TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs “very dumb.” Trudeau also called out Trump for appeasing Russian President Vladimir Putin while launching a trade war against Canada. Trudeau gave a blunt news conference on Tuesday during his final days in office. Trudeau said that Canada will…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs are here — plunging America into an escalating trade war with China, Canada and Mexico. Trump’s 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico went into effect Tuesday, along with a heightened 20% levy on Chinese goods. In response, all three countries announced retaliatory measures.…… MORE
BEIJING (AP) — China has responded to new U.S. tariffs by announcing it will impose additional tariffs of up to 15% on imports of key U.S. farm products. Those include chicken, pork, soy and beef. The tariffs will take effect from March 10. They follow U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to raise tariffs on imports…… MORE
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says the country will respond to the 25% tariffs imposed by the United States with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, with details to come. Mexico will announce the targeted products and other measures Sunday at an event in Mexico City’s central plaza. The delay suggests that Mexico hopes to…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Hundreds of thousands of residents in six North Texas counties might start noticing that tap water doesn’t taste or smell the same. The North Texas Municipal Water District which provides water to customers in Dallas, Collin, Rockwall, Hunt, Kaufman, and Raines counties is temporarily changing their disinfecting process to prepare pipes for warmer…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – DFW AIRPORT – DFW Airport officials are preparing for a record number of travelers over spring break. The airport predicts nearly five million people will pass through DFW Airport over the next two and a half weeks. Officials are advising people to arrive early, to account for long lines at the security, and…… MORE
President Donald Trump on Monday directed a “pause” to U.S. assistance to Ukraine after a disastrous Oval Office meeting as Trump seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in peace talks with Russia.A White House official said Trump is focused on reaching a peace deal to end the more than three-year war sparked…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Cyber Command is pausing its offensive operations against Russia. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the decision, which was confirmed Monday by a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive operations. The suspension of some cybersecurity preparations comes as many national security experts warn of a greater threat…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that places her atop a department President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle. McMahon will face the competing tasks of winding down the Education Department while escalating efforts to achieve the Republican president’s agenda.…… MORE
ROME (AP) — The Vatican says that Pope Francis has suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises and has been put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation. Doctors extracted “copious” amounts of mucus from his lungs in another setback in what has become a more than two-week battle to overcome a complex respiratory infection and…… MORE
