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First responders walk through debris on Thursday, June 11, 2026 after a tornado passed through Merrillville, Ind. (Michael Sneiderwine via AP) Michael Sneiderwine/AP Williams and 31St. in Kenner is flooded during Tropical Storm Arthur in New Orleans, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) David Grunfeld/David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayun FILE - People work at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, on Saturday, Jan.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Estados Unidos impondrá aranceles del 25% a las importaciones procedentes de Brasil tras detectar una serie de prácticas comerciales que considera desleales por parte de la décima economía más grande del mundo. Los aranceles, que se propusieron por primera vez el mes pasado, entrarán en vigor el 22 de julio. La orden exime algunos bienes que no se producen en Estados Unidos o que, según temen funcionarios, podrían alterar las cadenas de suministro.

Supporters listen to a speaker during a protest by the Cockroach Janta Party demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities and repeated paper leaks, in New Delhi, India, on July 10, 2026.

President Donald Trump departs on Marine One after speaking at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026.

President Donald Trump speaks at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson President Donald Trump speaks at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026.

NEW YORK (AP) — It's an idea whose time, as it were, may have come — again. The twice-yearly changing of the clocks in the United States could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes it through. But even as annoying as some find the back-and-forth of the time shift in the spring and the fall, that doesn't necessarily mean sticking to one would go over well. America has tried it before, most recently in the 1970s, and it didn't last.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks during a news conference Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in New York. David 'Dee' Delgado/AP Photo/David 'Dee' Delgado WASHINGTON (AP) — When Markwayne Mullin took over as Homeland Security secretary from fired Kristi Noem, he pledged to get the department responsible for carrying out the Trump administration's mass deportations policy out of the headlines.

Part of a proposal to improve security at Lafayette Park, across from the White House, is photographed Wednesday, July 15, 2026, before a meeting on July 16 of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. Jon Elswick/AP Photo/Jon Elswick WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is proposing to improve security around the White House by putting up a fence around nearby Lafayette Park to help limit public access when law enforcement authorities determine doing so is necessary.

Westfield Starfires shortstop Ryan Ventrelle of Fairfield takes a warm-up throw as second baseman Cole Silvia looks on during a Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England game on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at Dunkin' Park in Hartford. Westfield Starfires shortstop Ryan Ventrelle of Fairfield takes a warm-up throw as second baseman Cole Silvia looks on during a Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England game on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at Dunkin' Park in Hartford.

Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP) Razieh Poudat/AP Photo/Razieh Poudat A billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump lying on what appears to be a coffin and bearing anti-Trump messages, including the phrase "We Kill Trump," is seen at Islamic Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 15, 2026.