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Letters: Invented emergencies shroud Supreme Court in secrecy
Disdain for most | Explain yourself | Hetch Hetchy. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for July 13, 2025.
Trump’s 50% tariff on Brazilian goods like coffee and orange juice could drive up US breakfast costs
SAO PAULO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s threat to boost import taxes by 50% on Brazilian goods could drive up the cost of ...
Brazil vows retaliatory tariffs against US if Trump follows through on 50% import taxes
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to boost import taxes by 50% ...
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US state department begins mass layoffs
More than 1,300 US state department employees were fired Friday in a downsizing ordered by president Donald Trump and touted as cutting bloated government – but which critics predict will hamstring US ...
Letters: State should protect science with reliable funding
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program has incentivised careers in the public sector, including work in hospitals, ...
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US State Department starts firing 1,300 employees as part of Trump shake-up
WASHINGTON: The State Department began firing more than 1,350 US-based employees on Friday (Jul 11) as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul ...