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The fire had grown to more than 20,400 acres by Thursday evening, forcing thousands to evacuate and straining local resources.

That sentiment isn’t conducive to a night spent with an information delivery system designed to keep the audience straining on tenterhooks.

Council members said the city of 100,000 had been a dumping ground for homeless projects that were straining the budget and leading to disorder.

Although lower-income and younger people are straining more to keep up with expenses and make debt payments, households on the whole are managing well.

As president, Trump in 2018 imposed tariffs on steel from Mexico and other countries, prompting counter-tariffs on American farm goods and straining U.S.-Mexico relations.