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When Republicans cut taxes in the past, they did so only temporarily, bowing to Washington’s arcane budget rules that limited how much they could add to the federal deficit. They gambled — mostly successfully — that the tax cuts would not actually end because Democrats would eventually vote to continue them.With this year’s tax cut, though, many Republicans no longer want to take that risk.In the Senate, Republicans approved a budget outline on Saturday that opens the door to locking in the Trump tax cuts indefinitely without Democratic support.Actually doing so would require Republicans to upend Senate procedures that have…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The general manager of a car dealership in Dartmouth, N.S., says he expects the price of new vehicles to increase in less than 90 days as a result of an ongoing trade war with the United States. On Thursday, a 25 per cent tariff went into effect on all foreign-made vehicles and auto parts entering the United States. In response, Canada imposed a counter-tariff of 25 per cent on all non-Canadian content of American vehicles arriving from south of the border, along with any American cars not compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico (CUSMA)…

The Florida Gators are heading to the national championship game for the first time since 2007.Florida pulled off a 79-73 victory over Auburn in the Final Four Saturday night to clinch the first spot in the title game. The Gators await the winner of Duke vs. Houston.  Florida Gators forward Alex Condon attempts to block a shot by Auburn Tigers guard Tahaad Pettiford (0) in a Final Four game during the 2025 NCAA Tournament at the Alamodome.  (Robert Deutsch/Imagn Images)Walter Clayton Jr. scored 34 points to lead Florida and had a driving layup with 2:24 left after Australian big man Alex…

The measles crisis in West Texas has claimed the life of another child, the second death in an outbreak that has burned through the region and infected dozens of residents in bordering states. The eight-year-old girl died of “measles pulmonary failure” at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, according to records obtained by The New York Times. It is the second confirmed measles death in a decade in the United States. The first was an unvaccinated child who died in West Texas in February. Another unvaccinated person died in New Mexico after testing positive for measles, though officials have not yet…

This article is part of our Design special report previewing Milan Design Week.From furniture inspired by a dancing Muppet bird named Betsy to proposals for coping with a dystopian future, families of objects at Milan Design Week said more with more. Lara Bohinc turned her childhood love of Betsy into a joyous furniture group with overlapping leather scales that may have unconsciously evoked the avian character’s reptile forebears. A darker mood permeates the prototypes for temperature regulating and food-producing objects that the industrial design studio LAYER offers as panaceas for a future haunted by climate change and resource scarcity.Handcrafted, With…

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Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir wants to bring ruckman Sean Darcy and star midfielder Hayden Young straight back into the team for Gather Round after injuries to key players during Sunday’s courageous win over the Western Bulldogs.The Dockers lost Luke Jackson (hamstring), Nathan O’Driscoll (ankle) and Corey Wagner (calf) during the game and had Jaeger O’Meara battling with soreness but won 15.7 (97) to 12.9 (81).Darcy and Young played in the WAFL on Saturday after injury interrupted pre-seasons and Longmuir said they now loomed as crucial additions for Sunday’s game against Fremantle in the Barossa Valley.Darcy hasn’t played since round 21…

JAKARTA: Indonesia will not retaliate against US President Donald Trump’s 32 per cent trade tariff on Southeast Asia’s largest economy, its senior economic minister said on Sunday (Apr 6) in the government’s first response to the levy. Chief Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto said in a statement that Indonesia would pursue diplomacy and negotiations to find mutually beneficial solutions after Trump announced sweeping global tariffs on Wednesday. “The approach was taken by considering the long-term interest of bilateral trade relation, as well as to maintain the investment climate and national economic stability,” Airlangga said, adding that Jakarta will support potentially impacted sectors,…

Dear readers, I have a confession: I am suffering from an ailment that the younger ones call “brain rot,” the inability to think deeply after too much scrolling on my phone. These days, it’s tough to even finish a book.Plenty of people have this problem. So many, it has birthed a category of minimalist tech products striving to rid us of distractions, from the Ai Pin, the now defunct artificially intelligent lapel pin that took notes, to phones with only basic features.The latest example, the $600 Light Phone III, from a Brooklyn start-up, is a stripped-down phone that does barely…

Pro-Palestine activists in South Africa have protested outside a mining company they say is exporting coal to Israel.