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BBC - Politics (50 seconds ago)

Why the reign of the free market is facing its biggest ever challenge

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BBC - Politics (51 seconds ago)

The BBC's economics editor Faisal Islam explains why a US tariff on goods imported into America is such a big deal for both consumers and countries.

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BBC - Politics (51 seconds ago)

Keir Starmer tells them there is not a "policy lever that can be pulled" to combat online misogyny.

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BBC - Politics (52 seconds ago)

Downing Street does not rule out retaliating if new tariffs are imposed on Wednesday.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

South Carolina in 2018 moved to terminate a Planned Parenthood affiliate's participation in its state Medicaid program.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

On April 2, President Trump unveiled a universal import duty of 10% on all products, as well as reciprocal tariffs on imports from 90 nations.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

Nicholas Roske was found outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home with a gun and a knife in 2022.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

Here are the takeaways from a liberal's victory in Wisconsin and GOP wins in Florida races to succeed Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz in Tuesday's elections.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

Amazon has expressed interest in buying TikTok ahead of deadline for ByteDance to sell the social media app or face a U.S. ban.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

Experts estimate far lower figures in tariffs revenue, warning that President Trump's tariffs could drive up prices for American consumers.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

President Trump has signed a string of executive orders in recent weeks targeting some of the nation's most prominent law firms.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

The Trump administration has targeted international students in wake of pro-Palestinian protests and other activities.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

Around 170 staff were cut from the FDA's Office of Inspections and Investigations this week as part of wider cuts at U.S. health agencies.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

The Senate voted Wednesday on a measure aimed at blocking tariffs on Canadian products.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

Senate Republicans unveiled a budget resolution as the GOP seeks to move forward with the budget plan that will enable them to implement President Trump's agenda later this week.

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

President Trump announced new reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday, which he dubbed "Liberation Day."

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, says he's not a criminal and she's "scared for his life."

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CBS News - Politics (A minute ago)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' historic federal corruption case has been dropped with prejudice, meaning Adams cannot be re-tried on the same charges at a later time.

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The Washington Post - Politics (4 minutes ago)

Trump preps major tariff hike as business, Wall Street brace for impact

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The Washington Post - Politics (4 minutes ago)

A judge extended a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit seeking to overturned DOGE firings. The suit was filed by the attorneys general of 19 states and D.C.

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New York Times - Politics (5 minutes ago)

Democratic senators said in a letter that the administration was failing its first test of humanitarian aid as China and Russia send teams to help.

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New York Times - Politics (5 minutes ago)

The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world.

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New York Times - Politics (5 minutes ago)

In addition to reductions at agency personnel, federal regulators are demanding $2.9 billion in contract cancellations, The Times has learned.

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New York Times - Politics (5 minutes ago)

The secretary of state's trip comes amid an abrupt shift in relations between the United States and Europe after close cooperation during the Biden era.

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CBC - Politics (8 minutes ago)

The Conservatives have dropped Lourence Singh, the party's candidate for the New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville riding in the upcoming federal election.

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CBC - Politics (8 minutes ago)

Stefan Marquis announced on X Tuesday that he is no longer a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the Montreal riding of Laurier-Sainte-Marie due to recent posts he made on the social media platform.

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CBC - Politics (8 minutes ago)

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its annual list of global trade barriers Tuesday — and it includes Quebec's controversial language law, Bill 96.

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CBC - Politics (8 minutes ago)

A housing crisis mixed with a need to house the people working in wartime industries in the early 1940s prompted the creation of Wartime Housing Limited, essentially a federal developer. Some policy proposals during this campaign are taking cues from that wartime effort.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 minutes ago)

The AEC cleared Abbie Chatfield after it reviewed whether her combined posts with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Greens leader Adam Bandt breached laws.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 minutes ago)

They're uninhabited and are home to thousands of penguins and seals, but Donald Trump reckons they should be slapped with a 10 per cent tariff.

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Yahoo News - Politics (An hour ago)

Measuring the cost of extending Trump's tax cuts becomes a flashpoint in Congress

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Yahoo News - Politics (An hour ago)

Rare greenhouse gas law in Southern state could get pulled back by GOP legislators

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (An hour ago)

Anthony Albanese has fallen off the back of a stage as he was moving to pose for a photo in the Hunter Valley.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (An hour ago)

ABC chair Kim Williams says he has "no doubt" Liberal leader Peter Dutton would initiate a funding review of the national public broadcaster if he wins the upcoming federal election.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (An hour ago)

A senior Coalition source told the ABC Ms Rinehart believed the opposition leader was not sufficiently pro-business.

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

"We are now preparing for further countermeasures,” says European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

– Musk geht, Trumps neue Zölle kommen: Chaos-Tage in der US-Administration. Jonathan Martin schätzt die Auswirkungen jenseits des Atlantik ein und Hans von der Burchard diesseits in der Europäischen Union. – Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Die geschäftsführende SPD-Bauministerin Klara Geywitz zur Frage, wie es mit dem Wohnungsbau in Deutschland...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 hours ago)

Global car makers are rapidly reorganising in the wake of United States President Donald Trump's tariffs on automotive imports to the United States — and some are weighing pulling models from Australia with a climate impost about to take effect.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 hours ago)

The Coalition's shadow minister for migrant services has declared his family's financial interests in a migration agency that helps people stay in Australia and overturn their visa refusals.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 hours ago)

Nobody emerged unscathed from the US President's blitz, but there is some surprising collateral damage imminent.

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 hours ago)

Japan says it is leaving all options open against Trump's tariffs

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 hours ago)

Georgia lawmakers pass religious freedom bill despite discrimination concerns

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

by Andrew MARSZALHollywood studio Universal Pictures on Wednesday teased new movies from Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan, while showcasing footage from its upcoming sequels "Jurassic World Rebirth" and "Wicked: For Good" at the CinemaCon event.Spielberg "is currently shooting a film that promises to be a return to form, in the spirit of his...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

by Max DELANYRattled US allies will press Secretary of State Marco Rubio Thursday to lay out Washington's plans for NATO and Ukraine, but his first visit to the alliance risks being overshadowed by a growing trade war.President Donald Trump has rocked the foundations of Western security by casting doubt on NATO's collective defence vow, reaching...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

by Daniel AVISPresident Donald Trump's tariff announcement on Wednesday was widely panned by US business lobbying groups, who voiced concern about the impact of the sweeping new duties on their operations.During a speech in the White House's rose garden, Trump unveiled a baseline 10 percent tariff against almost all US trading partners in the world...

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New York Times - Politics (2 hours ago)

President Trump says the tariffs will encourage investment in U.S. factories, but analysts say car buyers will have to pay thousands more.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

It is the first election debate hosted by the public broadcaster in its own studios since 1993.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

It's Liberation Day in the US — a term coined by Donald Trump to signal the day the country gets its "money and respect back" by imposing tariffs on a number of international trade partners.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says 'tariffs are not the way to go' and his government is looking to expand export opportunities outside the United States.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

Hecklers have interrupted Anthony Albanese's press conference in Maitland, NSW. 

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

Senate GOP budget resolution sets stage for raising debt limit by as much as $5 trillion by Jennifer Shutt, Daily Montanan April 2, 2025 WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans released an updated budget resolution Wednesday that sets a May 9 deadline for more than a dozen committees to approve their slice of the massive package that will...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board hit President Donald Trump on Wednesday over the steep tariffs he enacted across the globe, warning the MAGA leader that "remaking the world economy has large consequences, and they may not all add up to what Mr. Trump advertises as a new 'golden age.'"Trump enacted sweeping tariffs, announced...

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Yahoo News - Politics (3 hours ago)

'Liberation Day' comes for California almonds

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Yahoo News - Politics (3 hours ago)

Why Canada and Mexico are missing from Trump's tariff chart

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Yahoo News - Politics (3 hours ago)

Virginia lawmakers buck Youngkin budget amendments in one-day session

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Politico - Europe (3 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's trade action hits several largely uninhabited places with little trade with anyone.

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Politico - Europe (3 hours ago)

United States President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day” of tariffs on foreign imports has roiled the markets and caused upset across the Atlantic. But is there anything opposition Democrats can do to curtail an all-powerful president? Host Anne McElvoy talks to Sen. Mark Kelly, former NASA astronaut and naval officer, who is one of the few...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

Farmers have reacted defiantly as the US president singled out Australia's beef in his trade crackdown as Albanese and Dutton say they would never compromise biosecurity.

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Elon Musk may have dumped $20 million-plus in Wisconsin's state Supreme Court election — and warned the race had implications that could determine "the future of America and Western Civilization" — but his resounding loss late Tuesday hasn't deterred him one bit.Musk donated millions to support conservative candidate Brad Schimel in the race,...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow treated viewers on Wednesday evening to a world tour of some of the stranger places that President Donald Trump slapped with tariffs.The tariffs, part of Trump's so-called "Liberation Day," tax foreign goods from 10 to 49 percent from just about every other country — but, Maddow noted, they also apply to a few places that...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Analysts at JPMorgan Chase warned that the impact of President Donald Trump's new set of tariffs could take the economy "perilously close to slipping into recession.”The gloomy economic forecast was released hours after Trump rocked the global financial markets with his announcement of sweeping tariffs in a Rose Garden ceremony on Wednesday –...

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

A super secret guide of all the top ways to muscle in on the U.K.'s broken election system.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

U.S. president's continuous economic brinkmanship and bullying is presenting sharp dilemmas across the pond.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

Trump's envoy Marco Rubio faces European NATO allies amid tension over Greenland, Ukraine and the future of the alliance.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

The EU is weighing reopening rules on renewables, energy efficiency and green renovations — despite warnings that it could be opening Pandora's box.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

Ministers hope they can find a technical solution that keeps everyone happy.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

The Italian prime minister has kept her coalition surprisingly intact for years — but pressure is building as Donald Trump pushes Europe to pick sides.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

Long seen as untouchable in Brussels, the GDPR is next on the list of the EU's crusade against overregulation.

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The Washington Post - Politics (4 hours ago)

The latest news on Trump's presidency and updates on the wide-ranging tariffs he announced on multiple countries and imports Wednesday.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

Western Australia is in unchartered territory after the decision to hold a special inquiry into the management of the state election, writes Nicolas Perpitch.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited a pharmacy to purchase toothpaste. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

National technology reporter Angela Lavoipierre discusses how much of an impact the Albanese government's media bargaining code has had on Donald Trump placing tariffs on Australian imports.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australia is "uniquely placed" and "well-prepared" to deal with US tariffs.

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Yahoo News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Sweeping US tariffs hit some tiny targets around the world

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Politico - Europe (5 hours ago)

Trump's Liberation Day announcement of 20 percent tariffs on the EU go against the "free enterprise and competition” that "have laid the foundations of the West's success," Swedish PM says.

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) hit back at Pam Bondi on Wednesday over the attorney general's recent attacks on Fox News, which Crockett derided at a House hearing as "Faux News."In recent appearances on Fox News, Bondi criticized Crockett for her remarks about Elon Musk and Tesla, accusing Crockett of using dangerous rhetoric that could incite...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Less than two weeks ago there was SignalGate, the Trump administration's national security scandal that potentially endangered the lives of U.S. service members, and risked exposing military plans, by using an insecure channel to discuss, map out, and announce progress of an attack in Yemen. Then there was the Trump administration's passwords...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" reciprocal tariffs plan was slapped together over a matter of a couple days, CNN's Jeff Zeleny reported on Wednesday evening.The plan, which puts sharp new taxes on imports from around the world, even from remote and uninhabited islands, has prompted a massive plunge in stock futures and even has some...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

During the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump insisted that he knew nothing about Project 2025 —the Heritage Foundation's 920-page blueprint for a second Trump presidency. But now that President Trump is actually serving his second term, a key part of the Project 2025 agenda — a dramatic restructuring of the federal workforce — is being...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Syria on Thursday condemned deadly Israeli strikes across the country as a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty, after Israel said it struck "military capabilities".Syrian state media said the strikes hit close to a defence research centre in Damascus, among other sites, while a war monitor reported four dead in the latest Israeli attack on...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

by Nina ISENI / Théo MARIE-COURTOISGlobal financial markets were rocked on Wednesday by Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping tariffs, targeting China and the European Union in particular, with the risk of undermining the international economy.The US president laid out the new measures after Wall Street stock markets had closed. But his...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

by Beiyi SEOWAfter weeks of anticipation, US President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new tariffs on trading partners Wednesday, calling it a "declaration of economic independence."A fresh "baseline tariff" of 10 percent will apply to economies around the world, with steeper rates tailored to those that Washington deemed as bad actors.What are the...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

A key figure in the Trump administration is urging other countries to hit the pause button on hitting the United States with tariffs, CNN reported — even though President Donald Trump just went nuclear with tariffs on virtually the entire rest of the world.The tariffs, which are part of an intended global economic realignment Trump calls...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Tuesday night's election results in Florida and Wisconsin have Republicans on Capitol Hill growing increasingly nervous that the "shock and awe” ushered in by President Donald Trump's second-term administration will hand the GOP a midterm shellacking.That's according to a new report in Politico, which detailed the internal struggle among...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 hours ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australians have "every right" to view US President Donald Trump's tariffs as undermining the relationship, warning the country has powers to take the United States to court over the trade punishments.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 hours ago)

Opposition leader Peter Dutton says Donald Trump's tariff announcement is not the treatment that Australians deserve and believes a deal can be achieved with a Coalition government. 

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Yahoo News - Politics (5 hours ago)

Rod Blagojevich has a new gig: Working for the 'Bosnian Bear'

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Yahoo News - Politics (5 hours ago)

Republicans join Democrats in Senate vote to rescind Trump Canada tariffs

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New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

Mark Green, a Republican who once worked under President Trump, stepped down as head of the Wilson Center after employees of Elon Musk's team visited the think tank.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 hours ago)

Trump's tariffs mean Australian exports to the US will attract a 10 per cent charge. Goods from these countries won't get off so lightly.

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Global News - Politics (6 hours ago)

The Senate passed a measure seeking to end the emergency declaration Trump used to justify tariffs on Canada linked to fentanyl, but the resolution will likely remain symbolic.

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 hours ago)

A bipartisan group of Senators voted to remove the emergency declaration President Trump used to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada. The vote was largely symbolic since the House isn't expected to act.

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The Washington Post - Politics (6 hours ago)

The latest explosive White House announcement unveiled in Trump's theatrical, unpredictable style almost instantly created significant and disruptive impacts around the globe.

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CBC - Politics (6 hours ago)

Liberal Leader Mark Carney is once again pausing his campaign in the federal election to head back to Ottawa ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's expected Wednesday announcement of widespread tariffs.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 hours ago)

The Victorian government has tasked councils with approving native timber logging projects for private land, which can allow harvesting despite statewide bans.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 hours ago)

Nationals leader David Littleproud has called for a "relationship reset" with the US after Donald Trump announced tariffs on Australian imports. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 hours ago)

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will fight Donald Trump's tariffs with "purpose and force".

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New York Times - Politics (6 hours ago)

A measure to cancel some Canadian tariffs is all but certain to stall in the House. But with a handful of Republicans in favor, the vote sent a signal of opposition to the levies.

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New York Times - Politics (6 hours ago)

G.O.P. leaders are planning to use the "nuclear option” to steer around the Senate's in-house referee and allow the use of a gimmick that makes trillions of dollars in tax cuts appear to be free.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 hours ago)

Read all the headlines from day seven of the 2025 federal election campaign on Thursday, April 3.

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

South Korea's acting President orders emergency measures over US tariffs

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Senate Republicans buck Trump, join Dems in rejecting Canada tariffs

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Maryland lawmakers plan to study reparations for slavery

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CBS News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Oliver Stone's "JFK" was nominated for eight Oscars and grossed more than $200 million but was also dogged by questions about its historical accuracy.

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CBS News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Democrat-backed Susan Crawford won the closely-watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race, the most expensive judicial election in U.S. history.

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. senators are shrugging off the party's punishing defeat in Wisconsin Tuesday, with some coming to Elon Musk's defense despite the billionaire becoming a lightning rod many credit with tilting the state supreme court race away from the GOP."No. He was helpful,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told Raw Story the day after...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Nobel Prize-winning economist turned political commentator Paul Krugman was completely aghast at President Donald Trump's new round of so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs, which impose new import taxes ranging from 10 to 49 percent on essentially every country's imports — and even a handful of random, remote islands with tiny populations and...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

The mayor of North Dakota's fourth largest city is out of a job after he accidentally texted the female city attorney a video of him performing a sex act on himself – which he intended as a "sexy video” for his girlfriend, the Daily Beast reported Wednesday.Tom Ross, 60, resigned as the mayor of Minot, population 50,000, effective Monday, after...

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CBS News - Politics (7 hours ago)

Republican Randy Fine won the House seat formerly held by Mike Waltz, while Republican Jimmy Patronis won the house seat vacated by Matt Gaetz.

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Yahoo News - Politics (7 hours ago)

GOP Poised To Confirm Anti-Voting Rights Extremist To Lead DOJ's Civil Rights Division

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Yahoo News - Politics (7 hours ago)

The world reacts with caution to US 'reciprocal' tariffs against dozens of nations

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Global News - Politics (7 hours ago)

A White House statement released after Trump announced the policy said existing tariffs on Canada 'remain in effect' — including exemptions — 'and are unaffected by this order.'

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The Washington Post - Politics (7 hours ago)

Musk and his PAC plan to remain highly involved in boosting GOP candidates, according to two people familiar with the plans.

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The Washington Post - Politics (7 hours ago)

Joanne Liu says her alma mater's health system pulled her talk, which included discussions of funding cuts to humanitarian aid groups and the deaths of aid workers in Gaza.

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) had a broad conversation about the special elections on Tuesday, and the firehose of news is drowning out its importance. "I think it has really been a significant 24 hours," said Whitehouse. He began mentioning the 25-hour filibuster by Sen. Corey Booker (D-NJ), and the win in the...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

A Republican senator all but begged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to back off his key economic policy — widespread tariffs.President Donald Trump enacted new tariffs Wednesday, announcing at a Rose Garden speech a baseline 10 percent tariff on all imports from every country, effective Saturday. Trump also announced reciprocal tariffs...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

When President Donald Trump announced his "Liberation Day" imposition of "reciprocal tariffs" of 10 to 49 percent on essentially every foreign import in the world, market futures reacted by going into freefall. But Trump also triggered widespread mockery over his extensive list of countries and regions subject to the new tariffs — which included...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) doubled down on his insults of a terminated government employee who went viral after the lawmaker reacted to his termination by telling him he "probably deserved it…because you seem like a clown.” The confrontation unfolded on Capitol Hill Tuesday as Mack Schroeder, a former Department of Health and Human Services worker,...

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BBC - Politics (7 hours ago)

"No one wants a trade war" but "nothing is off the table", UK business secretary says.

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New York Times - Politics (7 hours ago)

After a failed $20 million effort to tilt a State Supreme Court race, Elon Musk joins the ranks of billionaires frustrated by the laws of politics.

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New York Times - Politics (7 hours ago)

Republicans began investigating ActBlue, the Democratic Party's main fund-raising platform, last year in part of a broader bid to target key Democratic organizations.

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National Public Radio - Politics (7 hours ago)

Trump has been touting his support for the fertility treatment known as IVF. But that position is putting him at odds with some conservatives.

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National Public Radio - Politics (7 hours ago)

President Trump and top officials are considering a deal that would create a new U.S. entity and lease TikTok's algorithm to get around China export regulations.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to impose tariffs on Australian imports. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

Dr Susan Stone from Credit Union SA analyses Donald Trump's tariff announcement saying it would be a "real concern" from the US perspective. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (8 hours ago)

Join us over the next five weeks for an in-depth look at the candidates, hot-button issues, and a breakdown of the policies and campaign promises in four key electorates.

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Exclusive-Trump administration moves to more easily fire some agency employees

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Scientists sue NIH, saying politics cut their research funding

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Democrats demoralized by Trump get a boost from Wisconsin voters and Cory Booker's speech

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

A Longtime House Democrat Is Getting Challenged By His Former Aide

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

Milbank, based in Manhattan, agreed to provide $100 million in pro bono legal services to causes supported by the president and the firm.

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

A summary of the police investigation, released two years after the attack, found that the shooter had spent years planning the violence and covering up mental health problems.

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

Elon Musk has become a valuable heat shield for a president who avoids blame at any cost.

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

Before Wisconsin's election, a right-wing group rallied for voters' attention with unauthorized photos of Emily Ratajkowski and a shirtless man holding a dog.

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

The administration concluded last month that Maine had violated federal law by allowing transgender athletes to play on girls' or women's teams.

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CBC - Politics (8 hours ago)

The Green Party will participate in two federal leaders' debates this month after meeting the minimum requirements to attend, organizers said Tuesday.

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CBC - Politics (8 hours ago)

Canada not on Trump's list of countries subject to 10% 'baseline' tariffs

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Politico - Europe (8 hours ago)

Alors que le RN menace de censurer le gouvernement faute de débat parlementaire sur la programmation énergétique, le Premier ministre annonce un débat, et la reprise d'une proposition de loi déjà adoptée au Sénat.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (8 hours ago)

Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing discounted reciprocal tariffs. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (8 hours ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Donald Trump's tariffs have "no basis in logic" and will add to uncertainty in the global economy. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (8 hours ago)

Trade Minister Don Farrell is hopeful of achieving a free trade agreement with the EU saying "the world has changed" following Donald Trump's tariff announcement. 

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's announcement of new tariffs on what he is calling "Liberation Day" has already sent stock futures into a tumble.The president's new tariffs, which come after aggressive further rounds of trade barriers on a number of other countries including allied nations the U.S. has trade deals with, include 34 percent new tariffs on...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday over a move by the state of South Carolina to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood because the reproductive health organization provides abortions.South Carolina's Republican governor Henry McMaster issued an executive order in 2018 cutting off reimbursements to the two Planned Parenthood...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Elon Musk's rise as President Donald Trump's all-powerful wingman was as rapid and unstoppable as one of his SpaceX rockets. But reports Wednesday are fueling speculation that the billionaire's political career may be coming back to Earth.Politico and ABC News quoted unnamed sources saying Musk could step away from an unprecedented role in which he...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Nervous US allies at NATO are scrambling to keep President Donald Trump engaged by upping defence spending, vowing to take the reins on Ukraine and queueing for face time at the White House.But as his administration savages Europe, undercuts Kyiv and warms to Russia, Western diplomats fret that even if the alliance is salvaged it runs the risk of...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) fought back against a Fox News host on Wednesday when debating the cuts to government funding and staff. Martha MacCallum parroted accusations from tech billionaire Elon Musk that Social Security was riddled with "waste, fraud and abuse," even though the claim that millions of dead people have gotten checks has been debunked...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's midnight rant attacking four top Republican Senators appeared to reveal the President's first big tariff test is off course, and may ultimately fail.Democrats have proposed legislation to block Trump's tariffs on Canada, one of America's largest and oldest trading and military partners, by declaring Trump's stated "national...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's Rose Garden remarks as he touted his "liberation day” tariffs on Wednesday were littered with falsehoods, according to CNN's in-house fact-checker Daniel Dale, who fired off a stinging fact-check just moments later. "It was not even close to accurate,” Dale said of Trump's comments regarding Canadian dairy...

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National Public Radio - Politics (8 hours ago)

Eight-point-seven billion. Four-hundred million. One-hundred-seventy-five million. These are just some examples of the money the federal government has withheld or is threatening to withhold from various colleges and universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University and Harvard University. That $8.7 billion figure was...

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National Public Radio - Politics (8 hours ago)

If passed, the package could become a hallmark of President Trump's second term. But a number of obstacles remain ahead.

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National Public Radio - Politics (8 hours ago)

Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, told NPR's Juana Summers he stopped eating and drinking before his record-breaking speech.

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The Washington Post - Politics (8 hours ago)

The judge's decision, which ends the case as Adams seeks reelection, also discredited the rationale of a top Justice Department official for pursuing the dismissal.

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Politico - Europe (9 hours ago)

European Union joins China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea in U.S. President Donald Trump's trade sin bin.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (9 hours ago)

Students and union groups fear their interests could be targeted under a Coalition crackdown on "woke" ideology in schools and universities.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (9 hours ago)

Independent Allegra Spender is pitching a scheme to help "permanently" cut the power bills of owners and renters through zero-interest loans for home batteries and other appliances, saying the major parties are only offering temporary relief that will expire within months.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (9 hours ago)

Former prime minister John Howard has always downplayed involvement in the waterfront dispute, but new evidence raises more questions about the government's knowledge of the events leading up to it. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (9 hours ago)

The Victorian government has tasked councils with approving native timber logging projects for private land, creating a loophole that allows harvesting despite a statewide ban.

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National Public Radio - Politics (9 hours ago)

Trump said his administration will apply a 10% tariff on all imports, and that other trading partners will face additional "reciprocal tariffs" ranging as high as 49%.

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National Public Radio - Politics (9 hours ago)

In Wisconsin, liberal judge Susan Crawford beat conservative judge Brad Schimel for the state Supreme Court by 10 points. A margin much wider than expected in the most expensive court race on record.

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Yahoo News - Politics (9 hours ago)

A $1.8 billion mistake could cost the South Carolina treasurer his job

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