- Americans elected President Donald Trump in the hope that he would fight inflation and boost the US economy, but as he approaches his 100th day in office they are giving the Republican poor marks for his handling of both, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
- Trump backed off from threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after days of intensifying criticisms of the central bank chief for not cutting interest rates.
- Billionaire Elon Musk's drive to slash federal programs and the size of the federal workforce came under attack at a town hall meeting held by Representative Byron Donalds, as Republicans in the US Congress find themselves increasingly having to defend Trump's agenda.
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An employee works inside a Nucor steel factory in Blytheville, Arkansas, March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht |
- Trump wants to rebuild the US steel industry, and he wants his tariffs to help reimagine manufacturing in the American heartland. But while foreign competition is a drag on steel prices, finding workers is the biggest challenge facing the mills. Writer Tim Aeppel recently traveled to the 'Land of Steel' and explains the uphill battle for recruitment on this episode of the Reuters World News podcast.
- Top Swiss officials will this week test whether big commitments to the US can help secure relief from import tariffs, after pharma giant Roche followed its cross-town rival Novartis in announcing major investments in the US.
- Apple was fined 500 million euros and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.
- China's leading EV maker BYD is overhauling its European operations after strategic missteps including failures to sign up enough dealers and hire executives with local-market knowledge, six current and former BYD executives said.
- Meta Platforms' Oversight Board sharply rebuked the Facebook and Instagram owner over a policy overhaul in January that cut fact-checking and eased curbs on discussions of contentious topics such as immigration and gender identity.
- Watch our daily rundown on financial markets here.
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Trump cuts threaten free vaccine program for kids amid measles outbreak |
Used MMR vaccines are pictured in a sharps container at the City of Lubbock Health Department, Texas. February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Annie Rice/File Photo |
Thousands of doctors across the US rely on a little-known federal program to ensure measles vaccines are on hand for families at no cost to them. The Vaccines for Children program is funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administered by state public health officials. With an annual budget of roughly $5 billion, the vaccines program is responsible for about half the jabs administered to US children every year. Ongoing cuts in federal health funding and personnel could jeopardize the effectiveness of this longstanding program that's become a key cog in America's disease-fighting machinery, according to disease experts and former CDC officials. |
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A disintegrating exoplanet orbits a sun-like star 140 light years away from Earth in this illustration image released on April 22, 2025. Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT/Handout via REUTERS. |
Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is vaporized by stellar heat, trailed by a comet-like tail of mineral dust up to about 9 million km long. |
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