内容摘要：More than 90% of companies in the S&P 500 have reported earnings for their latest quarter. The majority of companies have reported better-than-expected earnings, but forecasts for earnings growth during the current quarter have been broadly cut in half for companies in the index.

More than 90% of companies in the S&P 500 have reported earnings for their latest quarter. The majority of companies have reported better-than-expected earnings, but forecasts for earnings growth during the current quarter have been broadly cut in half for companies in the index.

The Trump administration hasover DEI programs, leading many colleges to

support systems for students of color.The White House already hasin federal research grants to colleges it accuses of not doing enough to curb antisemitism, particularly during protests against the Israel-Hamas war. It also has moved to deport foreign students over their involvement with pro-Palestinian demonstrations, including Columbia University student

Iris Chiou, a 28-year-old Taiwanese American medical student in Madison, Illinois, says she’s scared for foreign students who could face deportation. She wonders how long“The fact that you have people disappearing and being deported, being functionally kidnapped, I think that’s going to scare people — which it’s probably supposed to,” said Chiou, who is a Democrat. It will keep people from discussing “what they care about.”

, there’s now a ban on students wearing masks to hide their identities and protesters must show identification when asked. Meanwhile,

has pushed back on the administration’s demands, filing a lawsuit in April to challengeTrump’s 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico

, though he limits the levy to 10% on Canadian energy. He also doubles the tariff on all Chinese imports to 20%.All three countries promise retaliatory measures. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces tariffs on more than $100 billion of American goods over the course of 21 days. And Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country would respond

on U.S. goods without specifying the targeted products immediately, signaling hopes to de-escalate.on a wide array of key U.S. farm exports, set to take effect March 10. It also expands the number of U.S. companies subject to export controls and other restrictions by about two dozen.