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US births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births fell a little in 2025, according to newly posted provisional data. Slightly over 3.6 million births have been reported through birth certificates, or about 24,000 fewer than in 2024. The decline seems to confirm predictions by some experts, who doubted a slight increase in births in 2024 marked the…
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Vance says the Olympics are ‘one of the few things’ that unite Americans
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MILAN (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Milan with his family Thursday, telling U.S. athletes competing in the Milan Cortina Winter Games that the competition “is one of the few things that unites the entire country” before taking his family to a hockey game. It’s the first stop for Vance on a…
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Trump says he discussed Iran with China’s Xi as the US pushes Beijing and others to isolate Tehran
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in a wide-ranging call that comes as the U.S. administration pushes Beijing and others to isolate Tehran. Trump said the two leaders also discussed a broad range of other critical issues in the U.S.-China relationship, including…
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Senate leaders scramble to save bipartisan deal and avoid a partial shutdown
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders were scrambling on Friday to save a bipartisan spending deal and prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend as some Republicans pushed back on a rare deal between President Donald Trump and Democrats. Democrats who are demanding new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country struck an agreement with…
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Where government funding talks stand as Congress careens toward partial shutdown
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The federal government is expected to enter a partial shutdown starting Saturday, but it could be short-lived as Senate Democrats and the White House negotiate new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda. A procedural vote to advance a funding package and avert a shutdown failed to clear a 60-vote filibuster in the Senate…
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Democrats are poised to trigger government shutdown if White House won’t meet demands for ICE reform
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown if Republicans and the White House do not agree to new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement. There…
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Appeals court indefinitely halts judge’s limits on ICE tactics in Minnesota
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A federal appeals court on Monday blocked a lower-court judge’s restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics in Minnesota, handing the Trump administration a significant win as protests and legal challenges continue to surround federal immigration operations in the Twin Cities. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an indefinite stay of a Jan.…
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Americans’ confidence in the U.S. economy falls sharply in January to lowest level since 2014
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined sharply in January, hitting the lowest level since 2014 as Americans grow increasingly concerned about their financial prospects. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index cratered 9.7 points to 84.5 in January, falling below even the lowest readings during the COVID-19 pandemic. A measure of…
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Trump sends border czar to Minnesota and says he and governor are now on a ‘similar wavelength’
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday ordered his border czar to oversee the immigration crackdown in Minnesota and declared that he was now on a “similar wavelength” as the governor following the second fatal shooting by federal immigration officers this month. Trump and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz spoke in a phone call and…
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Canada has ‘no intention’ of signing free trade deal with China, Carney says
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney insisted he has no plans to pursue a free trade agreement with China, as President Donald Trump fumes over a recent partnership between the two countries. Canada and China struck a “preliminary agreement” on Jan. 16 that saw both lower tariffs on certain goods. It included Canada importing 49,000 Chinese…
