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China will impose additional tariffs of up to 15% on imports of U.S. farm products, including chicken, pork, and soy. They follow Trump's order to raise tariffs on imports of Chinese products to 20%.

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The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.

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Our correspondent takes a look at the near future of the the war with Hamas in Gaza through the eyes of Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. He is being pulled in opposite directions politically: President Trump wants the ceasefire in Gaza to continue, while influential right-wing members of Netanyahu's political coalition want fighting to resume.

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Clearing land for cattle and cows is the single biggest driver of rainforest loss in the Amazon. This "hotel for cows" in Colombia offers a solution.

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Trump's threats to put tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico have weighed on markets, even though there has been considerable uncertainty over whether he would make good on his threat.

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The new 8.5-foot telescope is set to launch this Tuesday by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a clear objective: to explore the origins of the universe.

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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Richard Haass, who served three republican presidents. Haass says President Trump's foreign policy has effectively put the post-WWII world order "on life support."

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Pope Francis experienced more respiratory problems and went on noninvasive ventilation on Monday, the Vatican said, as the head of the Roman Catholic Church battles double pneumonia in the hospital.

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The latest test of Starship comes after an explosion over the Caribbean sent commercial airlines scattering to avoid falling rocket debris

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The country's largest supermarket chain is shaking up its leadership after Rodney McMullen had led the company since 2014.

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Unlike any other religious leader around the world, the leader of the world's one billion Catholics is also the leader of a sovereign nation. And Pope Francis hasn't been shy about using that political power.

He's pushed for an end to the wars between Hamas and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.

And he's repeatedly tried to point the world's attention to two ongoing challenges: immigration and climate change.

Much of the world has spent the last two weeks focused on Pope Francis' health. And the reason why has as much to do with the fact that he's a powerful geopolitical force as it does with the fact he's a key religious figure.

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Before becoming the second-in-command at the FBI, Dan Bongino used his popular podcast to spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack. Here's what else he said.

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When Paul Cotter's father began to show signs of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he lost job after job. Then a small local company offered him a role that helped rebuild his sense of purpose.

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