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This firm employs thousands in Canada, the US and Mexico. Here’s what its workers think of Trump’s tariffs

By Max Saltman and Paula Newton, CNN Vaughan, Ontario (CNN) — In the hours before Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a 30-day pause on US President Donald Trump’s threatened 25% tariff on Canadian goods, the co-founder of one of Canada’s largest auto parts manufacturers was bewildered. “Why blow it up?” Rob Wildeboer, executive chairman

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Speaking with Jon Meacham and Brian Williams ahead of Rancho Mirage Writers Festival

The 11th Annual Rancho Mirage Writers Festival began its first night with a special evening thanking sponsors who make the event possible. “Angel Night,” featured a conversation between Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham with renowned journalist Brian Williams on Tuesday evening. The theme for the festival is “The United States Semiquincentennial.” The Festival takes place February 5-7,

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Judge blocks federal prison system from moving three transgender women to men’s prisons

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its anti-trans prison policy against three transgender women currently housed in women’s facilities at federal prisons. Tuesday’s ruling from US District Judge Royce Lamberth represents another legal setback for a divisive executive order issued by President Donald Trump on

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How firefighters are leveraging artificial intelligence technology to detect wildfires faster than humans

CAL FIRE personnel are using artificial intelligence to detect wildfires. The technology has been developed using the University of California, San Diego’s Alert California wildfire cameras. It has been deployed across all 21 CAL FIRE dispatch centers across the state, including here in Southern California. Here’s how it works: Artificial intelligence, which has been trained

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Treasury says Musk’s DOGE has not rejected payments in first attempt to clarify access granted to critical system

By Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — The Treasury Department said Elon Musk aides detailed to the agency have “read-only” access to its sensitive $5 trillion US payments system and that no payments have been suspended or rejected as part of an ongoing review. The information, provided in a letter to lawmakers from a Treasury official,

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Riverside County Supervisors pass resolution backing ‘law-abiding immigrants & refugees’

In a 4-1 vote, the Board of Supervisors approved a resolution Tuesday reinforcing Riverside County’s commitment to “safeguarding civil rights” for “law-abiding immigrants and refugees,” which was prompted by renewed federal immigration law enforcement operations. “The county must protect everybody who’s been here for years and those folks who are moving here on a daily

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