Immigration officers arrested a Columbia University graduate for helping lead campus protests against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. President Trump said the case was “the first arrest of many to...

Immigration officers arrested a Columbia University graduate — who is a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. — for helping lead campus protests against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. President Trump said the case was “the first arrest of many to come.”

Layoffs Hit Unbelievable High Thanks to Trump and Musk Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government have caused a record-breaking surge in layoffs.

Job losses spiked a whopping 245% in February.

This is higher than any month since July 2020 (the middle of pandemic) and the highest in any February since the Great Recession of 2009.

Sen. Bernie Sanders fires back at Elon Musk, who called Social Security “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time” during a podcast interview with Joe Rogan.

Japan unlikely to attend future meetings for nuke ban treaty Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi indicates that Tokyo's absence from this week's meeting is due to the treaty being incompatible with U.S. nuclear deterrence.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi has signaled that Japan is unlikely to attend future meetings of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Jane Austen was wrong: women don’t marry up for money and status

A new study debunks the myth of the gold-digging wife, finding that women are no more likely to marry above their social class than men

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