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Xi Jinping warns ‘no winners’ from Trump trade war as he heads to Vietnam — Chinese leader seeks to strengthen ties with export-dependent economies facing high US levies — Xi Jinping has warned that US protectionism will “lead nowhere” as the Chinese leader embarked on a tour of Vietnam …
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China, Vietnam sign agreements on supply chains, railway cooperation
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Trump mulls semiconductor levies after lifting reciprocal tariffs on electronics
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U.S. Allies Are Sitting Out Trump's Trade War With China
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Trump's Exceptional Tariff Weekend
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Suspect arrested after arson at Pennsylvania governor's house forced Shapiro and family to evacuate — A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an arson fire at the Pennsylvania governor's house as the governor and his family slept inside. — Harrisburg Bureau of Fire responded …
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Suspect in arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence planned to beat him, documents say — A man who authorities said scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and broke into the Pennsylvania governor's mansion where he set a fire had planned to beat …
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Suspect in custody after overnight fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence — Shapiro said his family was evacuated from the official Harrisburg residence at 2 a.m. and that no one was injured. — One person is in custody in relation to the fire set to to Gov. Josh Shapiro's official residence …


Josh Shapiro's Firebombed House Revealed in New Inside Pics — SCORCHED EARTH — Photos show the horrific aftermath after an alleged 38-year-old arsonist set fire to the Pennsylvania governor's home. — New photos have been released capturing the horrific aftermath of a suspected arson attack …
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Harrisburg man to be charged with attempted murder for setting fire to Gov. Josh Shapiro's Harrisburg residence
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Suspect Charged in Arson at Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion
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Suspect arrested after fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence, police say
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Man arrested in suspected arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro's residence
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No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found — An internal memo, prepared days before Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE agents, raises doubts about the Trump administration's claims that she supports Hamas. — Just now
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Trump administration contends it has no duty to return illegally deported man to US — The administration's position suggests officials do not view the Supreme Court's order as compelling them to seek Abrego Garcia's return. — The Trump administration insisted Sunday that it has no legal obligation …
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Bukele, Abrego Garcia, and Red Lines — An emergency Sunday Triad, because I'm concerned that people don't appreciate how important this week will be for American democracy and our constitutional order. — Buckle up. — Join now — 1. Escape — If you were Chris Krebs, would you flee the country?

U.S. Renews Opposition to Bringing Back Maryland Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvador
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Mario Vargas Llosa: Giant of Latin American literature dies at 89 — Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died at the age of 89 in his native Peru, was a towering figure in Latin American literature and culture who rarely shied away from controversy. — With more than 50 works to his name …
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peru Novelist, Dies at 89 — One of the foremost writers and intellectuals in Latin America — He ran an unsuccessful campaign for president in 1990 — Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature …
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Transcript: Trump Henchwoman Alina Habba's Vile New Threat is Ominous … Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network. I'm your host, Greg Sargent. — President Donald Trump's abuses of power are escalating on multiple fronts.


Trump Official Who Oversaw Closure of USAID Has Left State Department — Pete Marocco led the foreign-assistance mission at the State Department — WASHINGTON—A key architect of the Trump administration's campaign to slash foreign aid has left the State Department after less than three months on the job …
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Trump's $1 Billion Law Firm Deals Are the Work of His Personal Lawyer — Boris Epshteyn, who doesn't work for the government, has negotiated with a series of law firms to cajole them into entering deals — President Trump has reached around $1 billion in deals with the country's top law firms …
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China Halts Critical Exports as Trade War Intensifies — Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world's car, semiconductor and aerospace industries. — China has suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets …
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Andrew Cuomo Used ChatGPT For His Housing Plan — On Saturday, former governor and leading Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo released his plan for “Addressing New York's Housing Crisis.” — The 29-page plan itself is fairly unremarkable—much of it is spent talking …


EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones over spying fears — European Commission officials heading to IMF and World Bank spring meetings advised to travel with basic devices — The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage …


When this is over, U.S. rights abusers must be tried for crimes against humanity — In a just and decent America, the law enforcement career of Charles Cross Jr. would have ended more than a decade ago. A Milwaukee police sergeant, Cross was briefly fired from the force in 2007 after kicking …