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U.S. expands export blacklist in crackdown on Chinese subsidiaries
The U.S. on Monday cracked down on companies in China and other countries that use subsidiaries or other foreign affiliates to circumvent export curbs on chipmaking equipment and other goods and technology. The Commerce Department issued a new...

U.S. Justice Department sues Minnesota over sanctuary policies
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it has sued Minnesota and state officials over its immigration sanctuary policies, the latest move in a legal campaign by Republican President Donald Trump’s administration against...

U.S. seizes 14 ancient Egyptian artifacts smuggled into the country
The U.S. government has taken possession of 14 ancient Egyptian artifacts worth millions of dollars after a federal court in Maryland ruled they had been illegally smuggled into the country, according to prosecutors. The items include amulets,...

U.S. government shutdown nears after Democrats, Republicans meet with Trump
A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump Monday afternoon showing little willingness to compromise from their entrenched positions in order...
U.S. Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez vows to defend vote by mail during visit to Clark County elections office
Norman Helgason / norman@thereflector.com U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Skamania), visited the Clark County Auditor’s Office on Wednesday, Sept. 24, to tour the elections department and reaffirm her support for vote-by-mail amid renewed...

Adjusting Imports of Timber, Lumber, and their Derivative Products into the United States
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1. On July 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effects of imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products...

MSNBC’s Weissmann: Trump Brought U.S. to ‘Where Law Ends,’ ‘Tyranny Begins’
Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said President Donald Trump had brought the United States to the point where “law ends” and “tyranny begins.” Host Nicolle Wallace said, “You and I talked, I think, over,...

Climate Activists Thwarted in U.S. Courts Are Headed to an International Tribunal for Review
Young climate activists who brought a landmark constitutional lawsuit against the U.S. government 10 years ago are taking their quest for justice to an international tribunal. The nonprofit law firm, Our Children’s Trust, and 15 of the original 21...

‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet
U.S. citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and who suspect the men are living in the country...

How the AI Bubble is Bad News for the U.S. Economy
By Michael Spencer and Justin Kollar from AI Supremacy The Bitter Lesson, a Tightening Labor market and AI Capex “roaring like the 1920s.” A Machine economy setup with too much U.S. talent retiring amid an AI Bubble. Photo credit: The Information....

Colombian Officials Denounce U.S. Revoking President Gustavo Petro's Visa for Inciting Military Revolt in NYC
The government of Colombia accused the United States over the weekend of violating international law by revoking far-left President Gustavo Petro’s U.S. visa after he called for the U.S. military to disobey its commander in chief’s orders....

Illegal Chinese vapes flood US market, feed youth vaping epidemic This month, the biggest bust of illegal e-cigarettes in U.S. history was worth $90 million.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — This month, the biggest bust of illegal e-cigarettes in U.S. history was worth $90 million. It’s a bold move to crack down on an industry regulators say is rooted in organized crime and considered a threat to national...

SVG urges U.S. to end blockade against Cuba
Press Release September 30, 2025 St Vincent and the Grenadines, Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, called on the United States on Friday, September, 26,2025, to heed the international community and end the economic and commercial blockade...

China urges U.S. to cease unreasonable suppression of Chinese firms
China urges the United States to immediately rectify its wrongdoing and cease its unreasonable suppression of Chinese companies, a Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said on Monday. The spokesperson made the remarks in response to a media inquiry...

APS Comments on U.S. Government Shutdown and Science
As a U.S. government shutdown gets closer, here’s what YOU can do: Call your elected Representative and Senators to urge them to think of their constituents and fund the government. The shutdown will slow the U.S.s’ ability to conduct and fund...

Germany Woos Indian Workers Spooked by U.S. Visa Changes
Comparing its migration policy to a German car — reliable, modern and predictable — Germany’s ambassador to India made a pitch for skilled Indians to come to his country, taking an indirect jab at the United States over its crackdown on skilled...

Central Illinois soybean farmers in limbo after China stops U.S. trade
PEORIA (25News Now) - Soybean farmers in Central Illinois could face a looming crisis after China, a major buyer of U.S. soybeans, stopped buying in response to the tariffs. That has U.S. farmers in a bad spot since the harvest season has arrived,...

Repaving of U.S. 49 to lead to alternating lanes in Hattiesburg over next few weeks
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Roadwork on U.S. 49 in Hattiesburg will require alternating lane closures for the next few weeks. The Mississippi Department of Transportations said that phase of the resurfacing project started Monday night. The work...

Woman shot in what deputies believe is a targeted attack on U.S. Highway 87
CUERO, Texas - A woman was shot late Saturday night in a targeted attack while driving on U.S. Highway 87 near Radio Road, said the DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrived just after 11:30 p.m. to find the victim suffering from multiple...