Both sides had made progress after April's tariff escalation, but Trump's reaction disrupted that momentum. The current 90-day tariff truce expires in mid-November. Without a new agreement, tariffs could spike back to April levels, which would hit critical industries. The U.S. lacks a cohesive trade strategy.

October is typically the peak of Southern California's fire season. But the region was hit by an early atmospheric river rain storm that left the landscape drenched. The storm dumped more than two inches of rain at UCLA and 1.27 inches in downtown Los Angeles as of 5 p.m. Tuesday.

President Trump's new tariffs on imported lumber and furniture are going into effect today. Goldman Sachs report finds that U.S. consumers are bearing more than half the cost from the tariffs so far. Ernie Tedeschi and Erielle Reshef discuss the impact on Americans.

Jacque Caro is a social worker at New Concepts Clinical Chief Officer at a behavioral health agency in Toledo, Ohio. She and her husband have been married for 8 years. He has been in recovery from addiction to opiates for 14 years. The epidemic is fueled by prescription and illegal drugs. Lucas County has seen a dip in overdose deaths.

On October 8, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced a breakthrough in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Egypt. The agreement includes, among other things, a ceasefire, the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Israel should withdraw its soldiers to an agreed line and Hamas should give up its …

Ember Energy Research released a report last week. It compares world energy demand and consumption during the first half of 2025 with the first part of 2024. Wind and solar power generation grew 109%, while coal generation fell by 0.6%, while solar and wind grew by 7.7%. For the first time, electrical energy derived from renewables exceeded the amount derived …

Supreme Court takes up GOP-led challenge to Voting Rights Act that could affect control of Congress. Ruling could open the door for legislatures to redraw congressional maps across the South, potentially boosting Republican electoral prospects by eliminating majority Black and Latino seats that tend to favor Democrats.

The Department of State has accused the Associated Press of peddling a false narrative on the Trump administration’s overhaul of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and blaming Marco Rubio for the deaths of children in Myanmar. Tommy Pigott, Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the Department, said the AP expects taxpayers in the United States to solve every problem in …

Anthropic launches Haiku 4.5, a new model of Claude Sonnet. Free Claude plans will default to the new model. Anthropic’s advanced model is the recently released Sonnet 4, which can “break down a complex problem into multi-step plans” and manage several Haiku4.5s.

This week China announced major export controls on rare earths and related products. U.S. President Donald Trump promised to impose 100 percent tariffs on all products from China starting Nov. 1. China is using the same rules on foreign direct products that the United States has applied since 1959. The United States is charging additional port fees for ships built …

Maryland soybean farmers who used to sell a lot of their crops to China have no orders this year because of trade tensions between the U.S. and China. China slapped a 34% tariff on soybean imports in an ongoing dispute with the Trump administration over tariffs and rare earth minerals. The price of a bushel of soybeans has dropped 30% …

Fenway Health will stop providing gender-affirming care for under-19s at its clinic in Boston. The clinic says it has to comply with new federal regulations to maintain support for its more than 30,000 patients. The move has angered many in the community who relied on Fenway Health's care.