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The U.S. has expanded a visa restriction policy to target Cuban officials believed to be tied to a labor program that sends Cuban workers overseas — especially health care workers — said Rubio." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >February 25, 2025</span> <a href="/a/us-expands-visa-restrictions-on-cubans-tied-to-labor-export-program-/7988318.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="US expands visa restrictions on Cubans tied to labor export program "> US expands visa restrictions on Cubans tied to labor export program </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">Cuba's health service generates major export earnings by sending doctors and health workers around the world</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/trump-turns-eye-on-china-s-copper-production/7988338.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="Trump turns eye on China's copper production"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/36bf0833-abb6-40fc-923f-73755c30c29e_w100_r1.jpg" alt="President Donald Trump holds a hat reading "Trump was right about everything" after signing an order on the supply of copper and foreign copper in the American market at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 25, 2025." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/36bf0833-abb6-40fc-923f-73755c30c29e_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="President Donald Trump holds a hat reading "Trump was right about everything" after signing an order on the supply of copper and foreign copper in the American market at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 25, 2025." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >February 25, 2025</span> <a href="/a/trump-turns-eye-on-china-s-copper-production/7988338.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="Trump turns eye on China's copper production"> Trump turns eye on China's copper production </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">Trump orders investigation into what administration says is Beijing's move to dominate global copper markets</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/apple-shareholders-reject-proposal-to-scrap-company-s-diversity-programs/7988035.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company's diversity programs"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/66fa7c15-7b44-44c7-8e66-08dd4a843460_w100_r1.jpg" alt="FILE - 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Some experts say new tariffs on imported goods are partly to blame for February's drop in consumer confidence." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >February 25, 2025</span> <a href="/a/us-consumer-confidence-drops-sharply-survey-shows/7987763.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="US consumer confidence drops sharply, survey shows"> US consumer confidence drops sharply, survey shows </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">Business research group says consumers worried about inflation, new US tariffs on imported products </p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/us-expands-visa-restrictions-on-cubans-tied-to-labor-export-program/7987728.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="US expands visa restrictions on Cubans tied to labor export program"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/ccedb279-a10d-4515-dda2-08dd4a81f35f_cx0_cy8_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a joint news conference at the National Palace in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Feb. 6, 2025. 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