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President Trump plans to sign an executive order Tuesday that will walk back some tariffs for carmakers, administration officials said, removing some levies that Ford, General Motors and others have complained would backfire on U.S. manufacturing by raising the cost of production and squeezing their profits.The changes will modify Mr. Trump’s tariffs so that carmakers who pay a 25 percent tariff on imported cars are not subject to other levies, for example on steel and aluminum, officials said in a call with reporters Tuesday.Carmakers will also be able to qualify for tariff relief for a proportion of the cost of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One-time NFL Pro-Bowler Jake Plummer had high praise for fellow Arizona State alumni and New York Giants fourth-round pick, running back Cam Skattebo. Arizona State made the College Football Playoff last season in large part due to Skattebo, and Plummer “can’t believe” how far the Sun Devils star fell in the NFL Draft. “I can’t believe he fell that far in the draft to be honest with you,” Plummer said during a recent appearance on OutKick’s “The Ricky Cobb Show.” Arizona State Sun Devils running back Cam Skattebo, #4, reacts after losing his helmet…

Illinois State Police identified Marianne Akers on Tuesday as the driver whose car crashed into an after-school camp yesterday in Chatham, leaving four people and multiple children dead. Officials announced that the 44-year-old from Chatham is “not in custody at this time as the cause of the crash remains under investigation.” The deadly incident occurred at around 3:20 p.m. when a car left the road for unknown reasons and went through a building at the YNOT After School Camp in Chatham, according to state police. The camp is about 11 miles south of Springfield. “The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, Akers,…

Canadians split among age groups as well as party lines in casting their votes in Monday’s federal election, exit polls suggested, with different issues driving their choices. Exit polls conducted by Ipsos exclusively for Global News found Canadians aged 55 and older leaned toward the Liberals, who were seen as the party that would best handle U.S. President Donald Trump and his fraying of the Canada-U.S. relationship.Younger Canadians aged 18 to 34, meanwhile, picked the Conservatives, based on their perception of who would best address affordability and the rising cost of living.“What we’ve got are two groups of people: one…

It could be the biggest sporting event inside the walls of the Vatican.The Giro d’Italia will pay homage to the late Pope Francis by passing through the Vatican gardens behind St Peter’s Basilica and in front of the Santa Marta hotel — where Francis lived — during the final stage of the cycling race on June 1.More than 150 cyclists will pedal for three kilometres through an area of the Vatican rarely seen by the general public and live TV images will broadcast the scenes around the world.”The original idea was to have Francis signal the start of the last…

“ENDS OF THE EARTH” Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours have plummeted after India accused Pakistan of backing an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir on Apr 22 in which 26 men were killed. Islamabad has rejected the charge and both countries have since exchanged gunfire in Kashmir, and diplomatic barbs, as well as expelled citizens and ordered the border shut. Last week, Modi vowed to pursue those who carried out the attack in the tourist hotspot of Pahalgam in Kashmir, and those who had supported it. “I say to the whole world: India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their…

A Venezuelan family is calling for a 2-year-old to be returned to her mother after the U.S. authorities deported the mother to Venezuela on Friday without the child.The girl’s father was sent to a prison in El Salvador in March.The toddler, Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal, remains in foster care in the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Officials said in a statement that the child was removed from her parents and from the manifest of her mother’s deportation plane for her own “safety and welfare.”The Trump administration claims the girl’s parents are members of Tren de Aragua,…

EXCLUSIVE: Congressional Republicans are working on a multi-trillion-dollar bill advancing President Donald Trump’s agenda – and it could include a modest tax hike on wealthy Americans, one of the House GOP’s tax writers said.”There’s potentially some talk about a tax hike on wealthier Americans. I think our goal in this committee, and the president’s goal, has been to provide tax relief for the working and middle class,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.”We have to find a way to pay for that, so we’ll have to see how this all shakes out.”A senior House GOP aide…

There’s a fresh spat brewing between the White House and Amazon.Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, on Tuesday accused the online retail giant of being “hostile and political,” citing a report — disputed by Amazon — from Punchbowl News saying that the company would start displaying the exact cost of tariff-related price increases alongside its products.Displaying the import fees would have made clear to American consumers that they are shouldering the cost of President Trump’s tariff policies rather than China, as he and his top officials have often claimed would be the case.An Amazon spokesman said the company had…

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 29, 2025 11:38 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size RCMP have charged a 36-year-old man with dangerous driving causing death after investigating a collision that killed two people in Cape Breton last year. A 45-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman, both from British Columbia, died Oct. 7, 2024, when their Hyundai Tucson collided with a Western Star tractor-trailer on Highway 105 just west of Baddeck, N.S. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once…