China is not taking kindly to Donald Trump‘s trade war. The president is not taking kindly to China not taking kindly to his tariffs, and the White House announced on Tuesday that imports from China will now be slapped with a whopping 104-percent tax. “When America is punched [Trump] punches …
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Elon Musk may have bought himself influence over President Donald Trump’s administration, but public criticism of the president remains out of his budget. Instead — as the world braces for Trump’s tariff regime to go into effect at midnight on Tuesday — Musk is picking fights with a fellow presidential …
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President Donald Trump’s tariff regime goes into effect at midnight on Tuesday, and some Republican lawmakers can barely contain how much they hate it. As markets crater, and tensions escalate between the United States and its most important trade partners, elected Republicans must be realizing that they will be among …
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Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign was backed in part by millions of dollars from cryptocurrency firms and wealthy investors in the industry. In return, he has sought to make the U.S. the “crypto capital of the world,” signing an executive order on “strengthening American leadership in digital financial technology” and announcing …
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The National Park Service restored an image of Harriet Tubman and a quote from her on a webpage about the Underground Railroad on Monday. The move came after backlash over reports that the page had reduced the emphasis on the prolific abolitionist to highlight other abolitionists, including two white people, …
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Donald Trump made clear today that he is not pulling the reins on his potentially recession-inducing tariff plans — or giving up control of implementing them. As markets went on a roller coaster, the president threatened to veto proposed bipartisan legislation that would seek to limit his tariff authority. In …
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The Supreme Court has paused the enforcement of a judicial order commanding the U.S. government to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia — who authorities admitted was deported to El Salvador as a result of an “administrative error” — to the United States by midnight on Monday. In a brief missive, …
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Donald Trump said today he is not deliberately tanking the stock market, following his extreme tariff announcement last week, though the president indicated it’s OK if Americans suffer as a result of his economic policies. Speaking with reporters on Air Force One, Trump was asked if there was a level …
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After spending a weekend of panic over the economic impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the New York Stock Exchange continued to crater on Monday — before spinning into chaos amid a false rumor that Trump may pause the tariffs. Within minutes of opening, the Dow Jones dropped over 1,500 …
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The judge overseeing the case of a Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador has reiterated that the Trump administration must return him to the U.S. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, along with hundreds of other deportees from the U.S., is being held in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), which District …
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