Thursday Briefing

A retreat on President Trump’s tariffs.

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RFK Jr. Offers Qualified Support for Measles Vaccination

In an interview with CBS, the health secretary also suggested he wasn’t familiar with massive cuts to state funding for public health.

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House Votes to Curb National Injunctions, Targeting Judges Who Thwart Trump

The legislation is part of an escalating Republican campaign to take aim at judges who have moved to halt some of President Trump’s executive orders.

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Grandmother Is Stranded When Her Parrot ‘Plucky’ Can’t Board Flight

Plucky, an African gray parrot, accompanied its owner, Maria Fraterrigo, on a Frontier Airlines flight to Puerto Rico in January. But a gate agent would not let it on board the return flight.

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Inside Trump’s Reversal on Tariffs: From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’

Economic turmoil, particularly a rapid rise in government bond yields, caused President Trump to reverse course on the steep levies.

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Appeals Court Clears Path for Trump to Resume Firing Probationary Workers

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit sided with the government to block a lower-court ruling that had led to the reinstatement of thousands of federal workers.

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Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies

The president targeted two officials from his first administration and an elite law firm as part of his campaign for retribution.

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Trump’s Encouragement of Stock Investors Draws Scrutiny

Was the president manipulating the market with his comments, as his critics say, or reassuring Americans, as the White House maintains?

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One-Third of Maternal Deaths Occur Long After Delivery, Study Finds

Pregnancy-related mortality has risen sharply, and doctors have overlooked a particularly dangerous period: from six weeks to one year after the birth.

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OpenAI Asks Court to Bar Elon Musk From Unfairly Attacking It

In a legal filing, OpenAI asked a federal court to hold Mr. Musk responsible for any damage he has caused the firm, in the latest sign of their bitter feud.

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