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President Trump paused Mexico and Canada tariffs until April 2, but Doug Ford, premier of Ontario, Canada, isn't satisfied. He spoke to Ed O'Keefe about the trade war and his threats to increase tariffs on Canadian energy to several U.S. states, telling Americans to blame Mr. Trump for their higher electric bills.
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Former FEMA CFO Mary Comans, who was fired in February by the Trump administration for sending payments to New York City to cover hotels for migrants, says she was following DOGE's directions. Comans speaks out for the first time since her firing in an exclusive interview with "CBS Evening News" co-anchor Maurice DuBois.
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A deadly Russian missile attack in the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a gruesome, real-time example of why European leaders gathered for another emergency meeting, fearing that without strong U.S. support, Russia's aggression could land at their door. Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.
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Human rights organizations are warning the Trump administration's massive cuts in international aid relief could imperil millions living in global crisis zones. David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, joins to discuss.
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If Congress doesn't pass legislation by midnight next Friday, portions of the federal government will cease operations. House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to scrounge up support for a vote to fund the government through September. Caitlin Huey-Burns has the latest.
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A legal expert warned Thursday the Trump administration is weaponizing a new tool aimed at putting the kibosh on legal challenges, CNN reported.The White House distributed a memo to agency leaders Thursday that announced, "It is the policy of the United States to demand that parties seeking injunctions against the Federal Government must cover the...
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President Donald Trump wants a copy of the Declaration of Independence on the wall of the Oval Office — but apparently, he's only settling for that after initially asking aides if they could get the real document, The Atlantic reported on Thursday."Trump's request alarmed some of his aides, who immediately recognized both the implausibility and...
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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) struggled to explain how the billionaire face of the Department of Government Efficiency verifies that his recommended cuts actually came from government waste, fraud, or abuse.During a Thursday interview on C-SPAN, host Pedro Echevarria noted that Burchett and other DOGE subcommittee members recently met with Elon Musk."If...
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Reports that Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency may have inadvertently exposed a CIA black site in northern Virginia with its recent decision to close buildings around the U.S. were met with a healthy dose of skepticism from experts Thursday.Bloomberg reported earlier this week on Trump's "for sale" list, noting that about 100...
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Internet critics leveled SpaceX CEO Elon Musk after another rocket spectacularly exploded Thursday, this time temporarily halting flights into Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and Orlando airports over "space launch debris."A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded during its eighth test flight Thursday night. The blast happened shortly after the rocket...
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Disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to reboot his career with a run for mayor of New York City — and during a campaign stop at a union hall in Manhattan, he acknowledged he has made "mistakes."However, Politico noted, Cuomo seemed to omit some of his larger missteps — including one that forced him to resign."'I was in...
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The real world realities being ushered in by President Donald Trump's economic policies triggered alarm bells for former Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC), who not only sounded off on their effects on the American public – but also on the GOP's chances in 2026 midterm elections.The warnings from the former South Carolina governor came Thursday during an...
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President Donald Trump has finally put his foot down when it comes to the firing of government employees.Politico reports that Trump convened a cabinet meeting on Thursday in which he told his cabinet secretaries that they, and not Musk, had final say over whether to terminate federal workers in their departments."The president's message represents...
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Chinese dissidents who have long looked at the United States as a model for the democracy they want in their own country are growing alarmed at President Donald Trump's rhetoric and actions.The New York Times reports that several Chinese journalists and activists are drawing parallels between what is happening in the United States now and the...
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Intelligence officials for U.S. allies are looking on in horror at President Donald Trump's chaos — and questioning how they can be capable of sharing their own information with his administration, reported The Atlantic on Thursday.A major catalyst for these fears, which had already been lurking since Trump's election, came from the president's...
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One Republican member of the House of Representatives has lately been inundated with calls from his constituents, and is now suggesting people contact him through his website instead.According to progressive talk radio network WCPT 820, Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) is tired of his office phone ringing with calls from angry Michiganders. He recently...
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by Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner March 6, 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel told a group of canvassers in Waukesha County last weekend that he needs to be elected to provide a "support network” for President Donald Trump and shared complaints about the 2020 election that have been frequently espoused by election deniers. In a...
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MAGA influencer Steve Bannon heaped praise on reports that Elon Musk was reduced to a public dressing down by President Donald Trump, who cut the tech billionaire's power to fire federal workers in his capacity as chair of the Department of Government Efficiency."This is huge,” Bannon proclaimed. "This has now come to a head of DOGE.”The latest...
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) put forward a colorful turn of phrase on Fox Business to explain why he was still on board with tech billionaire Elon Musk's move to dismantle large parts of the federal government through his Department of Government Efficiency task force."We're not talking enough — we're talking about the things we need to do to get...
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The raucous display of dissatisfaction to President Donald Trump that some House Democrats put on during his speech Tuesday night reportedly landed them in hot water Wednesday with Democratic leaders who were "very unhappy” they explicitly defied House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).That's according to a new report in Axios, which...
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President Donald Trump demanded that MSNBC hosts Nicolle Wallace and Rachel Maddow be "forced to resign" in an Oval Office rant to reporters Thursday.Trump's wrath stems from the fact that both hosts criticized the moment at his address to Congress this week, during which he inducted a 13-year-old cancer patient as an honorary Secret Service...
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The United States offered a $10-million reward on Thursday for information leading to the arrest of a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder wanted on drug and murder charges.Ryan Wedding, 43, who is believed to be in Mexico or another Latin American country, was also placed on the FBI's list of the "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.""Wedding went from...
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Georgetown Law School Dean William Treanor earned cheers Thursday from legal observers for his response to the acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., Ed Martin, who attacked the school for having diversity, equity and inclusion programs, or "DEI." Republicans and President Donald Trump's administration in particular have targeted diversity...
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by John BIERSAfter an outcry from Detroit, President Donald Trump has granted one-month tariff exemptions on most auto imports from Canada and Mexico, underscoring the continued clout of US carmakers.The "Big Three" automakers -- Ford, General Motors and Chrysler-owner Stellantis -- operate their businesses on an integrated basis throughout North...
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California Governor Gavin Newsom expressed opposition Wednesday to transgender women competing in women's sports, becoming the highest profile Democrat to break from the party's stance on trans rights.The governor discussed the matter, a key Republican talking point, in the first episode of his new podcast featuring popular conservative activist...
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford unloaded on Donald Trump and the ongoing trade war he unleashed on Canada in an interview Thursday, where he promised to barrel forward with 25% electricity tariffs on Americans in a matter of days despite the president's one-month pause on Canadian and Mexican tariffs."Isn't this a shame?” Ford said. "It's an absolute...
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by Frankie TAGGARTPresident Donald Trump responded Thursday to growing criticism over unprecedented cuts to the US government overseen by his billionaire advisor Elon Musk, saying they should be carefully targeted."We say the 'scalpel' rather than the 'hatchet,'" Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social.The president's message...
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President Donald Trump boasts he has brought illegal border crossings into the United States to record lows, but experts say the reasons for the drop go beyond his hardline anti-immigration stance."Within hours of taking the oath of office, I declared a national emergency on our southern border. And I deployed the US military and Border Patrol to...
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency task force have the goal not just of rooting out waste in government, but of combating the supposed "deep state" that President Donald Trump has long blamed for ruining his vision for America. But Musk should look no further than a mirror to see DOGE's sworn enemy, Brian Barrett...
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Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was caught off guard on Thursday when CNBC host Sara Eisen fact checked his claims about a supposedly dire crisis of fentanyl being imported from Canada.During the interview, Lutnick said that tariffs on Canada would only be lowered when there was a sustained drop in the number of fentanyl overdose deaths in...
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President Donald Trump's appointee in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development repeatedly declined in a closed-door hearing to answer House Democrats' questions about whether he was inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack, The Bulwark reported Thursday.The question came during a contentious interrogation that also included Pete...
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WASHINGTON — Republicans on the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs were stumped when asked about massive staffing cuts coming for the Department of Veterans Affairs.Government Executive first reported late Tuesday that President Donald Trump planned to lay off as many as 83,000 people from the VA. The idea is that the agency can reduce...
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President Donald Trump blamed "globalists" for a stock market selloff that was first triggered when he revealed that he planned to go through with 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico.On Thursday, Trump was asked about a stock market plummet that kicked off Tuesday immediately following his remarks on tariffs."Mr. President, what are you making of the...
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Texas Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), who sits on the DOGE oversight subcommittee, was thrown for a loop Thursday when CNN's Boris Sanchez challenged him on his Social Security claims.Sanchez asked, "I do wonder how they're going to get to $1 trillion without cutting into those entitlement programs. Can you guarantee that there won't be a reduction in...
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Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday ripped his one-time boss for causing international chaos both when it comes to the war in Ukraine and the American economy.During an interview with CNN's John Berman, Bolton said that Trump had disrupted decades' worth of American foreign policy and diplomacy by waging economic warfare...
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called criticisms of President Donald Trump's pause on Ukraine aid "all garbage" despite admitting that the policy appeared to some to be "pro-Russia."Hegseth was asked about the pause in military aid for Ukraine Thursday during a meeting with British Defense Secretary John Healey."We are watching, obviously,...
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WASHINGTON — The Republican who yelled, "You lie!” during former President Barack Obama's address to Congress in 2009 voted to censure Rep. Al Green (D-TX) for following his footsteps and disrupting President Donald Trump's address this week."You voted for it?” Raw Story asked Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) after this morning's vote. "Oh, yeah,”...
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In the week since Donald Trump and JD Vance launched a two-on-one televised attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the American president, his administration, and his allies have escalated actions that undermine—and even endanger—Ukraine and its people on multiple fronts, leading critics to denounce President Trump's...
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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday to repeat his slogan about a new "golden age of America," but applied it to the broad government spending and staff cuts. "DOGE has been an incredible success, and now that we have my Cabinet in place, I have instructed the Secretaries and Leadership to work with DOGE on Cost Cutting measures...
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President Donald Trump is less concerned about how the American people are faring from his back-and-forth on tariffs than he is on how the stock market is reacting, according to an MSNBC political analyst.During a Thursday broadcast that aired shortly after Trump reversed course on Mexico tariffs, anchor Chris Jansing asked, "Is there any...
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As President Donald Trump's administration initiates mass government worker layoffs in the name of "efficiency," many inspectors general fired recently by the president are speaking out to reveal just how much money they personally saved taxpayers.In interviews with the New York Times, several fired inspectors general discussed their past work...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) launched his new podcast this week by asking MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to help craft a strategy for Democrats.On the first episode of This is Gavin Newsom, the California governor discussed issues such as transgender athletes in sports with Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA."I'm concerned, because you have...
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A surprise decision by Donald Trump to pause tariffs on Mexico was not universally applauded by his more hardcore MAGA followers who took to Truth Social to accuse him of being, among other things, "weak."Thursday afternoon the tariff-loving president backed down on a trade war with one of America's largest trading partners by reversing himself on...
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The far-right think tank, the Heritage Foundation, promoted a video on Wednesday of its economist E.J. Antoni, who agreed with President Donald Trump's position that tariffs are good. In his first term, Trump signed new trade deals with Canada and Mexico but has decided to increase tariffs on imports from those countries. As CBS News explained last...
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U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan found that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was in contempt of a court ruling ordering him to disclose information after voting machine company Smartmatic sued him for defamation for falsely claiming that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against President Donald Trump.In a 16-page ruling on Thursday,...
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Donald Trump's economic decision making has been called into question after his herky-jerky rollout of tariffs against top U.S. trading partners.The president imposed 25-percent taxes Tuesday on imports from Canada and Mexico, and last month's tariffs against China doubled to 20 percent, but his administration has carved out exceptions for some...
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Gunmen loyal to Syria's Bashar al-Assad killed 16 security personnel on Thursday, a war monitor said, in attacks it described as the "most violent" since the longtime president's ouster.The fighting took place in the Mediterranean coastal province of Latakia, the heartland of the ousted president's Alawite minority who were considered bastions of...
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A Republican strategist thinks that allies of Donald Trump's are using Elon Musk as a kind of shield for the unpopular government cuts the president is pushing through. NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Melanie Zanona reported that Musk met with Republicans on Wednesday because they're facing a lot of backlash back home for the cuts. At the same...
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MAGA influencer Steve Bannon expressed opposition to extending President Donald Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefit the highest income earners.During a Thursday rant on his War Room program, Bannon said he supported specific policies like no tax on tips, overtime, or Social Security. "I am not a fan of the corporate tax cut right now," he...
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One of the key components of the NATO alliance is Article V, which calls on all NATO allies to unite and engage in a collective defense. The only country that has involved Article V is the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Now President Donald Trump is looking to put conditions on it. On Thursday, NBC News reported that "three current...
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During a contentious CNN interview with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) on a variety of issues, including his run for Florida's governor, news broke that President Donald Trump would be reversing course again, and suspending "most new tariffs on Mexico." "I want to ask you about this breaking news just coming in to CNN that Trump just announced that...
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on Thursday took a direct shot at X owner Elon Musk for the cuts that he and his minions at the Department of Government Efficiency have been making to the federal workforce.Writing on X, Murkowski discussed the real-world impact that Musk's agency is having both in the United States and around the world. "This week, I...
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Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard made a day trip to the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, to highlight the Trump administration's efforts to combat illegal crossings and drug trafficking. Lilia Luciano reports illegal border crossings are down dramatically.
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WASHINGTON — Republicans Thursday passed the censure of Rep. Al Green (R-TX), who had an outburst during President Donald Trump's joint session in Congress on Tuesday. Speaker Mike Johnson had Green removed from the chamber. Trump told the crowd that he has a mandate to make massive government cuts, and Green yelled back that he doesn't have a...
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) voted Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green (D-TX) for speaking out at President Donald Trump's speech to Congress even though her boyfriend, reporter Brian Glenn, urged Republicans not to support the punishment.Ten Democrats joined Republicans in voting to censure the Texas Democrats after he shouted that Trump did...
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Elon Musk expressed support for a presidential pardon for Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer convicted of the murder of George Floyd.The killing sparked nationwide "Black Lives Matter" protests in summer 2020 and Chauvin got concurrent sentences to decades behind bars on state and federal convictions, but conservative podcaster Ben...
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Staffers in Social Security offices throughout the country are both furious and distraught by the fast-moving and disorganized dismantling of the government agency by the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).According to a report from the Washington Post, the agency is now plagued by unpaid bills, endless meetings for managers to...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to regain control of the House floor Thursday as some Democrats protested the censure of Rep. Al Green (D-TX) by singing, "We Shall Overcome."The House adopted the measure with a 224-198-2 vote. Ten Democrats voted with Republican lawmakers to censure Green for his outburst during President Donald Trump's...
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Brian Glenn, the pro-MAGA White House correspondent dating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), argued that House Republicans should not censure Rep. Al Greene (D-TX) for his outburst at President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress.Glenn opposed censuring Greene in a Thursday interview on Real America's Voice despite his...
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Congressional Republicans alarmed by the head-spinning speed with which Elon Musk has been upending the federal government are taking steps to gain back some control over the Department of Government Efficiency, according to a new report in Newsweek.So far, DOGE has shuttered whole agencies and recommended more than 200,000 job cuts, some of which...
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Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo lost her cool with Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) after he refused to say he would cut Medicaid and other social safety net programs.During an interview on Thursday, Gill suggested Congress could pay for over $4 trillion in tax cuts being pushed by President Donald Trump by deploying billionaire Elon Musk to cut waste,...
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