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18 Ukrainians dead in Russian missile strike

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to 18, including nine children, regional governor Serhii Lysak said Saturday.

U.S. economy grew 2.4% in the 4th quarter after upgrade from earlier estimate

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy expanded at a healthy annual 2.4% pace the last three months of 2024, supported by a year-end surge in consumer spending, the government said Thursday in a slight upgrade of its previous estimate of fourth-quarter growth.

Dow drops 2,200 points as China hits back

NEW YORK (AP) - Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower Friday after China matched President Donald Trump's big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war. Not even a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market, which is usually the economic highlight of each month, was enough to stop the slide.

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Trump's tariffs unleash trade war

U.S. President Donald Trump's big raise in tariffs has triggered an escalating trade war and sent global markets plummeting.u00a0 China announced Friday that it will impose a 34% tax on all U.S. imports next week.

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Trump goes all in with tariffs bet

WASHINGTON (AP) - Not even 24 hours after his party lost a key Wisconsin race and underperformed in Florida, President Donald Trump followed the playbook that has defined his political career: He doubled down.

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US consumers rush to buy big-ticket items before tariffs kick in

John Gutierrez had been thinking about buying a new laptop for the past year. The Austin, Texas, resident needed a computer with faster processing and increased storage for his photography work and had his sights set on a product from a Taiwanese brand.

Politics
Trump goes all in with tariffs bet

WASHINGTON (AP) - Not even 24 hours after his party lost a key Wisconsin race and underperformed in Florida, President Donald Trump followed the playbook that has defined his political career: He doubled down.

Politics
US consumers rush to buy big-ticket items before tariffs kick in

John Gutierrez had been thinking about buying a new laptop for the past year. The Austin, Texas, resident needed a computer with faster processing and increased storage for his photography work and had his sights set on a product from a Taiwanese brand.

Politics
Dow drops 2,200 points as China hits back

NEW YORK (AP) - Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower Friday afteru00a0China matchedu00a0President Donald Trump'su00a0big raiseu00a0in tariffs in anu00a0escalating trade war. Not even au00a0better-than-expected reportu00a0on the U.S. job market, which is usually the economic highlight of each month, was enough to stop the slide.

It was just a few sentences in a meandering, hourlong presidential speech on a Friday afternoon. Along with talk about falling egg prices and a vow to expel "corrupt forces" from the U.S. government, President Donald Trump noted that hundreds of members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had been arrested.