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A Seagull electric vehicle from Chinese automaker BYD for test driving is parked outside a showroom in Beijing on April 10. The tiny, low-priced electric vehicle called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China. But it drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric vehicles that cost three times as much. Tariffs on imported Chinese vehicles probably will keep the Seagull away from America’s shores for now.

What Biden’s tariffs on Chinese EVs and other products mean for U.S. consumers, jobs

President Biden and former President Donald Trump have both embraced tariffs on foreign imports. We asked economist Sanjay Patnaik of the nonpartisan Brookings Institution what tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other products mean for the U.S.

Athletes at the Paris Olympics performed amazing feats. Many also voiced wisdom, demonstrating compassion, and sharing moments of joy. Here Bahrain's Winfred Mutile Yavi (L) hugs France's Alice Finot after the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase final at Stade de France on August 6, 2024.

Reporter's Notebook: Olympic athletes in Paris won medals and voiced wisdom

A Reporter's Notebook: Athletes at sports press conferences are famous for talking in clichés. But at the Paris Games, a lot of Olympians went deep, voicing wisdom and sharing their truths.

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on Jan. 24. "We have confidence in the safety of our airplanes," Calhoun says. "And that's what all of this is about. We fully understand the gravity."

How bad is Boeing's 2024 so far? Here's a timeline

The aircraft-maker has faced renewed scrutiny this year, mostly going back to an incident when a rear door plug tore off a 737 Max 9. Things have compounded from there.

A patient with AIDS at a community hospital in the Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa has high rates of HIV infection -- and was the location for a trial testing the effectiveness of a new strategy for preventing infection.<br>

A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial

The testing of lenacapavir was halted because results were so impressive — 100% effectiveness. The decision was made to give all participants the injection rather than the alternative daily pill.

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Annie Rios (left) and Max Sklar (right) stand at the site of the May encampment on the UCSD campus on

'It’s David versus Goliath': UCSD student protestors challenge discipline charges

UC San Diego students arrested at protests calling for the university to divest from Israel are getting a crash course on legal defense.

President Biden makes his way to Air Force One after posing with highway patrol troopers in Mountain View, Calif. on May 10.

Biden will keep Trump's China tariffs, and add new ones on electric vehicles

The Biden administration is finally wrapping up its review of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports. It will keep those tariffs, and add more on things like electric vehicles.

This frame grab from a video shows fire coming from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday.

Plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard

The VOEPASS airlines passenger plane crashed in a residential area of Vinhedo, Brazil, on Friday.

A server ladles soup into a container as children line up to receive food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in March 2024. Gang violence in Haiti has displaced over 300,000 children since March, according to a new report from the U.N. children's agency released late Tuesday.

Gang violence in Haiti has displaced 300,000 children, the United Nations says

Children are more than half of the nearly 580,000 people who have become homeless in the last four months, the U.N.'s children agency said.

Flanked by union members, President Biden signs orders that increase tariffs on imports of electric vehicles and other strategic goods from China.

Biden announces new tariffs on imports of Chinese goods, including electric vehicles

President Biden is keeping the tariffs on Chinese imports put in place by his predecessor and 2024 opponent, former President Donald Trump. And he's adding new ones for things like electric vehicles.

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