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Trade war heats up: Mexico keeps calm as Canada hits back
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has avoided the worst of the Trump tariff onslaught. At least for now. That was the message of relief that Mexican…
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Donald Trump's executive orders suffer double legal blow
Two of President Donald Trump's executive orders were hit by legal setbacks on Monday. Newsweek sought email comment from the office of…
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Want to Play a Game? Global Trade War Is the New Washington Pastime.
The world’s biggest powers were deep in a trade war. Economic losses from the tariffs that President Trump had imposed on most of the…
Politics
Why Washington and Wall St Have Problems With Off-Channel Messaging
Follow live updates on the Trump administration’s Signal war plans leak. A Signal leak By far the biggest story of the day is The…
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Barbara Lee has avid fans in Oakland mayor's race. But Loren Taylor is making it a contest
OAKLAND — On a recent Saturday in March, several hundred people filled the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland for a quintessential party to…
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Washington Post Alumni Urged Jeff Bezos to Replace CEO Will Lewis
In February, as morale at The Washington Post was reaching new lows, two of the newspaper’s most respected alumni decided to intervene,…
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Commentary: Elon Musk brought a Silicon Valley mindset to Trump's Washington. It's been a disaster
Washington has never seen anything like the rule-breaking, power-taking, government-torching, protocol-scorching force of delighted havoc…
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Zelenskyy to travel to Washington over mineral deal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Washington Friday amid negotiations that would give the U.S. access to the eastern…
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FBI expected to transfer 1,500 staffers out of Washington area
The FBI is expected to transfer up to 1,500 of its personnel out of its Washington headquarters to field offices across the country,…
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Warren Buffett sounds warning to Washington as Berkshire reports record profit, cash
Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday (Feb 22) reported record annual profits and boosting its cash stake to US$334.2 billion, as Warren Buffett…
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Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now
Even by Washington standards, the second Trump presidency has begun in frenetic fashion: mass firings at federal agencies, tariff threats…
Politics
Democrats under investigation over threats: what to know
The most senior federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. has written to senior Democratic politicians warning them that they are under…
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Rep. Garcia draws scrutiny from Trump Justice official over his Musk comments
WASHINGTON — Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democratic darling from Long Beach, is facing scrutiny from President Trump’s Department of Justice for…
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How Mexico's president has kept Trump at bay — for now
Mexico City — She has been unflappable as President Trump has fired off broadsides — threats to impose devastating tariffs, mass…
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Family Files Claims Against U.S. for Washington Plane Crash
The family of one of the 67 victims of a plane crash last month near Washington filed two legal claims against the federal government on…
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Washington Post reverses course, rejects anti-Musk ad campaign
The Washington Post has backed out of an upcoming print ad that it had initially agreed to publish calling for the firing of Elon Musk as…
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Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
An advertisement that was set to run in some editions of The Washington Post on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in…
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Washington Post Caves to Elon Musk and Scraps Ad
“This is not a capitulation-this is a coercion,” a source familiar with the meeting told Reuters. “That person, in my mind, is a hero.”…
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Trump's record-breaking start rattles Washington, rankles rivals, but earns raves from voters
In a burst of presidential action unmatched in modern U.S. history, President Trump has loosed a flurry of executive orders, begun to…
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Trump’s Washington is opening its doors to eager fintechs
AFTER struggling to win much sway in a Biden-era Washington, some of the biggest fintech firms are now getting a lot more facetime on…
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Candy recalled in California: What to know as FDA sets risk level
The Candy Basket Inc. recalled four of its products in California last month due to undeclared allergens, with the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Taiwan Prepares for Trump’s Tariffs, and a Changed Washington
Not so long ago, Taiwan basked in seemingly boundless, bipartisan support in Washington, where the island has long been regarded as a…
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The Chaos in Washington Will Not Spare You
Independently of who you supported in the 2024 elections—or even if you voted at all—you may not be paying a lot of attention to what's…
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Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington
Elon Musk made a clear promise after Donald Trump decided to put him in charge of making the government more efficient. Source link