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Don Herneisen, a 77-year-old retired school counselor from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, spoke in Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, while visiting family in the area. (AP Photo/Heather Hollingsworth)2025-04-04T22:15:42Z KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) When retired school counselor Don Herneisen meets up with friends each week for breakfast at a hole-in-the-wall restaurant, the conversation often turns to the economy. With financial markets in turmoil as President Donald Trump unveiled his latest tariffs this week, the popularity of that topic is unlikely to change anytime soon.Theres political uncertainty, theres economic uncertainty, and if youre retired, you dont much like uncertainty at this point, said Herneisen, 77, as he and his wife made a stop at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday while visiting family. Stock markets worldwide careened even lower Friday after China matched Trumps big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war. The sweeping new tariffs, on top of previous levies and retaliation worldwide, are also expected to increase prices for everyday items. Herneisen, who lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and his wife, Cathy Herneisen, a 74-year-old retired Verizon worker, are living on a mix of pension, Social Security and an individual retirement account, or IRA. He said that for now they arent cutting back, but his wife clarified that even holding steady means cutting back. Prices are higher, but I am still spending the same amount of money, she said. I am sticking with the grocery budget, and that means that Im cutting back on prepared food, so Im buying the products themselves so it is hurting people who run a small business that sell their pre-made food. They live in a Republican-leaning area of the swing state but neither voted for Trump, who has said Americans may feel some pain because of tariffs, but that the long-term goals, including getting more manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., are worth it. Chad NeSmith, a portfolio manager at Tobias Financial Advisors in Plantation, Florida, just outside of Fort Lauderdale, said that theyd been fielding calls from clients for the last couple of days and the calls were increasing on Friday. Fear is really picking up, especially since we have the retaliatory tariff from China, he said.NeSmith said most clients just had general questions, checking up on what they should be doing with their portfolios. Were taking it on a call-by-call basis, he said.NeSmith said retirees generally have a little bit less risk in their portfolios and bonds have been performing well in the volatility.The overall theme that were really getting at is you really have to be aware of your risk tolerance and your financial plan, and you needed to do that going into this so that way you can ride through this volatility that were seeing right now, he said.Colleen Power, a 57-year-old payroll specialist from Kansas City, Missouri, is hopeful the market will recover before she retires.We have our things situated in a way that we will probably survive, she said. Now, in general, yes, I am definitely worried for the country. But I mean, on a personal level, I dont have a whole lot of stress about that at the moment. But Power, a Democrat, finds the situation frustrating nonetheless. None of this is in any way surprising on any level, in any way, and all I can do is do the best I can in my local area and hope for the best, she said. Paul Brahim, an advisor at Wealth Enhancement Group in Pittsburgh, said, Uncertainty is frightening, not knowing is scary and people are asking the same question all the time: Am I going to be OK?He said that for a recent retiree who hasnt started taking Social Security yet and is living off the cash flow from assets, watching that value decline in just a few days is frightening.But, he said, if they have prepared well, there should be reserves in place. We should have cash in reserve that we can use while we allow that portfolio to heal, he said. Brahim, president of the Financial Planning Association, a membership organization for certified financial planners, said most of his clients have broadly diversified portfolios and, looking back over the last year, theyve had positive returns. Its good to just put it into perspective, that helps with the fear, he said. I think its important that we take a breath and that we pause through uncertainty before we make adjustments to our portfolio, he said. Let the dust settle.___Stengle contributed to this story from Dallas.

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)2025-04-04T04:02:53Z GREENBELT, Md. (AP) A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, while a U.S. government attorney was at a loss to explain what happened.The ruling rejected the White Houses claim that it lacks the power to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national, because he is no longer in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has corrected deportation errors in previous years, according to Abrego Garcias attorney and legal experts. This undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025, shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (CASA via AP) This undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025, shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (CASA via AP) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The government filed an appeal immediately after the decision, while Trump administration officials repeated assertions that Abrego Garcia is a dangerous gang member and that U.S. courts have no control over the matter. We are unaware of the judge having jurisdiction or authority over the country of El Salvador, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement following the ruling by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis.ICE expelled the 29-year-old Abrego Garcia last month despite an immigration judges 2019 ruling that shielded him from deportation to El Salvador, where he faced likely persecution by local gangs. His mistaken deportation, described by the White House as an administrative error, has outraged many and raised concerns about expelling noncitizens who were granted permission to be in the U.S. The record reflects that Abrego Garcia was apprehended in Maryland without legal basis ... and without further process or legal justification was removed to El Salvador, Xinis wrote in her order. Before she issued the ruling, Xinis described the deportation as an illegal act and pressed Justice Department attorney Erez Reuveni for answers, many of which he didnt have. Reuveni conceded to Xinis that Abrego Garcia should not have been removed from the U.S. and shouldnt have been sent to El Salvador. He couldnt tell the judge upon what authority he was arrested in Maryland. Im also frustrated that I have no answers for you for a lot of these questions, he said.The judge also questioned why Abrego Garcia was sent to the prison in El Salvador, which observers say is rife with human rights abuses.Why is he there, of all places? asked Xinis, who was nominated by President Barack Obama.I dont know, Reuveni replied. That information has not been given to me. Reuveni had asked the judge for more time 24 hours for the government to possibly broker Abrego Garcias return. Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, right, stands with supporters during a news conference at CASAs Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, right, stands with supporters during a news conference at CASAs Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Abrego Garcias attorney, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, told the judge he was dismayed that the government had done nothing to get his client back, even after admitting its errors. Plenty of tweets. Plenty of White House press conferences. But no actual steps taken with the government of El Salvador to make it right, he said.Sandoval-Moshenberg said the governments response to its error was essentially to say, Weve tried nothing, and were all out of options.This is not something thats outside of the governments power, he said, noting that the U.S. routinely extradites gang leaders, drug traffickers and other imprisoned people from other countries.In legal briefs, Sandoval-Moshenberg asked the court to remove Abrego Garcia from the torture prison and return him to the custody of the United States. The White House has cast Abrego Garcia as an MS-13 gang member and doubled down on that claim after Fridays hearing. Tricia McLaughlin, Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary, stated that the U.S. has intelligence reports that he is involved in human trafficking. Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASAs Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASAs Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More In this undated photo provided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, a man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland via AP) In this undated photo provided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, a man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland via AP) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More McLaughlin did not comment on whether the administration would comply with the judges order or when and where Abrego Garcia might be returned to the U.S. But she said that he would be locked up and off Americas streets. MS-13 gang members murder, rape, and maim for sport, she said. Its shameful that the mainstream media chooses to do the bidding of these vicious gangs while ignoring their victims.Abrego Garcias attorneys have countered that there is no evidence he was in MS-13. The allegation is based on a confidential informants claim in 2019 that Abrego Garcia was a member of a chapter in New York, where he has never lived.Abrego Garcia had a permit from DHS to legally work in the U.S., his attorney said. He served as a sheet metal apprentice and was pursuing his journeyman license. This undated photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (Murray Osorio PLLC via AP) This undated photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (Murray Osorio PLLC via AP) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More He fled El Salvador around 2011 because he and his family were facing threats by local gangs. In 2019, a U.S. immigration judge granted him protection from deportation to El Salvador. He was released and ICE did not appeal the decision or try to deport him to another country. Abrego Garcia later married Jennifer Vasquez Sura, a U.S. citizen. The couple are parents to their son and her two children from a previous relationship.The judges ruling on Friday came shortly after Vasquez Sura joined dozens of supporters at a rally in the city of Hyattsville to urge her husbands immediate return.Vasquez Sura, who hasnt spoken to her husband since his deportation, urged her supporters to keep fighting for him and all the Kilmars out there whose stories are still waiting to be heard.To all the wives, mothers, children who also face this cruel separation, I stand with you in this bond of pain, she said during the rally at a community center. Its a journey that no one ever should ever have to suffer, a nightmare that feels endless.___Finley reported from Norfolk, Virginia. Associated Press reporters Rebecca Santana and Seung Min Kim in Washington contributed to this report.

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Deion Sanders says quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter -- the marquee players of Friday's Colorado Showcase -- have confirmed that they are the top two players in this year's NFL draft.

A judge dismissed a lawsuit by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant against a news outlet over its stories about a welfare-fraud scandal headlined by Brett Favre.

The Celtics broke the NBA record for 3-pointers in a season Friday night against the Suns, connecting on 1,364 to pass the Warriors' mark set in 2022-23.

- Aaron Judge marked his 1,000th game by hitting his sixth homer of the season and the New York Yankees beat Pittsburgh 9-4 on Friday in the Pirates' home opener.

Phillies slugger Bryce Harper loves L.A. -- well, at least the World Series champion Dodgers' freewheeling spending on their way to a nearly $320 million payroll.

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Phillies slugger Bryce Harper loves L.A. -- well, at least the World Series champion Dodgers' freewheeling spending on their way to a nearly $320 million payroll.

Deion Sanders says quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter -- the marquee players of Friday's Colorado Showcase -- have confirmed that they are the top two players in this year's NFL draft.

An entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., is seen Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)2025-04-05T00:07:45Z WASHINGTON (AP) Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelous famous autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academys library this week after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseths office ordered the school to get rid of ones that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.The Navy late Friday provided the list of 391 books that have been taken out of its library. The move marks another step in the Trump administrations far-reaching effort to purge so-called DEI content from federal agencies, including policies, programs, online and social media postings and curriculum at schools. In addition to Angelous award-winning tome, the list includes Memorializing the Holocaust, which deals with Holocaust memorials; Half American, about African Americans in World War II; A Respectable Woman, about the public roles of African American women in 19th century New York; and Pursuing Trayvon Martin, about the 2012 shooting of the Black 17-year-old in Florida that raised questions about racial profiling. Other books clearly deal with subjects that have been stridently targeted by the Trump administration, including gender identity, sexuality and transgender issues. A wide array of books on race and gender were targeted, dealing with such topics as African American women poets, entertainers who wore blackface and the treatment of women in Islamic countries. Also on the list were historical books on racism, the Ku Klux Klan and the treatment of women, gender and race in art and literature. In a statement, the Navy said officials went through the Nimitz Library catalog, using keyword searches, to identify books that required further review. About 900 books were identified in the search.Departmental officials then closely examined the preliminary list to determine which books required removal, said Cmdr. Tim Hawkins, Navy spokesman. Nearly 400 books were removed from Nimitz Library to comply with directives outlined in Executive Orders issued by the President. The books were removed shortly before Hegseth arrived Tuesday for a visit to the academy, which had already been planned and was not connected to the library purge, officials said.The Pentagon has said the academies are fully committed to executing and implementing President Trumps Executive Orders.The Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, had not been included in President Donald Trumps executive order in January that banned DEI instruction, programs or curriculum in kindergarten through 12th grade schools that receive federal funding. That is because the academies are colleges.Pentagon leaders, however, turned their attention to the Naval Academy last week when a media report noted that the school had not removed books promoting DEI. A U.S. official said the academy was told late last week to conduct the review and removal. It isnt clear if the order was directed by Hegseth or someone else on his staff. A West Point official confirmed earlier this week that the school had completed a review of its curriculum and was prepared to review library content if directed by the Army. The Air Force and Naval academies had also done curriculum reviews as had been required.An Air Force Academy official said the school continually reviews its curriculum, coursework and other materials to ensure it all complies with executive orders and Defense Department policies. Last week, Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, the Air Force Academy superintendent, told Congress that the school was in the middle of its course review, but there was no mention of books.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss academy policies.Hegseth has aggressively pushed the department to erase DEI programs and online content, but the campaign has been met with questions from angry lawmakers, local leaders and citizens over the removal of military heroes and historic mentions from Defense Department websites and social media pages. LOLITA C. BALDOR Baldor has covered the Pentagon and national security issues for The Associated Press since 2005. She has reported from all over the world including warzones in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. twitter mailto TARA COPP Copp covers the Pentagon and national security for the Associated Press. She has reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, throughout the Middle East, Europe and Asia. twitter mailto

Donna Cooper holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, at her home in Front Royal, Va., on Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)2025-04-04T22:27:54Z President Donald Trumps administration has decided not to cover expensive, high-demand obesity treatments under the federal governments Medicare program.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said late Friday that it would not cover the medications under Medicares Part D prescription drug coverage. Medicare covers health care expenses mainly for people age 65 and older.Trumps predecessor, Joe Biden, proposed a rule in late November after Trump won re-election that would have extended coverage of drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy. The rule was not expected to be finalized until Trump took office.Trump returned to office in January. The Senate confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday. CMS did not offer an explanation Friday for its decision, and federal spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Trumps Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been an outspoken opponent of the injectable drugs, which have exploded in popularity due to the potentially life-changing weight loss that some patients experience. Polls show Americans favor having Medicaid and Medicare cover the costs. But many insurers, employers and other bill payers have been reluctant to pay for the drugs, which can be used by a wide swath of the population and can cost hundreds of dollars a month. Bidens proposal was expensive: It would have included coverage for all state- and federally funded Medicaid programs for people with low incomes, costing taxpayers as much as $35 billion over next decade. Proponents of the coverage have argued that treating obesity can actually reduce longer-term costs by cutting down on heart attacks and other expensive health complications that can arise from the disease. The benefits consultant Mercer has said that 44% of U.S. companies with 500 or more employees covered obesity drugs last year. Medicare does pay for drugs like Wegovy for patients who have heart disease and need to reduce their risk of future heart attacks, strokes and other serious problems. The federal program also covers versions of the drugs that treat diabetes.More than a dozen state Medicaid programs already cover the drugs for obesity. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. TOM MURPHY Murphy covers how people and businesses navigate the U.S. health care system. He is a member of APs Health and Science team. mailto

Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record by scoring the 894th of his career, setting off a wild celebration on the ice with his teammates and chants of "Ovi! Ovi!" in a crowd that included the "Great One" himself.

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Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record by scoring the 894th of his career, setting off a wild celebration on the ice with his teammates and chants of "Ovi! Ovi!" in a crowd that included the "Great One" himself.

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Director Paul Schrader poses for a portrait for the film 'Oh, Canada', at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)2025-04-05T00:33:14Z NEW YORK (AP) Paul Schrader, the writer of Taxi Driver and director of American Gigolo, has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant, firing her when she wouldnt acquiesce to advances and reneging on a settlement that was meant to keep the allegations confidential.The former assistant, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, sued the filmmaker and his production company on Thursday. She is seeking a judges order to enforce the agreement after Schrader said he couldnt go through with it. The terms, including a monetary payment, were not disclosed.This is an open-and-shut settlement enforcement matter, Does lawyer, Gregory Chiarello, wrote in court papers accompanying the breach of contract claim.Schraders lawyer, Philip J. Kessler, deemed the lawsuit desperate, opportunistic and frivolous and said many of the allegations in it are false or materially misleading. We absolutely deny that there was ever a sexual relationship of any kind between Mr. Schrader and his former assistant, and we deny that Mr. Schrader ever made an attempt to have a sexual relationship of any kind with his former assistant, Kessler said. The lawsuit, filed in a New York court, laid bare allegations that the confidential settlement between Doe, 26, and Schrader, 78, had been intended to keep under wraps.They include her claim that the filmmaker trapped her in his hotel room, grabbed her arms and kissed her against her will last year while they were promoting his latest film, Oh, Canada, at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Two days later, the lawsuit said, Schrader called Doe repeatedly and sent her angry text messages claiming he was dying and couldnt pack his bags. When Doe arrived to help, the lawsuit said, Schrader exposed his genitals to her as he opened his hotel room door wearing nothing but an open bathrobe. Doe alleges Schrader fired her last September after she again rejected his advances. Soon after, the lawsuit said, he sent her an email expressing fear that hed become a Harvey Weinstein in her mind. Weinstein, the movie mogul turned #MeToo villain, was convicted of rape in Los Angeles in 2022 and is awaiting an April 15 retrial in his New York rape case.According to the lawsuit, Schrader agreed to the settlement on Feb. 5 but changed his mind after an illness and soul searching. Schrader conveyed through his lawyers last month that he could not live with the settlement, the lawsuit said. Kessler disputed that.The agreement that theyre trying to enforce against Mr. Schrader, in plain English, required both parties to sign it before it became legally effective, Kessler said. Mr. Schrader declined to sign it. Its frankly as simple as that.Doe worked for Schrader from 2021 until 2024, according to the lawsuit. During that time, Kessler said, she posted on social media about how much she loved her job and referred to Schrader as an extraordinary mentor and my man.Schrader rose to fame through his collaborations with director Martin Scorsese, beginning with Taxi Driver in 1976. Robert De Niros iconic line, You talkin to me, is seared into the lexicon and ranked among the American Film Institutes all-time greatest movie quotes. Schrader co-wrote Scorseses 1980 boxing drama Raging Bull, also starring De Niro, and authored his 1988 religious epic The Last Temptation of Christ and his 1999 paramedic drama Bringing Out the Dead.Hes also directed 23 of his own films, highlighted by 1980s American Gigolo, which he also wrote. He received his only Academy Award nomination for writing First Reformed, a 2017 thriller about a small-town minister that he also directed.Schrader told The Associated Press last year that he made Oh, Canada the film that Doe said brought them to Cannes as he reconciled his own mortality after a string of hospitalizations for long COVID.In 2016, Schrader told The Hollywood Reporter police visited him after he ranted on Facebook about Donald Trumps then-looming presidency. Schrader wrote Trumps election was a call to violence and said people should be willing to take arms. In 2023, he trashed the Oscars as scrambling to be woke with diversity efforts and more international voters. And in 2021, in the wake of #MeToo, he decried so-called cancel culture, telling Deadline it was so infectious, its like the Delta virus.If your friend says, Theyre saying these terrible things about me that arent true, youre afraid to come to their defense, because you might catch that virus too, Schrader told the entertainment news outlet. MICHAEL R. SISAK Sisak is an Associated Press reporter covering law enforcement and courts in New York City, including former President Donald Trumps criminal and civil cases and problems plaguing the federal prison system. twitter mailto

Bryant Kagay, part owner of Kagay farms in Amity, Missouri, works on equipment to get ready for planting his crops this year while worrying about the effects of President Donald Trump's tariffs, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)2025-04-04T22:52:27Z OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Heading into this year, most U.S. farmers were hoping to break even or maybe record a small profit if they could find a way to limit their sky-high costs. But now they are faced with losing the biggest export market for many of their crops after China retaliated against President Donald Trumps tariffs.Theres just not any margin for error in the current farm economy, said Kentucky farmer Caleb Ragland, who serves as president of the American Soybean Association.Soybean and sorghum farmers have particular reason to worry because at least half of those crops are exported and China has long been the biggest buyer. China has also bought a lot of American corn, beef, chicken and other crops as part of spending $24.65 billion on U.S. agricultural products last year. Now with China slapping 34% tariffs on all American products Friday on top of other tariffs it imposed earlier this year all of those products will be significantly more expensive in China Crop prices, much like the stock market, dropped after Trump announced his tariffs earlier this week. Tim Dufault, whose farm is in northwest Minnesota only about 80 miles south of Canada, said in a good year soybean farmers might make $50 to $75 an acre. But this isnt a good year because crop prices arent high enough to cover soaring costs, and the price drop in the past two days cost them about $25 an acre, he said. Dufault said he is worried that these new tariffs might put many farmers out of business, including the young farmers he rented his land to heading into this year as he retired because they likely wont make anything in 2025. I just I hope to God they can stay in business, said Dufault, who is active with the Farmers for Free Trade group that pushes for open markets.One of the biggest long-term concerns is that American farmers and ranchers will lose market share as China turns to Brazil and other countries to buy the soybeans, beef, chicken and other crops it consumes. China will buy lots of sorghum because it is distilled into the drink baijiu that is as popular there as whiskey is in the United States, but they will get it from other countries. Farmers endured Trumps previous trade war with China during his first term. But this time, Trumps tariffs extend around the globe, so China likely wont be the last country to retaliate with tariffs of its own. Could farmers get government aid? The only way most farmers survived Trumps last trade war was with tens of billions of government aid payments, but its not clear if he will do that this time. He gave them more than $22 billion in aid payments in 2019 and nearly $46 billion in 2020, though that year also included aid related to the COVID pandemic.Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told Fox News this week that right now she doesnt believe massive aid payments will be necessary, although she wont know that for several months. But if it is, then this president has always said and he is resolute in his commitment to our farmers and our ranchers and our great rural communities in America, so we will well make sure were ready if in fact that is necessary, she said. But none of us like that, said farmer Andy Hineman, who is vice president of the Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association. We dont want to live on government handouts. Wed rather sell the crops we grow.But farmer Bryant Kagay, part owner of Kagay farms in Amity, Missouri, said he doesnt have a lot of faith that these tariffs the way they are laid out today will stick around long term.He also doesnt like the idea of getting aid from the government. I really hate that seems to be the solution that, well, well just pay farmers some just off-the-cuff payment to help offset this, Kagay said. I think a federal government thats vastly overspending today, like this is not the way to solve that problem.The hope for farmers is that Trumps tariffs will lead to negotiations with other countries that will lower tariffs and other trade barriers.Thats the type of positive development that we can do thats good for everybody involved, and thats what we need to look for, Ragland said. Instead of beating each other up with higher and higher tariffs its just like punching each other in the face. Were not going to gain anything from it. Its just going to cause us to hurt. That would be my encouragement to the administration, is to look for opportunities and get some great deals done proactively.___Associated Press writer Nick Ingram contributed to this report from Missouri. JOSH FUNK Funk is an Associated Press reporter who covers all the major freight railroads including Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, CSX, Canadian National and CPKC. Funk also covers Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway and has been attending Buffetts Woodstock for Capitalists annual meeting every spring in Omaha, Nebraska, for 19 years. twitter mailto

No matter where she's called home, the Final Four coach's story is held close by those who watched her rise.

Dwight Howard, an eight-time NBA All-Star and three-time Defensive Player of the Year, has been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, sources told ESPN.

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The Dodgers ran themselves out of a shot at keeping their undefeated season alive in a 3-2 loss to the Phillies on Friday that stuck them at 8-1 on the season.

No matter where she's called home, the Final Four coach's story is held close by those who watched her rise.

Dwight Howard, an eight-time NBA All-Star and three-time Defensive Player of the Year, has been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, sources told ESPN.

The SEC Player of the Year is chasing history -- for himself and Auburn -- as the Tigers head into Final Four.

South Carolina and UConn advanced to Sunday's NCAA title game. We tracked all the action live from Tampa.

Christian Encarnacion-Strand's sacrifice fly on Friday finally ended the Reds' 35-inning scoreless streak that tied for the fourth most in team history.

Lando Norris put McLaren top of the timesheets in third practice for the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday with a sizzling lap of one minute 27.965 seconds that bettered Max Verstappen's time for pole position last year.

South Carolina and UConn advanced to Sunday's NCAA title game. We tracked all the action live from Tampa.