Category: Politics
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Columbia grad student’s detention will stretch on as lawyers spar over Trump’s plan to deport him
Mahmoud Khalil will remain detained in Louisiana until at least next week but can finally speak to lawyers while they fight the Trump administration’s plans.
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Trump’s trade war draws swift retaliation with new tariffs from Mexico, Canada and China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump launched a trade war Tuesday against America’s three biggest trading partners, drawing immediate retaliation from Mexico, Canada and China and sending financial markets into a tailspin as the U.S. faced the threat of rekindled inflation and paralyzing uncertainty for business. Just after midnight, Trump imposed 25% taxes, or tariffs,…
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House Republicans unveil bill to avoid shutdown and they’re daring Democrats to oppose it
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that seems certain to spark a major confrontation with Democrats over the contours of government spending. The 99-page bill would provide a slight boost to defense programs while trimming nondefense…
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A single day of Trump and Musk’s cost-cutting campaign remakes huge sections of government
WASHINGTON (AP) — A series of decisions revealed Friday provided a glimpse of the turmoil engulfing federal agencies since President Donald Trump and Elon Musk launched their campaign of disruption, upending how government functions in ways big and small. Some changes appeared designed to increase political control over agencies that have historically operated with some…
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Dow drops 1,000, and US stocks tumble toward their worst day in years as economic worries worsen
The S&P 500 was down 3.2 percent in afternoon trading, which would be its sharpest drop since the highest inflation in generations was shredding budgets in 2022.
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Teachers union sues over Trump administration’s deadline to end school diversity programs
WASHINGTON — A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any kind or risk losing their federal money. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by the American Federation of Teachers union and the American Sociological Association, says the Education Department’s…
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Pennsylvania changes policy to follow Trump order on transgender athletes in high school sports
Associations in some other states, including Maine, have signaled they may defy the president’s order, while others were taking a wait-and-see approach.
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Donald Trump expresses hope Russia’s war in Ukraine is nearing an endgame
Trump said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine to keep the peace.
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Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance.
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Here are some takeaways from the first month of Trump’s Mideast diplomacy
JERUSALEM — When Hamas threatened to call off the planned release of three Israeli hostages last week, U.S. President Donald Trump stepped into the picture with an unexpected ultimatum. Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump called on Hamas to release all of the more than 70 hostages it is holding by noon on Saturday. Otherwise,…