Carnival rides, fair food and agricultural heritage: Vermont fairs and field days are back

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Trump administration sues Illinois and Chicago over immigration policies
The Trump administration sued the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago, alleging that their sanctuary city policies are blocking federal authorities from enforcing immigration laws.
Reuters
Trump's tariffs on China bite US bargain-hunting online shoppers
On Wednesday, Matthew Cannon's college-age daughter forwarded him a request from delivery company DHL asking for duties and fees of $45.19 tied to her order from Australian fashion seller I.Am.Gia. DHL's message included breakdown of the fees, including $26.88 for duties and $17 for handling, and said it was due within five days from the package arrival date or the item would be returned to the sender. Prices will rise for Americans who buy $5 shirts, $10 lamps and $20 shoes on direct-from-China shopping sites like Shein and Temu after U.S. President Donald Trump this week imposed 10% tariffs on goods from China.
Associated Press
Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say
The Trump administration presented a plan Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, leaving fewer than 300 workers out of thousands. Two current USAID employees and one former senior USAID official told The Associated Press of the administration's plan, presented to remaining senior officials of the agency Thursday.
CBS News
FAA officials weighed closing D.C. airport runway after close calls, sources say
Top FAA officials pushed to close one of Reagan National Airport's runways following two close calls, multiple sources told CBS News.
Associated Press
US border czar blames leaks for hindering immigration raids in Colorado suburb spotlighted by Trump
Donald Trump's border czar on Thursday blamed news media leaks for hindering a large-scale operation in a Denver suburb the president has held up in his efforts to link violent crime with immigration. More than 100 members of the Tren de Aragua gang were targeted Wednesday at apartment buildings and other sites in Denver and neighboring Aurora, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
AFP
Ecuador presidential candidates sprint to campaign finish
Ecuador's dueling presidential hopefuls made a last-ditch pitch to late-deciding voters Thursday, wrapping a bitter campaign dominated by surging cartel violence and economic crisis.His campaign finale will take place in a 13,000-capacity Quito bull ring late Thursday.
AFP
Kenya deploys additional 144 police to Haiti
A new contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on Thursday to bolster a UN-backed security mission, AFP journalists observed, as the United States reiterated its support but called for a "new direction."It's the second foreign contingent to arrive in just a few days, following 60 Salvadoran officers on Tuesday.
Associated Press
Newly unsealed documents reveal more details of prosecutors' evidence in 9/11 attacks
Newly unsealed documents give one of the most detailed views yet of the evidence gathered on the accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, including how prosecutors allege he and others interacted with the hijackers who carried out the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The summaries of evidence released Thursday include Mohammed’s own statements over the years, phone records and other documents alleging coordination between Mohammed and the hijackers, videos included in al-Qaida’s planning for the attacks and prosecutors’ summaries of government simulations of the flights of the four airliners that day. Also to be presented are the photos and death certificates of 2,976 people killed that day at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a Pennsylvania field, where the fourth airliner commandeered by the al-Qaida hijackers smashed into the ground after a revolt by passengers.
AFP
Judge pauses Musk plan for mass cull of US govt workers
A judge on Thursday paused a scheme masterminded by billionaire Elon Musk to slash the size of the US government by encouraging federal workers to quit through a mass buyout.The federal judge in Massachusetts ordered a temporary injunction on the plan's deadline -- midnight Thursday -- given by Musk for the country's more than two million government employees.
AFP
Trump trade nominee says universal tariffs worth considering
US President Donald Trump's trade envoy nominee Jamieson Greer told his confirmation hearing Thursday that universal tariffs were worth studying, adding that he would work to restructure global trade ties.A universal tariff "is something that should be studied and considered" to see if it can reverse the direction of the US trade deficit and offshoring, said Greer, a trade lawyer and official in Trump's first administration.
AFP
Trump sanctions ICC for 'illegitimate' Israel, US probes
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday slapping sanctions on the International Criminal Court for "baseless" investigations targeting America and its close ally Israel, the White House said.The order also said the tribunal had engaged in "illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel," referring to ICC probes into alleged war crimes by US service members in Afghanistan and Israeli troops in Gaza.
CBS News
As Cardinal Timothy Dolan turns 75, a time of transition begins in the Archdiocese of New York
New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan turns 75 Thursday, and is required to submit his resignation to the Vatican. The formality starts the clock on a time of transition for the Archdiocese of New York.
USA TODAY
What is DOGE? What to know about the Elon Musk-led organization upending federal agencies
What is the Department of Government Efficiency? Here's what to know about the Elon Musk-run agency.
NBC News
Cracker Barrel eggs on Waffle House over surcharge: 'Nothing hospitable about that'
Cracker Barrel isn’t scrambling to catch up with soaring egg prices and is trying to poach customers with a rewards program after Waffle House announced a 50-cent egg surcharge.
Associated Press
22 states sue New York state, alleging environmental fund is unconstitutional
Twenty-two states sued New York state on Thursday, contending that a new law forcing a small group of major energy producers to pay $75 billion into a fund to cover climate change damage is unconstitutional. According to a release, West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey led the coalition of states against the New York state Climate Change Superfund Act, which requires payments for damage allegedly done from 2000 to 2018. "This lawsuit is to ensure that these misguided policies, being forced from one state onto the entire nation, will not lead America into the doldrums of an energy crisis, allowing China, India and Russia to overtake our energy independence,” McCuskey said in a release.
USA TODAY
Trump DOJ disbands team targeting Russian oligarchs in shift to combating drugs and gangs
Attorney General Pam Bondi ended the Biden-era DOJ effort to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin.
Politico
Facing fire from DeSantis, agriculture says it doesn’t rely on undocumented foreign workers
Immigrants — both documented and undocumented — play a large role in agriculture, but that represents a small portion of their overall employment in Florida.
USA TODAY
LA fires: SoCal Edison says equipment likely caused Hurst Fire
New regulatory filing shows power line surges, problems during high winds, including at a transmission tower near start of Hurst blaze in LA County.
CNN
Two people dead after heavy flooding as storm continues to bash California
An atmospheric river brought heavy rain, serious mountain snow and strong winds to California that flooded roads and rivers and triggered landslides.
Yahoo Finance
Newman: Trumpers are souring on Elon Musk
Voters seem to be having second thoughts about Musk as his efficiency commission rampages through the federal bureaucracy.

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