Politics
Trump to ask Hollywood studios if they’re happy with 100% foreign film tariff idea
U.S. President Donald Trump announces the NFL draft will be held in Washington, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump said Monday that he will ask Hollywood studios if “they’re happy” with his proposal to impose tariffs of 100% percent on foreign-made films. “I’m […]
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Democratic-led states sue to prevent Trump from gutting health agencies
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network survey, during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters […]
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Trump says U.S. girls ‘could be very happy’ with lots fewer dolls under new tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One as he flies from West Palm Beach, Florida en route to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on May 4, 2025, returning to the White House after spending the weekend in Florida. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump again is […]
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Bessent to Milken conference: Trump will make America ‘more appealing for investors like you’
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2025 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 5, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday sketched out the roadmap of President Donald Trump’s “America First Vision” in a pitch to a roomful of global investors on the future of […]
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Trump’s DHS offers $1,000 stipends, travel assistance to immigrants who ‘self-deport’
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Mayorkas provided an update on planning and operations ahead of the lifting of the Title 42 public health order. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday […]
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Incoming German chancellor Merz vows reforms and investments as parties sign coalition agreement
Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), signs the coalition contract between the CDU, the CDU’S Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the German Social Democrats (SPD) on May 05, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Maja Hitij | Getty Images News | Getty Images Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday […]
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NPR and PBS CEOs say they’ll challenge Trump administration over federal funding cuts
A sign for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is seen on its building headquarters on Feb. 18, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images The CEOs of NPR and PBS said they’re looking into options to challenge the Trump administration following the president’s executive order to cut off public funding to the news […]
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Trump takes credit for ‘good parts’ of economy, blames ‘bad parts’ on Biden
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One to depart for Alabama, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 1, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump took credit for the “good parts” of the economy in an exclusive interview with NBC News airing Sunday, but said […]
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Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself dressed as the pope
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth post in papal attire Courtesy: The White House via X, formerly Twitter Trump attended Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome last weekend, during which he also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On Tuesday, days after returning from Francis’ funeral, Trump joked to reporters outside the […]
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Trump calls on Fed once again to lower rates after solid April jobs report
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during an Economic Club of Chicago event in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Jamie Kelter Davis | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday issued his latest call for the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, following a better-than-expected jobs report […]
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