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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that he hoped a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine could take place within “days” if Russian leaders agreed, and that he planned to get diplomats from the Group of 7 allied nations to focus on ending the war in a meeting this week in Canada.“Here’s what we’d like the world to look like in a few days: Neither side is shooting at each other — not rockets, not missiles, not bullets, nothing, not artillery,” he told reporters during a refueling stop in Ireland as he flew from Saudi Arabia to Canada. “The…

To the Editor:“These Words Are Vanishing in a ‘Free Speech’ Administration” (news article, March 11) sends a fearsome message and shows an assault on a very basic right of expression. How can democracy flourish in an atmosphere in which the very use of a word is threatening our peace of mind?Are we heading to a new form of Newspeak?Jackie LavalleQueensTo the Editor:It’s outrageous that the federal government is banning or limiting so many essential words from documents, including the word “women,” along with “gender,” “sex,” “underserved” and “pregnant people.” The word “men” is — of course — fine, as long…

(The Center Square) – A bill aimed at removing a 2007 tax break from wind energy producers has legislators at odds over the supremacy of coal in West Virginia’s economy.Senate Bill 439 would clarify that “wind power projects are not pollution control facilities,” which are taxed at salvage value. The clarification would subject them to real property taxes.Supporters of the bill say the change would add millions in tax revenue to the state and take away an unfair advantage over the coal industry. Those who oppose it say the wind industry, which employs West Virginians and is an essential component…

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Federal Trade Commission asked a judge in Seattle to delay the start of its trial accusing Amazon of duping consumers into signing up for its Prime program, citing resource constraints.Attorneys for the FTC made the request during a status hearing on Wednesday before Judge John Chun in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Chun had set a Sept. 22 start date for the trial.Jonathan Cohen, an attorney for the FTC, asked Chun for a two-month continuance on the case due to staffing and budgetary shortfalls.The FTC’s request comes amid a push by…

Policymakers are grappling with “exceptionally high” uncertainty, Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, said on Wednesday, just hours after the European Commission announced tariffs on U.S. imports in response to levies imposed by the Trump administration. Later, Canada announced a new round of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports.The unpredictability of trade policy and geopolitics, which is likely to mean more large economic shocks, will make it harder for central bankers to keep inflation at their 2 percent target, Ms. Lagarde said.There was a somewhat bewildered mood among some of the E.C.B. officials, economists and analysts at an…

A federal judge in New York will hear arguments Wednesday in the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and recent Columbia graduate who played a major role in pro-Palestinian protests at the university.Khalil, who is Palestinian and a legal permanent resident of the United States, was arrested by federal immigration agents in New York City on Saturday before being transferred to a facility in Jena, Louisiana, where he is being held. His lawyers are challenging his arrest and detention as they seek to return him to New York.U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman on Monday temporarily…

With a mobile app and an expansive ad campaign, the Department of Homeland Security is ramping up its efforts to convince immigrants who don’t have legal status to self-deport.The efforts come as the number of deportations is lower than what President Donald Trump expected in his first couple of months in office after making the issue a key campaign promise.This week the Trump administration revived the CBP One app under another name and with a different purpose. Under the Biden administration, the app allowed migrants to apply to enter the U.S. legally as asylum-seekers.Now relaunched as the CBP Home app,…

Hace poco, los empleados italianos de la Base Aérea de Aviano, en el norte de Italia, dejaron de hacer hamburguesas, descargar camiones y reponer existencias en las estanterías para abrir un correo electrónico de sus jefes en el que les exigían que enumeraran cinco logros clave de la semana anterior.El correo electrónico era una exigencia ya conocida del recortador de costos jefe del presidente Donald Trump, Elon Musk, y llevaba la amenaza de despido si no respondían. Pero en esta ocasión, no fue a parar a empleados públicos de Estados Unidos, sino de Italia, un país donde los derechos de…

After hours of exhausting negotiations that ended with Ukraine agreeing to a Trump administration proposal for a 30-day cease-fire with Russia, it was not until the delegation from Kyiv was flying home that it got the news it was most desperate to hear: American military assistance was flowing again.“I will only say that there is no better reward for such a crazy day than to learn, while already sitting on the plane, a short dry confirmation” that military aid had restarted, Heorhii Tykhyi, a spokesman for Ukraine’s foreign minister, wrote on social media after talks with U.S. officials in Saudi…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as they stand next to a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty ImagesTesla shares rose for a second straight day in early trading Wednesday after the stock recorded its worst day since 2020 earlier in the week.Shares were last up nearly 6%, building on a 3.8% gain from Tuesday.The electric vehicle stock plunged 15.4% on Monday for its worst session since September 2020 as investors sold popular technology shares…