Government and politics
Trump tariffs could raise prices on technology like laptops, smartphones and AI
Workers weld acid batteries at the Leoch International Technology Ltd. factory in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. Mauricio Palos | Bloomberg | Getty Images The world’s most valuable chipmaker and the world’s largest contract manufacturer for electronics announced in November that Foxconn was building a massive factory in Guadalajara, Mexico, to assemble […]
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Trump third-term amendment ‘impossibly difficult’ to pass, Harvard Law professor says
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images A newly introduced constitutional amendment that would allow President Donald Trump to be elected to a third term in the White […]
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Constitutional amendment to allow Trump third term introduced in the House
From left, Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., Reps. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., and Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., talk in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol before Johnson won the speakership for the 119th Congress on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A Republican […]
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Trump executive order declassifies JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King Jr. assassination files
President Donald Trump signed an executive order at the White House on Thursday to declassify government records related to the assassinations of President John Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Trump’s order could put an end to some long-standing questions surrounding the assassinations, all of which occurred more than […]
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski to vote against Hegseth, first Republican to oppose a Trump Cabinet pick
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) ahead of a session on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced Thursday that she will vote against confirming Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon, becoming the first Republican to oppose one of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet […]
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Trump slams trade relationship with European Union: ‘We have some very big complaints’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday continued to take aim at the European Union for what he claims is an unequal trade relationship. “From the standpoint of America, the EU treats us very, very unfairly, very badly,” Trump said in a virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. After his inauguration on […]
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Watch live: Trump addresses Davos, global markets respond
(The stream is slated to start at 11 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, virtually on Thursday, his first major appearance at an international event since he returned to the White House […]
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Can Trump force the hand of NATO allies to spend up to 5% of GDP on defense?
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the NATO summit in Watford, in London, Britain, December 3, 2019. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters As U.S. President Donald Trump looks to immediately fix his greatest political and economic bugbears, the thorny issue of NATO defense spending is likely to […]
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‘Woke’ global left is starting to crumble, Argentina’s Milei says
President of Argentina Javier Milei speaks to lawmakers during the opening session of the Argentine Congress for the period 2024 on March 01, 2024 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tomas Cuesta | Getty Images News | Getty Images A “global hegemony” of left-wing politics and ideology is “starting to crumble,” Argentina’s firebrand President Javier Milei told […]
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NATO chief ‘very happy’ with Trump’s sanctions threat to Russia
Mark Rutte, incoming secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), during a transition ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Mark Rutte, the affable and meticulous former Dutch premier, has a daunting task ahead to keep the defense alliance a global force. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty […]
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