The latest: It'll be 25% for Canada and Mexico and 10% for China. While Donald Trump promised to bring down costs for ordinary Americans, their grocery bills likely will rise. The president also said wider tariffs on oil and natural gas will come later this month, though possibly at a lower rate. Some Trump allies in Congress are saying as delicately as they can that tariffs could hurt their states' economies.
DEI:Trump suggested that government efforts to diversify the workforce helped cause the deadly midair collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter as the plane tried to land at Reagan National Airport.
Report: The U.N. rights office documented the summary executions of at least 12 people by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels as well as new cases of sexual violence by Congolese armed forces and their allies. Learn more about what is happening in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Banned: The aid group's spokeswoman said its Palestinian staff in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are facing stone-throwing and hold-ups at checkpoints and its sites. Israel said some UNRWA staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and kidnappings of Israelis and banned the group from operating.
The beverage you're about to enjoy: CEO Brian Niccol wants Starbucks coffee shops to have more comfortable seating and a personal touch for customers. Its popular mobile-ordering program is getting in the way. Arabica futures hit record highs on the ICE exchange. Maybe that'll help.
Stop right there: Walgreens suspended its dividend. The Justice Department sued to block Hewlett-Packard Enterprise's $14 billion deal to buy Juniper Networks. And NATO said acts of sabotage carried out across the alliance over past years included a plot to kill defense-industry leaders, including the head of Rheinmetall.
Before I forget…
Have you ever tried to operate a drone when it's -40 degrees outside? Russia has, and that alarms NATO states, which are working on making tougher models that can survive the Arctic.
Jews in Australia are hiring security guards and removing visible signs of their religious identity after police said they foiled a planned antisemitic attack using a trailer filled with explosives.
A man who brought his family back to Pakistan after living in the U.S. for more than two decades confessed to shooting his teenage daughter dead because he didn't like what she was posting on TikTok.
Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala last Monday likely cost $4,675 per migrant. That's more than five times the price taxpayers would have paid to send them first class on a commercial airplane.
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