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President Donald Trump hopes to intensify US manufacturing in sectors such as automobiles and semiconductors by imposing tariffs on various global imports, and pressure foreign companies to relocate US production.Michelle’s Flower (Oncology Manager, Florida)The president’s goal is commendable. But his next priority – tariffs on drugs – will put millions of Floridians relying on prescription drugs in the trade war crossfire.Floridians know how drug shortages can feel. Last year, many people dealing with cancer, ADHD and other conditions were unable to fill their prescriptions at the pharmacy. As president of Florida’s Oncology Manager, I saw patients who had to delay…
Tuskegee, Ala. — State troopers and animal owners fought over whimsical marsupials after a kangaroo named Sheila closed its Alabama interstate on Tuesday.Alabama law enforcement said the kangaroo was found hopping along the side of Macon County Interstate 85 between Montgomery and Auburn on Tuesday.Eyes narrated traffic and state troopers closed both sides of the interstate for driver safety. Alabama Law Enforcement Colonel Jeremy J. Burkett said the animal owner and troopers were able to capture it.”Of course, when I said there was a kangaroo, of course I didn’t believe it, and no one believed it, but I’m watching him,”…
A letter sent to the State Department asks for responses on the extent to which Chinese mercens are fighting for Ukraine’s Russia.A parliamentary committee is investigating reports that more than 100 Chinese citizens are serving as mercenaries for the Russian military in Ukraine.The Select Committee on the Communist Party of China (CCP) has requested information from the State Department regarding the Ukrainian government’s claim that Ukrainian citizens are fighting for Russia in the occupied Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.Ukrainian President Voldimi Zelensky said last month that Kiev had gathered detailed information on at least 150 Chinese mercensaries recruited from Moscow…
Republicans on the committee refused to make any amendments brought by Democrats.On April 30, the House Judiciary Committee advanced the text for the settlement bill.The committee voted between 23 and 17 votes, sending some of them to the House Budget Committee.The committee included billions of dollars in immigration enforcement funds and $1,000 and $3,500 fees for asylum seekers and sponsors of illegal immigrant children, respectively.They also charge $500 for those seeking temporary protection status and $550 for those applying for a work permit visa.“The existing fees in the immigration system have not been updated, and in some cases, for decades,…
The warning comes as the US negotiates with Iran about its nuclear program.On May 1, President Donald Trump threatened sanctions against the nations and people who purchase Iran’s oil and oil.”Article: All purchases of Iranian oil or petrochemical products should be stopped now. Any country or person purchasing oil or petrochemicals from Iran will be subject to secondary sanctions immediately,” he posted on Truth Social. “They are not allowed to do business in any form, form or form with the United States.”The US has enacted multiple sanctions targeting Iran’s oil and oil sectors, particularly as countries such as China purchased…
Trump previously announced that he had appointed Waltz as UN ambassador and that his national security adviser would resign from his post.Vice President JD Vance rejected allegations that national security adviser Mike Waltz was banished from his post due to a March dispute where national security information was leaked.”He didn’t let go,” Vance told Fox News’ Brett Baier in an interview aired on May 1.Specifically, on May 1, President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate the UN’s waltz and resign from his national security position.”I am pleased to announce that I will nominate Mike Waltz as the next U.S.…
Starke – Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience caused serious mental problems in Florida due to the shotgun killing of his girlfriend and her three young children in 1998.Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, was declared dead at 8:15pm after a fatal injection at a Florida State Jail near Stark. He was the fourth person to be executed May 15th under a death warrant signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida this year.Hutchinson had no final statement, but it seemed to be tweeting to himself as the procedure began sporadically shaking just before 8pm. This process took just over 15 minutes.His execution…
The Vice President rejects claims that US trade policy aims to “revive past jobs,” citing Nucor Operation as “the work of the future.” Vice President JD Vance also did not address trade negotiations or changes to President Donald Trump’s tariff regime during his May 1 tour of Nucor’s Steel Plant outside Huger in Berkeley County, South Carolina.Instead, he came to a 62-acre 30-year-old plant 35 miles north of Charleston, celebrating the first 100 days of the Trump administration, calling it “the beginning of the industrial renaissance of the United States.””The “golden age of American manufacturing” began 100 days ago and…
By Paul Wiseman and Christopher Lugerber WASHINGTON (AP) — When the stock market rose in January 2024, Donald Trump knew exactly who was worthy of credit. A year ago back to the White House, he declared that on his true social platform, investors were celebrating his lead in the vote against President Joe Biden. When stock markets fell Wednesday on news that the US economy had receding in the first three months of 2025, Trump knew exactly who to blame: Biden. “This is Biden’s stock market, not Trump’s stock,” he posted, and Biden said, “It left us with a bad…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — State parks will be protected from pickleball courts, golf courses and hotel developments under a bill passed unanimously by Florida homes on Thursday in response to protests over plans for those projects across the state last summer. The bill is currently heading to Gov. Ron DeSantis for final approval, and his office has not said whether he will sign it. The Republican governor said he has distanced himself from the proposal following the backlash and has never seen or approved plans to allow resorts and sports facilities on state park lands. Desantis leads and appoints heads…