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Newsmax surges another 180% a day after stunning debut

The stock has been popular with retail investors, remaining the top trending ticker on retail investor-focused social media stocktwits.com since its debut, which traders said parallels the pattern of other hotly-traded retail favorites, known as meme stocks. Read more

Sen. Cory Booker takes on Trump in marathon speech

The 55-year-old New Jersey lawmaker in a speech that began at 7 p.m. ET (1 p.m. Hawaii time) on Monday and went on through the night and into this afternoon criticized the campaign by the Republican president and his key adviser Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, to slash large swaths of the federal government. Read more

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Trump set to impose new tariffs as world braces for trade war

Trump has for weeks trumpeted April 2 as a “Liberation Day” that will see dramatic new duties that could upend the global trade system, with a White House Rose Garden announcement scheduled for 4 p.m. Eastern Time (10 a.m. Hawaii time). Read more

Tariff woes depress U.S. manufacturing, erode labor demand

Manufacturing started turning around at the beginning of the year after a lengthy recession triggered by the U.S. central bank’s aggressive interest rate hikes in 2022 and 2023 to tame inflation. But the nascent recovery appears to have been snuffed out by Trump’s tariffs. Read more

Trump begins mass layoffs at FDA, CDC, other health agencies

The cuts, which affect several high-profile agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services, including the FDA, CDC and the National Institutes of Health, are part of a broad plan by President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk to shrink the federal government and slash spending. Read more

Native Hawaiians among list of nationally recognized Indigenous women

The list of about 25 recognized Indigenous women include Hawaiians Queen Ka’ahumanu, the first woman to serve as a regent of the Kingdom of Hawaii; scientist Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona Abbott; Hawaiian linguist Mary Kawena Pukui; cultural practitioner Edith Kenao Kanaka’ole; surfer Rell Kapolioka’ehukai Sunn and Emma Ka’ilikapuolono Metcalf Beckley Nakuina, the first female judge in Hawaii. Read more

Harvard at risk of losing $9B in federal funds as U.S. reviews grants

The Departments of Education, Health and Human Services and the U.S. General Services Administration said in a written statement that $255.6 million in contracts between Harvard, its affiliates and the federal government were being reviewed, along with $8.7 billion in multi-year grant commitments. Read more

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