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Trump executive order targets the Smithsonian over 'divisive, race-centered ideology'
President Trump accused the Smithsonian Institution of propagating “divisive, race-based ideology” and issued an executive order Thursday…
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Trump cuts have hit government agencies investigating Elon Musk's businesses. Here's a breakdown
Elon Musk owns the country’s most successful electric car maker in Tesla. His SpaceX rocket company is one of NASA’s biggest contractors,…
Politics
Trump wants to rein in federal judges. One California Republican is already working on it
WASHINGTON — As court orders against his administration mount, President Trump has ramped up his attacks on federal judges in recent days,…
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Trump administration ends funding for legal representation of 26,000 migrant children
President Trump’s administration on Friday ended a federal contract that provides legal representation to nearly 26,000 migrant children…
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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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Schiff dismisses Trump assertion that Biden pardons for Jan. 6 committee are 'void'
Sen. Adam B. Schiff on Monday rebuffed as a baseless threat a weekend broadside from President Trump in which Trump alleged that Schiff…
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A ‘Trump whisperer’? Mexican president's strategy faces its biggest test yet
MEXICO CITY — The president stood amid the admiring throngs and declared victory. “We have gathered here to congratulate ourselves because…
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Tesla raises concerns over retaliatory tariffs in unsigned letter
Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla has joined several other American businesses in raising concerns over retaliatory tariffs that…
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Contributor: Should the Dodgers balk at a White House invitation this year?
In 2019, Mookie Betts, then an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, refused President Trump’s invitation to visit the White House, along…
Business
Tech stocks keep tumbling this year. Here's why
When President Trump returned to the White House, tech executives from Apple, OpenAI, Oracle and other companies pledged to create…
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Commentary: With friends like Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk, Newsom may talk himself to political death
Gavin Newsom — eyes on the White House, vision firmly fixed on his future — is leaning once more into the self-promotion business. One…
Politics
DHS expedites process to award two Republican-linked firms part of its $200-million ad campaign
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security skipped a fully competitive bidding process to give two Republican-linked firms the first part of…
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California lawmakers urge congressional leaders to continue federal wildfire aid
WASHINGTON — California’s lawmakers urged their leaders in Congress on Friday to continue funding federal aid in the wake of the L.A.…
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Trump's 1% policy wars: Transgender people, USAID funding and now Canadian fentanyl?
When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called President Trump this week to discuss the imposition of stiff U.S. tariffs, Trump linked…
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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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That extra dab of guacamole on your burrito could cost more because of new tariffs
That extra dab of guacamole on a burrito is likely to cost more in coming days. President Trump’s new tariffs, which went into effect…
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Asylum requests surge in Mexico amid U.S. border crackdown
NAUCALPAN DE JUÁREZ, Mexico — It wasn’t long ago that record numbers of migrants were claiming asylum at the U.S. southern border,…
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Trump to bring message on expanded executive power to a diminished Congress
WASHINGTON — In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump opened with an appeal for unity, a condemnation of hate…
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Apple to hire 20,000 people, invest $500 billion in the U.S. amid Trump tariffs
Apple said Monday it plans to invest $500 billion in the United States, hire 20,000 people and open a new manufacturing factory in Texas…
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Column: Trump says he wants to end Russia's war on Ukraine. But he's acting like Putin's wingman
WASHINGTON — Last week, President Trump abruptly shoved U.S. foreign policy off one of its cornerstones. For nearly 80 years since the end…
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Supreme Court turns away — for now — Trump’s appeal seeking to fire agency official
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday turned down President Trump’s appeal seeking to fire an agency official. Instead, the justices…
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Longtime Gazan refugees still trapped in dismal Jordan camp warn of Trump resettlement plan
JERASH, Jordan — Izzaat Al-Hindi trudged down a passageway of the Jerash Refugee Camp, navigating potholes, garbage piles and drab,…
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Why Chinese students still want to attend U.S. universities
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Growing up in Beijing, Jacinta Gu had always imagined herself going to college in America. Some of her happiest memories…