President Donald Trump says he’ll double pre-existing tariffs on China, the same day that Mexico and Canada's go into effect. The number of first-time applications for unemployment benefits doesn’t bode well for the US labor market. Russia says it won’t give up annexed regions of Ukraine. Another federal government agency head is retiring, amid mass federal workforce cuts. Plus, we explain why a job in AI is looking pretty good right now.

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