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Washington CNN  —  Bad news about the US economy travels fast, but examples of a slowing economy are potentially being blown out proportion. Consumer spending declined in January for the first time in nearly two years, a real-time forecast of economic growth recently turned negative, the housing market was off to a sluggish start this year and the air is rife with uncertainty because of President Donald Trump’s frenetic back-and-forth on tariffs. The Conference Board’s latest consumer survey even showed that the share of respondents expecting a recession in the coming year jumped in February to a nine-month high. But…

CNN  —  The race is underway to replace Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Frontrunners to lead Trudeau’s ruling Liberal Party, including the internationally recognizable Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney, are making the case they can guide Canada through numerous domestic and international issues, including mounting trade tensions with the United States. Following a series of political crises last year, Trudeau announced in January he would resign as Liberal leader once his replacement is chosen – and eventually hand over the Prime Minister’s office as well. This Sunday, Liberals finally tally the votes and announce their new leader, all as Canada’s…

CNN  —  Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico. Hantavirus can infect humans through contact with rodents – most commonly through the deer mouse in the United States – especially when exposed to their urine, droppings and saliva, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It does not spread from person to person. In the US and other parts of the Western Hemisphere, a hantavirus infection can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare disease that can…

CNN  —  A day after offering Canada a one-month reprieve on punishing, virtually across-the-board 25% tariffs, President Donald Trump has threatened new tariffs as soon as Friday on Canadian lumber and dairy products. It’s yet another twist in a serpentine trade policy that seems to shift on an hourly basis. “Canada has been ripping us off for years on lumber and on dairy products,” Trump said in an Oval Office address Friday, citing Canada’s roughly 250% tariff on US dairy exports to the country. Trump said America would match those tariffs dollar-for-dollar. “We may do it as early as today,…

CNN  —  Ukraine’s presence in Russia’s Kursk region has deteriorated sharply, with the advance threatening Kyiv’s sole territorial bargaining counter at a crucial time in the war. Military bloggers from both sides say Ukraine is on the back foot – reports say Russian forces used a gas pipeline to launch a surprise raid in one area. Russia’s defense ministry on Saturday said its forces had captured three more settlements. Ukraine launched its shock incursion into Kursk in August, swiftly capturing territory in what was the first ground invasion of Russia by a foreign power since World War II. As well…

(CNN) — Millions of Americans could soon feel the impact of the deep staffing cuts being planned at the Social Security Administration, which is undergoing a massive reorganization that the acting commissioner has acknowledged is being steered by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The loss of experienced employees who manage Social Security’s fragile and interdependent web of computer systems will likely leave the agency vulnerable to technical outages and, potentially, interrupt the benefit payments that are sent to more than 73 million retirees, people with disabilities and others, Martin O’Malley, who served as commissioner under the Biden administration, told…

Learn to ‘biohack’ sleep with Lara Trump Human biologist and ‘biohacker’ Gary Brecka shows Fox News host Lara Trump the benefits of exercising in a hyperbaric chamber, cold plunges, red light therapy and silver fabric at nighttime on ‘My View with Lara Trump.’ Exercise has proven benefits in all areas of physical and mental health, and that includes sleep quality.One specific type of exercise — strength training — has been linked to insomnia prevention in older adults, according to a new study.Researchers analyzed data from 25 randomized trials that measured the effects of physical exercise on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality…

CNN  —  Michael Graugnard said he voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election because he felt Trump was the best candidate to improve the economy. But three months into his new role as an attorney advisor for the US Department of Agriculture, Graugnard was laid off along with thousands of other federal employees. The termination, Graugnard said, came as a surprise given his managers had assured him his job was safe. “I was devastated,” Graugnard told CNN, adding this was his dream job and he had just moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, with his pregnant wife and toddler…

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy will not be charged after his arrest Friday, the Williamson County District Attorney told the Austin American-Statesman Saturday.Worthy was arrested in Texas Friday for an alleged assault, according to online jail records. Records indicated an assault on a family or household member in which the alleged victim’s breathing was restricted. Under Texas law, the charge is a third-degree felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy against the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl at Caesars Superdome.  (Mark J.…

Washington CNN  —  Unpredictability has long been one of President Donald Trump’s strongest assets. The uncertainty that follows is one of his most confounding. From the financial markets to foreign capitals, a fresh sense of Trump-inspired whiplash reverberated across the globe this week, raising questions about whether his decisions on trade, Ukraine aid or the federal workforce are rooted in strategy or impulse. “Look, our country’s been ripped off by everybody,” Trump said Friday. “That stops now.” The seventh week of his presidency was scripted to be something of a triumphant one, with a prime-time address to a joint session…