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A tea business in a Michigan college town is caught in the middle of the ongoing tariff fight between the United States and China. (AP video: Mike Householder)

’Nowhere to turn’: Small businesses dependent on imports from China are feeling more desperate

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The Trump administration raised tariffs on goods from China to 145% in early April. Since then, small business owners who depend on imports from China to survive have become increasingly desperate as … more

By MAE ANDERSON | 4/29/25

FILE - Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump's team has disrupted some $430B in federal funds, top Democrats say, often against the law

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The Trump administration has frozen, stalled or otherwise disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds since the president took office — from federal disease research to Head Start for children to … more

By LISA MASCARO | 4/29/25

FILE - This Oct. 24, 2016 file photo shows dollar bills in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

How to save for short-term goals while keeping long-term ones in mind

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You shouldn’t have to cross your fingers and hope for a strong stock market to coincide with your short-term goals. And right now, you probably wouldn’t want to. Striking the right balance … more

Margaret Giles of Morningstar | 4/29/25

People wait outside a closed train station, during a major power outage in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain and Portugal scramble to restore electricity after a still-unexplained power outage

Officials in Spain and Portugal are racing to restore electricity after a huge power outage that grounded flights, paralyzed metro systems, disrupted mobile communications and shut down ATMs, … more

By JOSEPH WILSON | 4/29/25

Los Angeles County workers picket outside of the Los Angeles General Medical Center after walking off the job Monday, April 28, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jaimie Ding)

Tens of thousands of Los Angeles County workers begin 2-day strike

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Tens of thousands of Los Angeles county workers are going on strike, closing libraries and disrupting administrative operations across the region. Union leaders say the two-day strike beginning … more

By JAIMIE DING | 4/28/25

Jobe Washington, right, and Dwight Brown use a large sifter to mix a shade of yellow coloring at Sensient Technologies Corp., a color additive manufacturing company, in St. Louis, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food

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U.S. health officials are pushing to get artificial colors out of the nation's food supply. Sensient Technologies Corp. is one of the world's largest dyemakers. The company has seen a surge in … more

By JONEL ALECCIA | 4/28/25

FILE - New pumps at Rich Bohnen's service station at 60th and Penn Ave. S. in Minneapolis are seen in a Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 photo. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP, file)

The EPA is allowing the sale of cheaper, higher-ethanol E15 gasoline across the US this summer

The Environmental Protection Agency says consumers across the U.S. will still be able to buy cheaper E15 gasoline this summer. The EPA announced Monday that it has issued an emergency waiver to allow … more

By JOHN HANNA | 4/28/25

FILE - A vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine prepared for use in a trial at St. George's University hospital in London, Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

FDA scrutiny of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sparks uncertainty about other shots

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There’s new uncertainty about updated COVID-19 shots this fall after the Trump administration’s handling of a shot from Novavax. The company said Monday that U.S. health officials have asked for … more

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE | 4/28/25

President Donald Trump arrives on Marine One at the White House, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Inside The Atlantic magazine's circuitous route to interviews with Trump

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At first President Trump granted The Atlantic magazine an interview. Then he changed his mind. Then he gave one on the spur of the moment. The magazine published a 12,000-word piece on how Trump … more

By DAVID BAUDER | 4/28/25

Scott Osborn, owner of Fox Run Vineyards, walks past dormant grapevines, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Penn Yan, N.Y. (Natasha Kaiser via AP)

Vineyards in NY wine country push sustainability as they adapt to climate change

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The Finger Lakes are home to New York’s largest wine-producing region, but vineyards there are struggling with the impacts of climate change. Owners also say looming tariffs, changes in U.S. … more

By NATASHA KAISER of Rochester Institute of Technology and MAKIYA SEMINERA of The Associated Press | 4/28/25

FILE - President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

With China and the US at intense economic odds, nations are being forced to choose sides

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One went to the United States. The other went to China. It was a sign of the times. While the Swiss president was in Washington last week to lobby U.S. officials over President Donald Trump’s … more

By DIDI TANG and ZEKE MILLER | 4/28/25

FILE - A DoorDash sign is posted on the door of a Dunkin' Donuts franchise, Feb. 27, 2023, in Methuen, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Food delivery service Deliveroo surges following $3.6B proposed takeover offer from DoorDash

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Shares of Deliveroo, the food delivery service based in London, are hitting three-year highs on Monday after it received a $3.6 billion proposed takeover offer from DoorDash. Deliveroo announced the … more

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN | 4/28/25

FILE - Several VISA and MASTER credit cards are shown in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

How to avoid credit card late fees after a court threw out a proposed cap

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A Texas judge has thrown out a federal rule that would have capped credit card late fees at $8. The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau finalized the rule last year as part of the Biden … more

By CORA LEWIS | 4/28/25

Workers assemble circuit breakers at a manufacturer of electronic equipment, in Fuyang city in central China's Anhui province on April 15, 2025. (Chinatopix via AP)

China shrugs off threat of US tariffs to economy, says it has tools to protect jobs

China's leaders have shrugged off the potential impact from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, saying they have the tools needed to protect jobs and limit damage from higher tariffs on Chinese … more

By ELAINE KURTENBACH | 4/28/25

FILE - Scott Pelley, anchor of "CBS Evening News," at the CBS Upfront in New York, May 15, 2013. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

On air, '60 Minutes' reporter says 'none of us is happy' about changes that led top producer to quit

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Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” explained the departure of the show's executive producer to viewers and said “none of us is happy” about the conditions that led to Bill Owens' departure. For … more

By DAVID BAUDER | 4/27/25

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party's former leader Lee Jae-myung celebrates after winning the nomination as the June 3 presidential election candidate during a party's convention in Goyang, South Korea, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea’s liberal leader Lee wins party nomination to run for president

South Korea’s main liberal opposition party has tapped its former leader Lee Jae-myung as presidential candidate in the June 3 vote. The Democratic Party said Sunday that Lee has won nearly 90% of … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 4/27/25

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen smile during their meeting at Marienborg in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Greenland's prime minister says island can't be bought and US isn't showing respect

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New Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen says that the U.S. isn’t showing Greenlanders proper respect. Nielse said Sunday that the mineral-rich Arctic island “will never, ever be a … more

By JAMES BROOKS | 4/27/25

This image released by Warner Bros Pictures shows Michael B. Jordan in a scene from "Sinners." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

‘Sinners’ bites off a phenomenal 2nd weekend as a 20-year-old Star Wars movie takes 2nd place

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Warner Bros.' horror film “Sinners” earned $45 million in ticket sales from theaters in the U.S. and Canada in its second weekend. That’s down a miniscule 6% from its Easter holiday launch, the … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 4/27/25

A helicopter drops water on the fire, Sunday, April 27, 2025, after a massive explosion and fire rocked a port near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran on Saturday. (AP Photo/Meysam Mirzadeh/Tasnim News)

Iran's president visits those injured in port explosion that killed at least 28 people

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Iran’s president has visited those injured in a huge explosion that rocked one of the Islamic Republic’s main ports. The facility purportedly linked to an earlier delivery of a chemical … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 4/27/25

Lyndon Lin, owner C.K. Color Stone and Beads, rear, walks behind beads from China and other Asian countries displayed at his shop in Chinatown in San Francisco, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

China lowers minimum amount for tax refunds for tourists to boost spending

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China has lowered the minimum amount tourists spend to get tax refunds as part of measures to boost consumption as its economy comes under pressure during a trade war between Beijing and Washington. … more

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