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Tennessee pauses bill targeting right to education regardless of immigration status

April 22, 2025

Yen’s climb pauses after U.S. tariff talks, but investors still w

April 17, 2025

Trump ups China tariffs to 125%, pauses others at 10% for 90 days

April 9, 2025

Stellantis announces hundreds of U.S. layoffs, pauses production at Mexico and Canada plants

April 3, 2025

Egypt’s prime minister pauses televised news conference after falling ill

December 19, 2024

North Carolina judges block GOP law to strip governor’s election board powers
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina trial judges threw out on Wednesday another Republican attempt to strip the governor of his authority to appoint State Board of Elections members, declaring that a law shifting it to the elected state auditor is unconstitutional. One registered Republican judge and one Democratic judge on the three-member panel sided with…
Japan’s EV charging standard emerges as topic in US trade talks
TOKYO — A Japanese quick-charging standard for electric vehicles has surfaced as a potential flash point in tariff negotiations with the U.S. as Washington flag what it sees as an undue obstacle for American players like Tesla. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry generally requires EV charging stations to comply with the CHAdeMO standard…
Columbia University students plan to build tent encampments this week, sources say
A group of protesters is planning to set up tent encampments on Columbia University campuses this week in protest of the war in Gaza, according to three people familiar with the planning and a recording of a meeting to plan the action shared with NBC News. The planned encampments come just over a year after…
Tiger Balm faces tariff aches and pains from Trump’s trade war with China
Tiger balm, the popular menthol ointment used by athletes and arthritis patients, has just one U.S. distributor and a single factory in China, making it especially vulnerable to the tariff standoff. A 0.63-ounce hexagonal jar of the amber-colored balm typically sells in the U.S. for about $8. But its sole American distributor, Prince of Peace…
Judge says Trump administration can’t move detained Palestinian student out of Vermont
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked officials from moving a Palestinian student from Columbia University who was taken into custody during his naturalization interview in Vermont. U.S. District Judge ffrey W. Crawford extended a previous tempor restraining order that keeps the student, Mohsen Mahdawi, in the state, where he is a resident. Mahdawi is being…
The trucking industry hits the brakes with tariffs set to dent imports
U.S. trucking is heading for a slowdown, with industry players fearing the “worst is yet to come” as tariffs start to crimp imports. Trucking volumes have plunged to near pre-pandemic levels, according to Craig Fuller, founder of the logistics industry publication FreightWaves. “With imports deteriorating, volumes are expected to fall by another 3-4% over the…
Ron Johnson wants a hearing on ‘what actually happened on 9/11’
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said this week that he wants to hold congressional hearings on a debunked conspiracy theory about the Sept. 11 attacks, saying that there are “an awful lot of questions” about the most deadly terror attack in U.S. history. “There’s an awful lot of questions,” Johnson, the chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on…
Google forcing some remote workers to come back 3 days a week or lose their jobs
Five years removed from the onset of the Covid pandemic, Google is demanding that some remote employees return to the office if they want to keep their jobs and avoid being part of broader cost cuts at the company. Several units within Google have told remote staffers that their roles may be at risk if they don’t start showing…
Japan’s Rohm develops power semiconductor for faster EV charging
KYOTO — Japanese electronics group Rohm has developed a silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor device designed to be 50% more energy-efficient than competing parts, opening up the prospect of electric vehicles that charge faster and travel longer. The new product combines four to six existing Rohm semiconductors into a single module. It can be used…