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CNN — Americans are skeptical that President Donald Trump’s approach to the war between Russia and Ukraine will bring peace to the region, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Most Americans view Trump’s handling of the conflict negatively, and 50% say his approach to the war is bad for the United States. US diplomats are currently working to persuade Russia to agree to a temporary ceasefire in the war that has dragged on for more than three years since Russia’s invasion. While the Biden administration strongly backed Ukraine and unambiguously blamed Russia for the conflict, Trump has…
Washington CNN — The Trump bump in consumer sentiment is now a Trump slump. Americans continue to grow worried over President Donald Trump’s escalating and haphazard trade war, according to the University of Michigan’s latest consumer survey released Friday. Consumer sentiment fell 11% this month to a reading of 57.9, a preliminary reading showed, down from last month’s reading of 64.7 and reaching its lowest level since November 2022. That’s a sharp retreat from December, after the US presidential election, when sentiment rose to its highest level in months. The Trump administration’s rollout of its long-promised tariffs has been both…
CNN — Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday that it will be cutting more than 2,000 jobs after it lost $800 million in funding from the US Agency for International Development amid the Trump administration’s effort to significantly downsize the federal government. The bulk of the layoffs at the top research university will impact its international employees. 1,975 employees across 44 countries have been cut, the university said in a statement, with another 247 jobs terminated in the US. Roughly 100 additional workers will be furloughed with reduced schedules. “This is a difficult day for our entire community. The termination of…
CNN — President Donald Trump is set to deliver what the White House calls a law-and-order speech on Friday at the Justice Department, the storied building from which the government pursued criminal investigations and prosecutions against him. Flanked by staunch allies he tapped to run the organizations he says attacked him relentlessly and unjustly, the event is a marked departure from how former presidents treated the department, taking pains to stay away from it and its law enforcement components so that its work would not appear political. But the Trump White House is enmeshed in the daily decision-making at DOJ…
CNN — In President Donald Trump’s first White House term, public confidence in his handling of the economy was always among his greatest strengths. But in the early days of his second term, public views about his economic performance have quickly become his most conspicuous potential vulnerability. Even before Trump rattled the stock market this week by acknowledging his trade agenda could trigger a recession, several public polls had shown his job approval for managing the economy lagging below his overall job performance rating as president. That’s a dramatic reversal from Trump’s first term, when approval for his handling of…
A woman who was partially paralyzed during the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School died last month, and her death has now been ruled a homicide.Anne Marie Hochhalter died of sepsis on Feb. 16 at 43 years old. Complications from her paralysis contributed significantly to her death, according to an autopsy report from the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday.Hochhalter was one of 23 people who were injured in the shooting at the Littleton, Colorado, high school, but survived.Including her death, the Columbine shooting claimed 14 victims as 12 students and one teacher were…
CNN — Every year, about one billion tires around the world reach the end of their life according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Many of them end up piled in landfills posing potential health and environmental risks. In Africa, one Rwandan entrepreneur has found a way to upcycle the rubber to create fashionable footwear. While studying creative design at the University of Rwanda, Kevine Kagirimpundu felt she had limited employment options, so she took matters into her own hands. She began researching how to make her own products and stumbled upon the idea of using old tires…
New York CNN — Perhaps there’s no better example of where the newly applied 25% tariffs on aluminum and steel will be felt than craft brewers, an industry that uses both materials in all facets of production and sales. And for Wesley Keegan, owner and founder of Nashville-based TailGate Brewery, the implementation of the tariffs will have swift effects on his business. “Everything costs more,” he told CNN. “We get a price increase letter just immediately from every supplier.” On Wednesday, President Donald Trump enacted a new round of tariffs on the raw metals. Since much of it comes from…
New York CNN — President Donald Trump has said that automakers can avoid his tariffs by simply moving production to American plants. But it’s not that easy. Not by a long shot. A wide variety of tariffs have either already hit, or are about to hit, the auto industry, potentially adding thousands of dollars to the cost to build and buy a new car. Duties of 25% on steel and aluminum imports went into effect this week, and levies on cars from Asia and Europe are set to go into effect next month. Perhaps most damaging to automakers, import taxes…
CNN — A cross-country storm will explode in strength as it moves over the central United States Friday, delivering extreme weather to millions through the weekend, including the chance of multiple strong tornadoes. The storm’s main event is shaping up to be a widespread severe thunderstorm outbreak across the Mississippi Valley and the South from Friday afternoon, with the threat of tornadoes, damaging wind gusts and large hail. On the storm’s northern side, its winds could whip up snow into blizzard-like conditions in the Midwest. But before those dangers take the stage, the storm will bring powerful, hurricane-strength wind gusts…