US AND CANADA

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A Somerset couple is celebrating a rare milestone — 70 years of marriage. Derek and Brenda Dodge of Baltonsborough village, near Glastonbury, had their platinum wedding anniversary on 12 March 2025. The couple met in their youth at a local club where they were both living at the time. Derek says he was ejected when he flew into a rage and that Brenda, feeling sorry for him, offered to take him home. And that’s where a lifetime partnership was started.

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President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum Tuesday and threatened to "shut down" its auto industry. In a stunning statement, Trump also said the best way to end the trade war would be for Canada to be "absorbed into the United States." The moves come ahead of a midnight deadline for escalating the US's global trade offensive.

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President Donald Trump has once again set the global economy ablaze with his latest move—imposing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports to the United States. While the policy is meant to protect American industries, it risks triggering a worldwide trade war, with Canada and the European Union already hitting back with their own retaliatory measures.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on X that most USAID programs have been terminated after a six-week review, citing ineffective spending. Rubio said the terminated programs "spent tens of billions in ways that did not serve" or harmed US interests, leaving just 18% to be administered by the State Department.

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Amid concerns of potential conflicts of interest, President Donald Trump responded to plummeting Tesla share prices on Tuesday by announcing he was buying one of the electric cars manufactured by close advisor Elon Musk. Speaking at the White House, which he briefly turned into a showroom, Trump also threatened "hell" for anti-Tesla protesters.

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US Energy Secretary Chris Wright pledged Monday to prioritize fossil fuels and deprioritize climate change in federal energy policy, signaling a sharp reversal from the Biden administration. Wright made the announcement at a major energy industry conference, citing the Trump administration's efforts to cut red tape on oil projects and boost liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.