The National Park Service has edited a page on its website that describes the Underground Railroad to reduce the emphasis on Harriet Tubman, instead highlighting “Black/White cooperation.” The Washington Post first reported the changes, noting that the government replaced a large portrait of Tubman as well as a quote at …
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A conservative think tank has said the formula the Trump administration used to calculate tariffs that are wreaking havoc on the economy contains an egregious error. When confronted with the allegations, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins doubled down. CNN’s Jake Tapper noted that the Trump tariffs that went into effect Wednesday …
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A second Texas child has died of a measles outbreak, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — infamous spreader of vaccine misinformation — reportedly plans to attend the funeral on Sunday. Axios first reported news of Kennedy’s trip to Texas, with NBC News later reporting that …
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After President Donald Trump‘s Department of Homeland Security admitted that it deported an innocent Maryland man to an El Salvadoran mega-prison known for torture and human-rights abuses, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavittbrushed off a judge’s order to bring him back. “We suggest the judge contact President Bukele because we …
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Republicans aren’t typically big fans of taking deliberate action to crash the stock market — but that’s what Donald Trump did on Wednesday, putting lawmakers who have fashioned their careers around fluffing the president in a tough spot. There are, of course, plenty of Republicans who have given their full-throated …
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Financial markets are taking a nosedive for the second straight day amid global panic and investor anxiety over Donald Trump’s implementation of broad tariffs on foreign imports.Economists are warning that the president’s actions are putting not just the United States but the world at risk of a global recession, and …
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Lithuanian President President Gitanas Nausėda, government dignitaries, religious leaders, military personnel, and thousands of spectators gathered on Thursday to send the remains of four American soldiers killed during a training exercise back to the U.S. for burial. They are arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Friday, and …
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On the eve of the expiration of the extension Donald Trump granted ByteDance on its deadline to sell TikTok to a U.S. entity, or be banned again, the president has announced plans to issue another executive order extending the deadline by 75 additional days. In a Truth Social post, he …
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Donald Trump’s new tariff regime is going to cost you a bundle. Tariffs can be confusing financial weapons. They are often framed as being slapped on exporting countries — e.g., a 25 percent tariff on Canadian auto parts. But the tax itself is actually paid by the American importer, and …
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Donald Trump’s obsession with tariffs has taken a dark turn, one that might be comedic gold if it weren’t about to cost Americans so much hard-earned cash. To wit: Trump is placing tariffs on countries around the globe — including even remote Antarctic islands inhabited only by penguins — while …
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