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Small business owners are begging for relief from steep new U.S. tariffs on foreign goods, saying the higher import taxes imposed on dozens of key trading partners are threatening their livelihoods. Senator Ed Markey, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, said in a letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) on Friday that smaller enterprises deserve exemptions from the Trump administration’s tariffs, which the Massachusetts Democrat criticized as “recklessly imposed.”Markey also noted that the Trump administration has moved to shield corporate giants such as Apple and Google from the impact of some its trade policies,…
The Pentagon set up a system in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office that enabled him to check messages on the encrypted messaging app Signal while at the office, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Two of the sources said the system bypasses standard Defense Department security protocols. A computer monitor in Hegseth’s office was installed to give him remote access to the Signal app and text messages from his personal cellphone, the sources said. Hegseth has used the system to check and respond to those messages at his desk, multiple sources said. The Associated Press earlier reported that Hegseth has…
Jay Sigel went to Wake Forest University in 1962 on a golf scholarship named for Arnold Palmer. He won an Atlantic Coast Conference individual title and became a second-team all-American. He would later tell friends and reporters that he went to college to play golf, not to study, and that he thought more about turning professional than about graduating.But his plans were deferred after a serious accident. Sigel — who died at 81 on April 19 in Boca Raton, Fla. — did not turn pro for nearly three decades, until he became eligible for the Senior PGA Tour at age…
The FBI on Friday arrested a Wisconsin county judge on obstruction charges, accusing her of preventing the arrest of a man by immigration authorities during a federal law enforcement operation at her courthouse.FBI Director Kash Patel said Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents away” from an immigrant who is in the U.S. illegally and was set to be arrested. Patel said that the man, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, was later arrested and is currently being detained. Dugan was arrested at 8 a.m. on Friday at the courthouse where she works, according to a federal law enforcement source. She was charged…
A Department of Health and Human Services official said Friday that the health department is not creating an autism registry, contradicting an announcement made days ago by the director of the National Institutes of Health describing his plans to study causes of autism. “We are not creating an autism registry. The real-world data platform will link existing datasets to support research into causes of autism and insights into improved treatment strategies,” an official for the department told CBS News in an emailed statement.The plans outlined by NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to amass a broad swath of confidential health data, as…
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, says it has saved $160 billion through its push to root out wasteful or fraudulent government spending. But that effort may also have come at a cost for taxpayers, with a new analysis from a nonpartisan research and advocacy group estimating that DOGE’s actions will cost $135 billion this fiscal year. The analysis seeks to tally the costs associated with putting tens of thousands of federal employees on paid leave, re-hiring mistakenly fired workers and lost productivity, according to the Partnership for Public Service (PSP), a nonpartisan nonprofit that focuses on the federal…
I was drawn to the outskirts of Cairo by the colossal complex in the desert — a towering site that arose over decades, built at unimaginable expense, with precisely cut stones sourced from local quarries; a set of buildings whose construction, plagued by extraordinary challenges, spanned the reigns of several rulers; a collective cultural testament, the largest of its kind, teeming with royal history.No, I’m not referring to Giza’s famous pyramids. I came to see the Grand Egyptian Museum.There is perhaps no institution on earth whose opening has been as wildly anticipated, or as mind-bogglingly delayed, as the Grand Egyptian…
Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant – a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws that lived about 113 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs and was preserved in limestone unearthed in northeastern Brazil.The species, called Vulcanidris cratensis, is part of a lineage called hell ants – named for their demonic-looking jaws – that prospered in a wide geographical range during the Cretaceous Period but have no descendants alive today. A previously discovered Cretaceous hell ant was named Haidomyrmex in honor of Hades, the ancient Greek god of the underworld.A medium-sized ant about a half-inch…
Gov. Whitmer talks tariffs with Michigan auto dealers Gov. Whitmer talks tariffs with Michigan auto dealers 00:56 President Trump is set to visit Michigan next week for the first time since he won the battleground state in the 2024 election.Mr. Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed on X that he will be in the state on Tuesday, April 29, to mark the Trump administration reaching the 100-day mark. The Detroit News first reported on the president’s upcoming visit. According to White House officials, the president will deliver a speech at Macomb Community College beginning at 6 p.m., with doors opening at…
The stock market recorded a weekly gain, as investors latch on to any signs of easing trade tensions.The S&P 500, which was roughly flat in early trading on Friday before rising 0.7 percent for the day, ended the week 4.6 percent higher. Still, the index remains sharply lower since President Trump returned to office.The stock market has seen dramatic swings in recent days, with Wall Street grasping for scraps of information about tariffs, trade and other crucial issues that can shift from day to day. Monday saw a sharp sell-off fueled by Mr. Trump’s renewed attacks on Jerome H. Powell,…