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Executive order targets drug prices

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he'll sign an executive order today that, if implemented, could bring down the costs of some medications — reviving a failed effort from his first term on an issue he's talked up since even before becoming president. The order Trump is ...

Blue Dillo swaps trailer for IM location

IRON MOUNTAIN — After serving food out of a tiny trailer, the Blue Dillo has found a home. Missing the cuisine of their native state of Texas, owners Charli and Chris Sanders, along with Lynda Goss, started the Blue Dillo two years ago by parking the food trailer on U.S. 2 across from Home ...

EU publishes US product hit list, prepares for WTO action on Trump’s tariffs

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union published on Thursday a list of U.S. imports that it would target with retaliatory duties if no solution is found to end U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war, which could include aircraft maker Boeing. The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, said it also would begin legal action at the World Trade Organization over the “reciprocal tariffs” that Trump imposed on countries around the world last month. “The EU remains fully committed to finding negotiated outcomes with the U.S.,” commission President Ursula von der Leyen ...

Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump's demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the risks of both higher unemployment and higher inflation have risen, an unusual combination that puts the central bank ...

US officials to discuss tariffs with Chinese delegation in Switzerland

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top U.S. officials are set to meet with a high-level Chinese delegation this weekend in Switzerland in the first major talks between the two nations since President Donald Trump sparked a trade war with stiff tariffs on imports. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. ...

Queen City Running Company opens IM store

IRON MOUNTAIN — Marquette-based Queen City Running Company opened its third location April 7 in Iron Mountain. Kevin Thomsen started Queen City Running Company in Marquette nearly 10 years ago when he purchased Johnson Sporting Goods from his father and transitioned the business toward ...