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The White House announced Feb. 1 that President Trump was implementing new 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10 percent tariff on imports from China. It is an unpopular move, as demonstrated by the…
President Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said they have agreed to delay tariffs by at least one month, following a call between the two leaders Monday. The 25 percent tariffs on Mexico were to be implemented Tuesday. Both Trump…
Amid a flood of executive orders signed Monday, President Trump revoked an executive order signed by former President Biden that set ethics and lobbying rules for appointees. The Biden-era executive order banned gifts from lobbyists and expanded the requisite “cooling…
President-elect Trump talked tough on tariffs on his way to securing a resounding win for Republicans in November, and now businesses are preparing for a trade war that could eclipse the one that Trump kicked off in 2018 during his…
All Democrats are expected to be in the Capitol on Friday for the vote to seat the next Speaker of the House, according to the Democratic whip’s office. The full participation of Democrats is significant, given the razor-thin margins in…
The messy government shutdown fight this month foreshadows some of the challenges House Republicans could face next year, as a major test on funding awaits the incoming GOP “trifecta.” Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown last week — but not…
The Treasury Department gave Ukraine a $20 billion loan funded by seized Russian assets Tuesday as part of a broader Group of Seven (G7) effort to boost the country’s defense. The money will be transmitted to Ukraine through the World…
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said the state of California is prepared to spend taxpayer dollars on migrants in need of “legal assistance, legal advice, legal support” because of “threats” under President-elect Trump’s administration. “If the first Trump administration is any…
President-elect Trump’s choice for special envoy to the Russia-Ukraine war, Keith Kellogg, has offered fairly detailed proposals for ending the war that began almost three years ago. Trump has promised to end the war within a day of returning to…
For much of the last decade, Joe Biden and Donald Trump took turns lamenting America’s “forever wars,” with each advocating a rapid end to the 20-year U.S. involvement in Afghanistan’s civil conflict. In February 2020, Trump negotiated a withdrawal agreement…