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Ottawa says automakers that keep building in Canada will get a tariff exemption

Ottawa says automakers that keep building in Canada will get a tariff exemption

WASHINGTON — Automobile companies that continue to manufacture vehicles in Canada will get an exemption from Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs as U.S. President Donald Trump attempts to upend the North American industry with steep import duties.
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In a bid to corral the anti-Trump resistance, Bernie Sanders, AOC visit red states

In a bid to corral the anti-Trump resistance, Bernie Sanders, AOC visit red states

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Stephanie and Ryan Burnett were perplexed. The crowd was enormous. The line snaked endlessly between buildings.
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Manitoba premier touts increased trade with Europe, possible second Hudson Bay port

Manitoba premier touts increased trade with Europe, possible second Hudson Bay port

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew expressed an openness Tuesday to a potential second port on Hudson Bay as a tool to help ramp up trade with Europe amid trade disputes with the United States.
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The Latest: Trump administration freezes more than $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University

The Latest: Trump administration freezes more than $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University

The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus .
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NYC Council sues to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing ICE office on Rikers Island

NYC Council sues to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing ICE office on Rikers Island

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers are suing to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex.
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Nova Scotia moves forward with plan for municipalities to protect coastlines

Nova Scotia moves forward with plan for municipalities to protect coastlines

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is offering municipalities a blueprint on how they can protect the province’s 13,000 kilometres of coastline. Environment Minister Tim Halman was in Sydney, N.S.
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Translating what Kennedy's anti-vaccine allies hear in his response to the measles outbreak

Translating what Kennedy's anti-vaccine allies hear in his response to the measles outbreak

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Judge grants Justice Department's request to drop criminal case against alleged top MS-13 leader

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday granted the Justice Department's request to dismiss the criminal case against the alleged MS-13 gang East Coast leader whom prosecutors say they now intend to deport just weeks after top government officia
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Core Democratic groups are preparing to be targeted by the Trump administration

Core Democratic groups are preparing to be targeted by the Trump administration

NEW YORK (AP) — As President Donald Trump pushes the historical boundaries of executive power, some of the Democratic Party's core political institutions are preparing for the possibility that the federal government may soon launch criminal investiga
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Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism

Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism

BOSTON (AP) — The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus .
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