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MAGA Senator Threatens Walmart for Responding to Trump’s Tariffs
Walmart may be wading through dangerous waters with Donald Trump’s administration after announcing that the president’s tariffs would…
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Trump’s China Tariff Deal Is About to Come Back to Bite Him
The president’s tariffs on China appear to have backfired. Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that U.S. tariffs on…
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Who Is the President Here?
On Russia and beyond, the VP seems to be signaling policy preferences that do not comport with those of the administration he serves.…
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Supreme Court asked to allow Trump administration to restart mass firings of federal workers
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to break a lower court's hold on President Trump's mass firing of federal workers…
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Video: Inside a Plan to Shut Down Pro-Palestinian Activism
What is Project Esther? Katie J.M. Baker, a national investigative correspondent for The New York Times, explores the Heritage…
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Trump’s Tariffs Are About Rent Extraction, Not Rent-Seeking
If Trump did not impose these tariffs to support rent-seeking firms, then why did he do it? Source link
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Contributor: The U.S. failed refugees during the Holocaust. Trump's Libya plan would too
In May 1939, a ship called the St. Louis departed from Hamburg, Germany, with 937 passengers, most of them Jews fleeing the Holocaust.…
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Biden is diagnosed with 'aggressive' form of prostate cancer
WASHINGTON — Former President Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, his office said Sunday, a devastating…
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Trump's Middle East trip produced little for Palestinians
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump’s four-day visit to the Middle East was marked by a flurry of activity: Billion-dollar trade deals,…
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Some German tourists, fearing harassment or detention, are avoiding U.S.
BERLIN — Jessica Lia Brösche is a Berlin tattoo artist who was escaping the frigid German winter in the sunshine of northern Mexico. She…
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Supreme Court rebukes Texas judges, backs hearing before deportation for detained Venezuelans
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday told conservative judges in Texas they must offer a hearing to detained Venezuelans whom the…
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Trump’s auto tariffs reignite concerns about GM's future in South Korea
SEOUL — In South Korea, the Trump administration’s 25% tariff on imported cars has sent local automakers Hyundai and Kia scrambling to…
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Schumer denounces 'welcome mat' for El Chapo relatives transferred to San Diego
MEXICO CITY — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday denounced as a “total disgrace” the Trump administration’s apparent…
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Justices skeptical of Trump plan to limit birthright citizenship but also injunctions that block it
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave a skeptical hearing Thursday to a lawyer for President Trump who was appealing rulings that blocked…
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Contributor: The Mideast has changed since Trump's first term. How will he reshape it?
As President Trump parades through the Middle East this week, he will encounter a very different region than the one he experienced during…
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U.S.-Syria relations take new turn as Trump, Syrian president meet
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump met Wednesday with Syria’s new leader, praising him as a “young, attractive guy” and urging him to…
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As climate hazards worsen, Trump moves to weaken FEMA and shift disaster response onto states
The recent firing of the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is just the latest in a string of blows for the nation’s top…
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17 members of a cartel kingpin's family were escorted into California from Mexico. Why?
MEXICO CITY — Key pillars of the Trump administration’s policy toward Mexico involve large-scale deportations and a crackdown on cartels.…
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Trump accepting luxury jetliner from Qatar raises alarm on both sides of political aisle
President Trump has spent the first major overseas trip of his second administration — next stop Wednesday in Qatar — beating back…
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California to ask federal judge for sweeping pause to Trump’s tariffs
WASHINGTON — The California attorney general’s office said Tuesday that it will seek a preliminary injunction in its case challenging…
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California sues over Trump policy tying transportation grants to immigration
WASHINGTON — California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed two lawsuits on Tuesday challenging a Trump administration policy that would deny the…
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Trump and Saudis reach weapons sales and investment deals worth billions
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — On the first day of his visit to the Middle East, President Trump combined business with diplomacy, reaching out to…
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Trump returns to the Middle East with tech titans, seeking trillion-dollar deals
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The first time President Trump visited Riyadh in 2017, he posed with a ceremonial orb, took part in a traditional…
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Commentary: Is there a middle ground on immigration? This Republican thinks so
Bob Worsley has solid conservative credentials. He’s anti abortion. A fiscal hawk and lifelong member of the Mormon Church. As an Arizona…