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The Russell 2000 benchmark entered a bear market on Thursday, down more than 20% from the index’s all-time high close in late November 2024. The index’s decline marks the first major U.S. benchmark to reach that territory following a monthlong market sell-off that was accelerated by President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout.

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Respondents also expressed alarm over administration efforts to deport protesters and critics of U.S.-Israel relationship

Education department memo requires public schools to confirm they are complying with anti-diversity policies

It’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a long-awaited hands-free driving bill into law.

The law bans cellphones and other devices from being used while driving unless they are in hands-free mode.

With the help of a large chart, the president unveiled his latest wave of tariffs on Wednesday, on what he called ‘Liberation Day’

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A bill that would have regulated Automatic License Plate Readers in the Commonwealth passed through the General Assembly, but not without a couple amendments from Governor Glenn Youngkin.

Those in Charlottesville may be familiar with the city’s automatic Flock cameras, which police use to track stolen vehicles, missing persons, and homicides.

Legislation in Richmond would have set up specific guardrails, including limits on retention periods and a requirement for further legislation to expand these cameras.

Climate change is driving an explosion in dengue cases. Studying that connection is about to get much harder.

Resolution that would block tariffs passes 51-48 in Senate, in vote that shows Republican unease over president’s plans

Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war on what he has dubbed “liberation day”.

“This is one of the most important days, in my opinion, in American history,” Trump said, speaking on the White House lawn. For decades America had been “looted, pillaged and raped” by its trading partners, he said. “In many cases, the friend is worse than the foe.”

Trump said he intends to impose “reciprocal tariffs” on foreign imports, charging US trading partners the same duties imposed by the country of origin on the same goods. Among other examples, Trump criticized European bans on imported chicken, Canada’s tariffs on dairy, and Japan’s levies on rice.

Trump said the US would charge half of the fees he feels trading partners unfairly impose on the US because the US people are “very kind”.