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Consumer confidence falls the most since 2021 over fears about inflation and tariffs

A report from the Conference Board shows Americans are increasingly worried about inflation, driven in part by President Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on imports.

A worker manipulates a block of aluminum in a French smelter in 2022. President Trump has increased tariffs on imported aluminum from 10% to 25%, while also removing exceptions from tariffs on steel. Both metals are crucial raw materials for the automotive sector.

Automakers brace for higher costs as steel and aluminum tariffs kick in

Tariffs on steel and aluminum are increasing to 25% — not the 50% that President Trump had recently threatened, but high enough to be a headache for automakers.

The Chula Vista city council chambers are pictured on Sept. 19, 2023 with the KPBS VoterHub branding in the top left corner.

Chula Vista City Council races explainer

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' Nov. 5, 2024 election guide for Chula Vista City Council races.

From Seattle to Miami, anti-Musk protesters gather at hundreds of Tesla locations

At a rally in Los Angeles, 65-year-old Phil Ansell said he wanted to participate because "I want to do everything possible to protect democracy in this country."

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has its billion dollar grant cut by Trump administration

Gavi, which helps countries purchase and distribute vaccines, is among thousands of programs determined to be "inconsistent with the national interest or Agency policy priorities."

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 9: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, founder and chief executive officer of Key Square Group LP, walks to a meeting on Capitol Hill on January 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump's nominees for his incoming administration continue to meet with senators on Capitol Hill, weeks before his inauguration. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Musk's team takes control of key systems at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest target of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

Ron Stanley Jr., a pastor who serves as the vice president of men's ministry, socializes with residents and supporters of Central Union Mission in Washington, D.C.

As winter storms surge across the country, here's how one homeless shelter is coping

NPR visited a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C., to see how residents and staff are faring during a cold emergency. The shelter is busy year-round, though the frigid weather brings in more people.

Visitors look over a 2024 Cybertruck in the Tesla display at the Electrify Expo, last July.

Top Democrats ask Rubio for answers on now-canceled $400 million Tesla plan

A letter from two House Democrats presses Rubio for details about who approved an effort to try to use hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on armored electric vehicles from Tesla.

"You made me drеam / More than I dared," Parton sings on the song. "And I wouldn't be hеre / If you hadn't been there."

Dolly Parton pays homage to late husband Carl Dean with 'If You Hadn't Been There'

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, died Monday. On Friday at midnight, Parton released the song "If You Hadn't Been There" in his memory.

Carolina to 'Cowboy Carter' and back: A celebration of Black roots music finds a home

For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

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