John Oliver used the opening segment of Last Week Tonight to mock Donald Trump‘s economic strategy of implementing global tariffs. To kick things off, Oliver showed a video clip of Trump saying, “This will be indeed the golden age of America. It’s coming back.” “If you mean ‘golden age,’ the …
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It’s very important to the Trump administration that the government spend huge taxpayer dollars on ads that repeatedly thank Donald Trump while warning immigrants to leave or stay out of America. There was such “an unusual and compelling urgency” for this propaganda campaign that it could not be subject to …
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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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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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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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TORONTO, ONTARIO — Donald Trump is losing an election in a landslide — in Canada. After a decade under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada was ready to move on from his center-left Liberal Party. It seemed inevitable that my homeland was about to elect a new conservative government and perhaps …
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Saturday Night Live kicked off with Donald Trump trying hard to calm nerves about the falling stock market, only to come up with a slogan that did anything but: “Make America Great Depression Again.” Markets tumbled before and after the president’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariff announcement this week, which saw …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update took aim at Donald Trump‘s massive tariffs, which have caused markets to tumble, in the process making a dig at last week’s musical guest, Morgan Wallen. “America elected Trump to run the country like a business, but it turns out he’s running it like one …
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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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