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Preparing tariff retaliation, U.S. allies say Trump will 'buckle under pressure'
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is facing global blowback after announcing a dramatic series of tariffs on countries around the…
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Column: Making America a colonizer again
The self-professed “Make America Great Again” president is yet again reaching back to some bad old days in his chaotic quest for this…
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Even in Trump country, some worry about how tariffs will hit their pocketbooks
In Huntington Beach — where a small, white bust of President Trump occupies the City Council chambers and “Make America Great Again”…
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Trump declares 'Liberation Day,' announces sweeping global tariffs on 'friend and foe alike'
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced sweeping global tariffs Wednesday — a risky move that he vowed would lure manufacturing back to the…
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Donald Trump's tariffs hit Melania Trump's birth country
As President Donald Trump implements mass tariffs on other countries, his wife's home nation of Slovenia could see some major disruptions…
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Column: Near death, Pope Francis rallied back. We need his voice more than ever
For the past month and a half, the world has waited for what seemed like the inevitable passing of Pope Francis. The spiritual and titular…
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'They have never broken the law': An O.C. couple's deportation is part of a trend, advocates say
Nelson and Gladys Gonzalez lived in the United States illegally for decades, working hard and raising a family while regularly checking in…
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South Korean court reinstates suspended prime minister but is silent on impeached President Yoon
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was reinstated as acting president on Monday after the country’s Constitutional Court dismissed…
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News Analysis: Trump consistently frames policy around 'fairness,' trading on American frustration
In a sit-down interview with Fox News last month, President Trump and his billionaire “efficiency” advisor Elon Musk framed new tariffs on…
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Column: The United States careens toward a constitutional crisis
Congress is cowed; that’s one supposedly coequal branch of government down. But federal courts are proving more resistant to Donald…
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Jackie Robinson's Army story restored to Defense Department site after removal in DEI purge
An article highlighting the U.S. Army career of baseball legend Jackie Robinson has been restored to the Department of Defense website.…
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This Expat Politician Actually Wants Trump to Meddle in His Country
Trump’s personal involvement is unlikely but hardly impossible. He has been friendly with Bolsonaro, but has said almost nothing about…
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Contributor: Under Trump, the Voice of America has fallen silent. U.S. enemies are cheering
Almost 30 years ago, toward the end of President Clinton’s first term in office, Republicans in Congress forced a government shutdown that…
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Will South Korea’s ‘sensitive’ country designation impair cooperation with the U.S.?
SEOUL — A revelation that the U.S. Department of Energy has designated South Korea as a “sensitive country” — a label reserved for nations…
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Column: The Trump administration has a free-speech problem
I have to wonder: When will Vice President JD Vance condemn his own administration? Last month, Vance, a self-described foreign policy…
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Legal experts pan Trump's Supreme Court appeal on birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON — Trump administration lawyers sent the Supreme Court an emergency appeal this week with a “modest” procedural request, not to…
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California businesses are reeling from Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs
Tariffs haven’t yet hit the supply chain at Anawalt in Malibu, but the hardware store and lumber seller is bracing for steep price hikes…
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California farm groups look to stabilize workforce amid crackdown on illegal immigration
As the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration, California farm groups are working behind the scenes to influence…
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As Trump steamrolls ahead, Democrats see a growing 'heartbeat' of resistance
In an interview on MSNBC, Faiz Shakir, a senior advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders, described “thousands and thousands” of people showing up…
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Syrians recount terror as renewed sectarian violence leaves hundreds dead
BEIRUT — The gunmen were methodical, beginning their rampage from the start of a street in the Qusoor neighborhood in the Syrian coastal…
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Contributor: How federally funded research saved my son's sight — and his life — from a rare cancer
If you want to make this country great, imagine the strength of a nation whose children have been fought for and know they have been…
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In Mexico, fear and defiance as Trump's tariffs take effect
MEXICO CITY — One day after President Trump’s sweeping tariffs took effect, ending decades of free trade across North America, Mexicans…
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News Analysis: Trump gives himself high marks. Polls, markets, courts, allies paint a different picture
President Trump gave his new administration high marks in a bullish speech to Congress on Tuesday, arguing he is making fast work of his…
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Heavy on migrant crime, light on inflation: 8 takeaways from Trump’s speech to Congress
WASHINGTON — President Trump laid out an aggressive approach to “renewing the American dream” in his address to a joint session of…