Businesses and shoppers will be affected by the tariffs on Mexico and Canada
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports, warning he’ll impose “very big” tariffs on Chinese and US products if the tariffs aren’t waived off by the US government. The move will raise prices of laptops and phones for American consumers, Consumer Technology Association said. “Increasing expenses by 25% is going to lead to higher costs,” it added.
Shoppers and businesses are bracing for higher prices when tariffs on Mexico and Canada go into effect on Saturday
Wall Street billionaire Howard Lutnick, during a hearing on tariffs, said he believed that “across the board” tariffs on countries would be most effective. He added that China should face the highest tariffs and that Europe, Japan and South Korea were also treating American industries unfairly. US President Donald Trump had said that he’d impose 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada.
There is a major crisis at the FAA because of the removal of a leader by Musk
President Donald Trump said that the US government put “safety first” in response to the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people. “We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights,” he added. “We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control,” Trump further said.
What will happen in the DC Jet Crash Investigation?
American Airlines regional jet and US Army helicopter collided mid-air as the plane attempted to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in DC, killing 67 people. US President Donald Trump blamed the previous administration’s policy of hiring aviation professionals for the crash. “They didn’t hire pilots, they hired people,” he said. Notably, the accident took place amid a partial government shutdown.
What is happening in the DC jet crash investigation?
A passenger jet and a helicopter collided over the Potomac River in Washington DC on Wednesday night, killing at least three people. American Airlines said that the crash occurred as the plane was coming in to land at Washington’s Reagan National Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said that the helicopter was carrying three US soldiers when the crash took place.
A Q andA about Open Artificial Intelligence and partnering with the government
OpenAI CEO Chris LeHane in a recent interview with NPR said the US and China are “in a race” to see who leads in artificial intelligence. “We’re bringing our leading-edge innovation and artificial intelligence technology into the US National Labs. But at the end of the day, what it’s really bringing is our leading-edge tech, the innovation that we’re building,” he added.
What will happen in the DC jet crash investigation?
The US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military is investigating the helicopter crash with a civilian plane in Washington, DC, which killed five people. The helicopter was “fairly experienced” and the crew had required yearly night evaluations, Hegseth said. President Donald Trump said the pilots were to be blamed for the crash that killed the three soldiers on board.
People with intellectual disabilities can get many jobs but not direct air traffic
The US Federal Aviation Administration has released the names of three candidates who graduated from the FAA Air Traffic Training Academy in 2021 and became air traffic controller trainees that year. The programme’s first three candidates graduated in 2021 from the FAA Academy and became air traffic controller trainee that year. The agency said the candidates receive the same “rigorous consideration”.
RFK Jr. is proposing a plan to fix the overdose crisis
After US President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services Rebekah Kennedy said that people suffering from addiction to drugs should have access to outdoor addiction treatment, an activist said that his plan would be an “enormous step backward”. “What we need to do about addiction,” Rebekah Kennedy, an activist who is in addiction recovery, said.
There was a midair crash in Washington, D.C
A pilot and two crew members have been killed after an American Airlines regional jet collided with a helicopter while landing at the Washington, DC airport on Wednesday. The passengers on the flight were members of the US figure skating team. The aircraft was carrying athletes, coaches, and family members of the US figure skating team.