The Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada, delivering him a rare rebuke just hours after the president unveiled sweeping plans to clamp down on international trade.
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The world reacts with caution to US ‘reciprocal’ tariffs against dozens of nations
The sweeping new tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump were met initially with measured reactions from key trading partners, highlighting the lack of appetite for a full-fledged trade war.
A baby smiled and waved at her mother’s killers. Nearly six years later, a judge finds pair guilty
Judge finds two men guilty in videotaped slaying of Brittany Hill, whose daughter waved at killers in North Austin attack.
Two students sue DePaul University after alleged antisemitic attack on campus
Two DePaul University students filed a lawsuit Wednesday morning against their university, alleging that DePaul failed to intervene in an alleged antisemitic attack against the students last November.
Israeli war tensions surface in Oak Park and River Forest School Board race
Just before polls closed April 1, a flyer described as antisemitic circulated attacking Jewish candidates Nate Mellman and Josh Gertz.
Voters reelect numerous suburban mayors, despite a few upsets of incumbents
Despite voters ousting high-profile mayors in Aurora, Tinley Park and Waukegan, residents reelected incumbents in numerous other towns.
Myanmar’s military declares a ceasefire to ease quake relief as the death toll tops 3,000
Rescuers pulled two men alive from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar’s capital on Wednesday and a third from a guesthouse in another city, five days after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake.
Venezuelan migrant to be temporarily released from ICE to donate kidney to ailing brother, attorney says
Jose Gregorio Gonzalez, 43, would likely be released this week from detention in Clay County Detention Center in Indiana to donate a kidney to his younger brother.
East Aurora school board president appears to keep seat, but two other incumbents seem to be ousted in Tuesday election
Two challengers in the school board election, Mayra Reyes and Vannia Valencia, appear to have won seats, per unofficial election results.
Amazon’s last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday
Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday.