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President Trump will hold an event at the White House today, calling it America's "Liberation Day." That's when new tariffs are expected to take effect against Canada, Mexico, China and the European Union. The White House says the tariffs will undo decades of countries "taking advantage of the U.S."        Democratic-backed Judge Susan Crawford is the winner of the open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Crawford defeated Republican-backed former Wisconsin attorney general Brad Schimel. While technically a nonpartisan race, it became the target of millions spent by groups linked to Elon Musk, who supported Schimel.        FDA experts in charge of the US bird flu response have been fired in the latest federal job cuts. About ten-thousand workers were laid off Tuesday across the Department of Health and Human Services, including about 130 staff members at the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, which has played a key role in limiting the spread of the bird flu. Nearly 170-million chickens have either died or been put to death in the U.S. because of the bird flu, which has driven up the price of eggs.        The last of four missing American soldiers in Lithuania has been found dead. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters the soldier and three others died after a vehicle accident last month. The four soldiers went missing on March 25th and were discovered roughly 15-let deep in a peat bog.        A truck crash that injured pedestrians an Boston seems to be accidental, police say. At least six people are injured yesterday after a box truck crashed into a sidewalk in the city's Chinatown neighborhood. Police Commissioner Michael Cox says the investigation is ongoing.        Actor Val Kilmer is dead. Kilmer's daughter told The New York Times that the cause was pneumonia. He was 66.       

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