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CBP revokes protections for pregnant women, infants & other vulnerable people https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051225_cbp_pregnant_regs/cbp-revokes-protections-pregnant-women-infants-other-vulnerable-people/
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has quietly revoked four Biden-era measures designed to protect vulnerable in custody — including pregnant women, infants, the elderly and people with serious medical conditions.
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Trade war cools as US, China announce temporary tariff reduction to 10% https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051225_china_trade/trade-war-cools-as-us-china-announce-temporary-tariff-reduction-10/
The United States and China agreed Monday to lower steep tit-for-tat tariffs for 90 days, temporarily cooling a trade war but still leaving a cloud of uncertainty over businesses in the world’s two largest economies.
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Trump executive order aims to slash prescription costs to match lower international prices https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051225_prescriptions_cost/trump-executive-order-aims-slash-prescription-costs-match-lower-international-prices/
President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at lowering drug prices by pressuring pharmaceutical companies to align their U.S. pricing models with those in similarly wealthy countries.
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FTC accuses Amazon of hiding evidence in antitrust case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051225_amazon_antitrust/ftc-accuses-amazon-hiding-evidence-antitrust-case/
Federal regulators say Amazon systematically attempted to hide incriminating evidence by filing misleading privilege claims in the antitrust suit accusing it of favoring its own products and overcharging sellers.
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As U.S. doubles down on fossil fuels, communities will have to adapt to consequences https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051225_climate_funding_op/as-us-doubles-down-fossil-fuels-communities-will-have-adapt-consequences/
With the U.S. government now planning to ramp up fossil fuel use, the risks of warming temperatures, wildfires and flash floods are likely to become even more pronounced. That leaves a big question: Is the nation prepared to adapt to the consequences?
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Trump again tries to defund NPR & PBS, sparking a new congressional battle https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051225_public_media/trump-again-tries-defund-npr-pbs-sparking-new-congressional-battle/
President Trump is once again asking lawmakers to scrap federal spending on the private, nonprofit corporation that Congress established in the 1960s, though differences between the House and Senate will lead to heated debate for months to come about future spending.
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Judge pauses Oak Flat mine construction, protecting Apache holy site for now https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051225_oak_flat_pause/judge-pauses-oak-flat-mine-construction-protecting-apache-holy-site-now/
As the Supreme Court considers stepping in, a federal judge on Friday temporarily halted the construction of a two-mile-wide copper mine on an Apache holy site in Arizona.
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Mexico says it’s suing Google over ‘Gulf of America’ label https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051225_mexico_gulf/mexico-says-its-suing-google-over-gulf-america-label/
At a daily press briefing on Friday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that her country is suing Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico in its Maps product.
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Next steps remain unclear for deported migrants in Panama City https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051225_deported_migrants/next-steps-remain-unclear-deported-migrants-panama-city/
Hundreds of people who have recently been deported from the U.S. to Panama are desperately searching for a way out of their predicament, which leaves them facing detention, desertion in a foreign third country or fatal persecution in their home nations.
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Revision time again: TUSD, Sunnyside & CatFoot to vote on budget changes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051125_agenda_budget_op/revision-time-again-tusd-sunnyside-catfoot-vote-budget-changes/
It's the season for final budget revisions for the local school districts, TUSD is set to vote on an artificial intelligence policy that seems kind of defensive, plus Sahuarita gets an update on its privately run water system, and more from government meetings around Tucson.
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Book excerpt: 'Arizona FriendTrips': A visit to Sonoita’s horse country https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051225_az_friendtrips_excerpt/book-excerpt-arizona-friendtrips-visit-sonoitas-horse-country/
An excerpt from 'Arizona Friendtrips: Stories from the Road,' a new book by Lisa Schnebly Heidinger and Julie Morrison that explores the Grand Canyon State in poetry, prose and photography
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Southern Az Dem congressional hopeful Donat to speak at DGT Monday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051125_political_calendar/southern-az-dem-congressional-hopeful-donat-speak-dgt-monday/
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Congressional candidate Chris Donat speaks to DGT; Sentinel team on the airwaves; voter registration deadlines for summer elections draw near, and more.
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