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Smoke Shop Ordinance Eludes Divided Fresno City Council

After nearly two years, multiple postponements, and two planning commission meetings, the Fresno City Council rejected an ordinance to regul...

Smoke Shop Ordinance Eludes Divided Fresno City Council

After nearly two years, multiple postponements, and two planning commission meetings, the Fresno City Council rejected an ordinance to regul...

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Trump Threatens 200% Tariff on EU Wine in Response to Proposed US Whiskey Tax

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened a 200% tariff on European wine, Champagne and spirits if the European Union goes ...

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Trump to Name Michelle Bowman as Top Bank Regulator at Federal Reserve

The Trump administration is expected to choose Federal Reserve governor Michelle Bowman to be the central bank’s top financial regulat...

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Canada and the EU Swiftly Retaliate Against Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

BRUSSELS — Major trade partners swiftly hit back at President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on aluminum and steel imports, imposing...

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US Factories Likely to Feel the Pain From Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is again lashing out at three of his biggest irritants: foreign steel, foreign aluminum and Canada. The ...

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Trump Admin Halts $1 Billion Program That Keeps Affordable Housing Livable

The Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing, threatening projects that keep tens of thou...

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US Inflation Cools, Though Trade War Threatens to Lift Prices

WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation slowed last month for the first time since September and a measure of underlying inflation fell to a four-year l...

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Explainer: What’s a Recession and Why Is Rising Anxiety About It Roiling Markets?

Stock markets are plunging, consumers and businesses have started to sour on the economy, and economists are marking down their estimates fo...

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California Almond Growers Grapple With Uncertainty as New Tariffs Could Hit Exports

NEWMAN — California almond growers are used to dealing with swings in the weather and water supply. Now they must also grapple with the unce...

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California Lawmakers Propose Fixes for ‘Insurance Industry in Shambles’

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The fires that reduced Altadena, Pacific Palisades and oth...

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A driver with a prior felony conviction was arrested near Olive and Blackstone avenues for DUI and firearm possession after allegedly brandishing a gun and driving recklessly. (Fresno PD)
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Fresno Suspect Arrested for DUI, Firearm Possession at Olive and Blackstone

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Smoke Shop Ordinance Eludes Divided Fresno City Council

Demonstrators rally with the flag of Palestine outside the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan to protest the detention and potential deportation of Mahmoud Khalil in New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Mahmoud, 30, a pro-Palestinian student activist at Columbia University, was detained by immigration agents at Columbia student housing, despite his status as a legal resident of the United States. (Juan Arredondo/The New York Times)
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Khalil Sues Columbia and Lawmakers to Keep Activists’ Names Secret

President Donald Trump walks with Elon Musk and his son X AE A-Xii, after looking at Tesla vehicles on the South Grounds of the White House in Washington, March 11, 2025. A federal judge in Washington ordered Musk and operatives involved with his Department of Government Efficiency to hand over an assortment of documents and written answers addressing its role in the government, a perch from which the unit has effected mass firings of federal workers and a dramatic dismantling of federal programs. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
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Judge Orders Musk and His Team to Turn Over Records and Answer Questions

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Peach Pits? No Name for SE Fresno Sports Complex for Now

The campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Nov. 1, 2017. Johns Hopkins University, a leader in scientific research, has been hard hit by the Trump administration’s spending cuts, which will slash at least $800 million from its budget. (Andrew Mangum/The New York Times)
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Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Workers Funded by Federal Aid

Food is passed out to residents in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip on March 10, 2025. (Saher Alghorra/The New York Times)
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Starvation Is Not a Negotiating Tactic

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Atmospheric River Soaks Fresno With 1.5 Inches of Rain and More Ahead

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