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US President Donald Trump says he will in the very near future announce tariffs on cars, aluminium and pharmaceuticals.Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the United States would need all those products if there were problems including wars.”We’ve been ripped off by every country,” Trump said as he presided over a meeting of his cabinet.Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, speaking at the same meeting, said that on April 2, which Trump has targeted to impose a slew of tariffs, the United States will launch what he called “the external revenue service”.The US Internal Revenue Service collects taxes from…

Senior U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal has blocked enforcement of the Texas A&M University System board of regents’ drag show ban, insisting that an event called “Draggieland” must be allowed to take place at a university facility later this week.”Defendants … must permit the Draggieland performance to take place as scheduled on March 27, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., at the Rudder Theatre,” Rosenthal’s eyebrow-raising order declares.The grant of preliminary injunction comes as the Queer Empowerment Council at Texas A&M University, which is behind “Draggieland,” challenged the Texas A&M University System board of regents’ move to ban drag shows.DESANTIS PROPOSES…

Canada’s federal election campaign is underway and U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats that he intends to use “economic force” to annex Canada are already emerging as a hot topic. Leaders of all the main federal parties hit the ground running Monday on the first full day of campaigning, pushing back on Trump’s trade war and his repeated remarks to make Canada part of the United States.Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney, who has yet to speak with Trump since he was officially sworn in as the prime minister, said he’s “available for a call” with the U.S. president but added that…

Andre Lee bought a used Kia Forte to boost his career as an insurance agent in Singapore. In his mind, he saw himself zipping across town in his black coupe, impressing potential clients.“It’s the same as being dressed in formal wear with leather shoes, or wearing a Rolex,” Mr. Lee, 33, said of the two-door car he bought in 2020.Mr. Lee paid $24,000 for the 2010 model, about five times what the car would have been listed for in the United States. Why the markup?Singapore, an island city-state that is smaller than New York City, charges drivers thousands of dollars…

Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday.She was 49. Love’s family posted news of her death on Love’s X account.She had undergone recent treatment for brain cancer and received immunotherapy as part of a clinical trial at Duke University’s brain tumor center. Her daughter said earlier this month that the former lawmaker was no longer responding to treatment.Love died at her home in Saratoga Springs, Utah, according to a statement posted by the family. “With grateful hearts filled to overflowing for the profound…

Former U.S. men’s soccer star Landon Donovan did not mince words as he reacted to America’s CONCACAF Nations League loss to Canada in the third-place match.Canada defeated the U.S., 2-1. The Americans finished their Nations League run with two consecutive losses – the other coming against Panama, which knocked them into the third-place match instead of going for the Nations League title. Midfielder Ismael Kone, #8, pulls on the jersey of forward Christian Pulisic, #10, during the second half of the CONCACAF Nations League third place match at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on March 23, 2025. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)The…

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is available for a call with US President Donald Trump but would do so “on our terms as a sovereign country”.Carney was elected leader of the ruling Liberal Party on March 9, automatically becoming prime minister.Calls with the US president traditionally take place soon afterwards but the two men have yet to speak.”I’m available for a call but you know, we’re going to talk on our terms as a sovereign country, not as what he pretends we are,” Carney told reporters in Newfoundland on the second day of a general election campaign.Trump…

The I.M.L.S., while little known to the public, has a larger budget than both the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities. It was created in 1996, and has been reauthorized several times, most recently in 2018, in bipartisan legislation signed by Mr. Trump.The agency, which has roughly 70 employees, provides funding to libraries and museums in every state and territory, often to support essential but unglamorous back-office activities like cataloging and database management, which often struggle to attract private philanthropic support.Its largest program, known as Grants to States, delivers roughly $160 million annually to state…

Washington — On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ended on a high note.O’Brien accepted the award for lifetime achievement in comedy Sunday night while acknowledging the backstage turmoil that hangs over the future of the cultural center in Washington.O’Brien, 61, was named the 26th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize in mid-January. Conan O’Brien walks out on stage at the start of the 25th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on…

Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and chief executive officer of 23andme Inc., during the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, US, on Friday, March 10, 2023. Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEmbattled genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Missouri federal court on Sunday night.The company’s CEO, Anne Wojcicki, has resigned from her role as chief executive effective immediately, though she will remain a member of the board. Joseph Selsavage, 23andMe’s chief financial and accounting officer, will serve as interim CEO, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…