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12 states sue to stop tariffs, as Trump says he’ll be nice to China – April 23, 2025

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.

Trump, Xi Jinping at 2019 summit (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead
  • Trump says tariffs going well, as China says US should stop threats and blackmail
  • Budget proposal would phase out Head Start programs by 2026, as “war on poverty” program reaches 60th anniversary
  • 40 state Attorneys General call for full funding of Legal Services Corporation civil legal aid for the poor
  • Trump cuts grants to Whitney Plantation, first plantation museum focused on experience of enslaved people
  • Transfer of border land to Defense Dept will allow troops to detain migrants in southern New Mexico