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US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives at Argentina’s Ministry of Health to meet with Health Minister Mario Lugones in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 26, 2025.

REUTERS/Pedro Lazaro Fernandez

Hard Numbers: RFK cancels bird-flu vaccine, US GDP shrinks, Sky-high paraglide, and more

600 million: The Trump administration canceled a $600 million Moderna contract to develop a bird-flu vaccine, and simultaneously ended a Biden-era deal with the pharmaceutical giant aimed at pandemic preparedness. The move also forfeited priority access to doses, and follows ongoing scrutiny of mRNA technology by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Luisa Vieira

Graphic Truth: The rise of foreign students, and their fees, in the United States

Using several different avenues, the Trump administration is threatening to severely restrict the number of foreign students: It paused interviews for those applying for student visas, tried to block Harvard from accepting international candidates, and even said that it will revoke visas from certain Chinese students.

This Graphic Truth shows the exponential rise of international students in the United States in the postwar period, as well as the fees they are estimated to pay each year (international students do not benefit from in-state tuition at public schools, so often pay private-school-sized fees whichever university they attend; a minority of universities offer some financial aid to international students). This rise means foreign students now contribute tens of billions to the US economy, but the White House’s actions may send this number tumbling.

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Trump’s ‘less is more’ message is un-American

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: I wanted to spend a few moments talking about a quote I heard from Trump this weekend. Did an interview where he said, "I don't think a beautiful baby girl that's 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls. I think she can have three dolls or four dolls. They don't need to have 250 pencils, they can have five." And my immediate thought was, this is one of the most anti-American things I have ever heard a US president say. I was very surprised by it, honestly. I heard back from a lot of folks and they said, "Well, how about when Trump in the same interview said that he wasn't sure about upholding the constitution? Isn't that worse?" And I'm like, well, yeah, maybe it's worse, but it's not more anti-American. I mean, not knowing how the constitution works or claiming you don't know how the constitution works, that may be bad, but it's not anti-American. But saying we shouldn't be able to buy and have all the stuff we want, that's anti-American.

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Jess Frampton

Carney to meet Trump: Not time to talk turkey – yet

Donald Trump said Wednesday that Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Washington, DC, within a week for a personal meeting, but there is reason to think that neither country is ready to get down to serious trade negotiations.
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A 3D-printed miniature model depicting US President Donald Trump, the Chinese flag, and the word "tariffs" in this illustration taken on April 17, 2025.

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US and China limp toward trade war thaw

In the three months before US President Donald Trump dropped widespread tariffs on April 2, aka “Liberation Day,” the American economy contracted 0.3% at an annualized rate, a sharp drop from the 2.4% annualized rise in the final quarter of 2024. Economists were already worried that a recession was looming, and now the world’s largest economy is heading in that direction.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks in the small hours of April 29, 2025, in Ottawa after his Liberal Party won the general election the previous day.

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Mark Carney leads Canada’s Liberals to victory

The Liberals have won the battle to lead Canada. On Monday, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s party completed a stunning turnaround, with projections showing it secured 168 of 343 parliamentary seats.

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Two DHL delivery vans deliver parcels in Maximilianstrasse in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 20, 2025.

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Companies respond to Trump’s trade crackdown

The ripple effects of US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies continue to impact global supply chains. On Saturday, transport company DHL announced it would suspend international shipments over $800 to American consumers, citing that new tariff rules had overwhelmed its processing systems. Automaker Ford said it was “adjusting” its exports of vehicles like the F-150 Raptor, Lincoln Navigator, and Mustang to China, due to the impact of tariffs. And China’s Xiamen Airline reportedly returned a Boeing 737 MAX, freshly painted in company colors – the latest casualty of that country’s ongoing trade war with the US.

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President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he leaves the White House for a trip to Florida on April 3, 2025.

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Reality hits on new tariffs, but Trump says it’s ‘going very well’

The reviews are in: US President Donald Trump’s widespread tariff plan isn’t most loved, especially not with the markets. Stocks have plummeted, layoffs have begun, and confusion has metastasized about the bizarre method the United States used to calculate its tariff formula. And, of course, there’s a lawsuit.

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