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Ontario Premier Doug Ford reversed course Tuesday, suspending a 25% electricity surcharge on U.S. states just one day after its implementation. Ford initially insisted he would be “relentless” in enforcing the tariff but quickly apologized to Americans and withdrew the policy during an appearance on WABC’s Cats & Cosby radio show.

China’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), concluded its ten-day annual conference in Beijing on Tuesday, featuring bold promises from Communist Party leaders to boost consumer spending, revive the struggling economy, and challenge the United States in a trade war using artificial intelligence (AI) as a strategic advantage.

Authorities have named Joshua Riibe as a person of interest in the disappearance of University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished while on spring break in the Dominican Republic. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia confirmed Riibe’s status in the case five days into the ongoing search but emphasized that the case remains a missing person investigation rather than a criminal matter.

On Tuesday, Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, Virginia, who is accused of hitting another runner with a metal baton during a race, appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America to share new footage from a different angle of the incident. The footage, according to Everett, supports her claim that the contact was unintentional.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Tuesday that it has canceled several National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, including over half a million dollars allocated to a “pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys.” The move is part of a broader effort to cut wasteful government spending.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has rejected a recent proposal from U.S. President Donald Trump to initiate new nuclear negotiations, labeling the offer as "deceptive."

Florida hospitals reported approximately $660 million in costs associated with providing medical care to undocumented immigrants.

On March 12, SpaceX successfully launched the Crew-10 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:48 p.m. EST.

A coalition of Republican legislators has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to limit participation in women's sports categories to individuals assigned female at birth.

In February, the U.S. federal budget deficit reached $307 billion, marking a 4% increase from the same month in the previous year, according to the Treasury Department.