Politics
DOJ misses judge’s deadline for revealing plan to return Abrego Garcia from El Salvador prison
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi looks on during her first press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 12, 2025. Craig Hudson | Reuters The Department of Justice missed a Friday morning deadline set by a federal judge in Maryland to inform her of the Trump administration’s plan for securing the return […]
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Senate Democrats ask SEC to probe Trump and others for potential market manipulation in tariff pause
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., questions Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Agriculture secretary, during her Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A group of Senate Democrats on Friday asked the Securities and Exchange Commission […]
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Trump advisor Peter Navarro hypes stocks a day after calling tariff-driven plunge ‘no big deal’
Senior trade adviser Peter Navarro attends an interview with CNN, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro on Friday encouraged Americans to buy stocks one day after dismissing a steep market drop fueled by fears of a tariff-induced slowdown as […]
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Supreme Court upholds judge’s order that U.S. should facilitate return of man deported to El Salvador
Jennifer, center, whose husband Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported by ICE, is hugged by a staff member of CASA, at the CASA Multicultural Center during a press conference ahead of Garcia’s hearing. The Washington Post | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court order that the Trump administration “facilitate” the return […]
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Ray Dalio says Trump should negotiate a ‘win-win’ trade deal with China
Ray Dalio, billionaire and founder of Bridgewater Associates, speaks to members of the media while departing a meeting with House Budget Committee Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 25, 2025. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s temporary pullback on reciprocal tariffs […]
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European Union approves first set of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports
European flags fly in front of the Berlaymont building. Omar Havana | Getty Images News | Getty Images The European Union on Wednesday voted to approve its first set of retaliatory measures to counter tariffs imposed by the U.S. on steel and aluminum. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, said duties would start being […]
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German centrist parties reach coalition deal as Trump tariffs loom over Europe
Coalition negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD. Michael Kappeler | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germany’s centrist parties on Wednesday finalized a coalition agreement, paving the way for the Christian Democratic Union, Christian Social Union and Social Democratic Party to form the country’s new government. Party members must now sign off on the deal before […]
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China to raise reciprocal tariffs on U.S. goods to 84%
The Chinese flag flies in Tiananmen square, as seen from the Great Hall of the People where meetings of the National People’s Congress continued in Beijing on March 6, 2025. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images China on Wednesday said it would increase its reciprocal tariffs on U.S. goods to 84% from 34% previously, […]
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IRS acting commissioner will resign over deal to send immigrants’ tax data to ICE, sources say
Pgiam | Istock | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The acting commissioner of the IRS is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S., according to two people familiar with the decision. Melanie Krause, who had served as acting head since February, […]
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Judge says White House can’t ban AP from Oval Office, Air Force One
AP’s members leave the U.S. District Court, on the day a judge hears arguments in the Associated Press’ (AP) bid to restore access for its journalists to cover press events aboard Air Force One and at the White House, after the Trump administration barred the news agency for continuing to refer to the Gulf of […]
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