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Month: April 2025

The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs this month by limiting exports of those minerals used for military applications and in many high-tech devices. “Based on the number of phone calls we’re receiving, the

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The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs this month by limiting exports of those minerals used for military applications and in many high-tech devices. “Based on the number of phone calls we’re receiving, the

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US lawmakers’ bipartisan Taiwan visit signals support despite harsh words and tariffs from Trump

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers made their first trip to Taiwan under the new Trump administration a bipartisan one, aiming to show both Taiwan and China that U.S. support for Taiwan’s defense remains broad, despite the harsh words and heightened tariffs President

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Law firms, universities and now civil society groups are in Trump’s sights for punitive action

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — First the nation’s top law firms. Then its premier universities. Now, President Donald Trump is leaning on the advocacy groups that underpin U.S. civil society. Trump said Thursday that the administration is looking at the tax-exempt status not just of Harvard, but environmental groups and specifically

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Trump administration seeks explosive expansion of nation’s immigration detention system

By SARA CLINE and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press JENA, La. (AP) — Amid rural Louisiana’s crawfish farms, towering pine trees and cafes serving po’boys, nearly 7,000 people are waiting at immigration detention centers to learn whether they will be expelled from the United States. If President Donald Trump’s administration has its way, the capacity to

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Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday imposed new restrictions on billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, limiting its access to Social Security systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander issued a preliminary injunction in the case, which was brought by

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US intelligence contradicts Trump claims linking gang to Venezuelan government to speed deportations

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new U.S. intelligence assessment found no coordination between Tren de Aragua and the Venezuelan government, contradicting statements that Trump administration officials have made to justify their invocation of the Alien Enemies Act and deporting Venezuelan migrants, according to U.S. officials. The

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Hamas rechaza la oferta de cese del fuego mientras los legisladores israelíes de extrema derecha piden una escalada en Gaza

Por Abeer Salman, Tamar Michaelis y Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Hamas rechazó la oferta israelí de cese del fuego presentada a principios de esta semana, según un alto funcionario de Hamas, pidiendo en su lugar una propuesta “integral” para poner fin a la guerra. El funcionario declaró a CNN: “Rechazamos la oferta en su totalidad y

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El “zar de la frontera” de Trump dice que la orden de 2019 que bloquea la deportación de Ábrego García “carece de sentido”

Por Donald Judd, CNN El “zar de la frontera” del presidente Donald Trump, Tom Homan, argumentó este jueves que la orden judicial que prohíbe explícitamente la deportación de un hombre de Maryland a su país de origen, El Salvador, “carece de sentido” porque el Gobierno de Trump designó a la pandilla MS-13 como una organización

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