Last week, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order updating the “reciprocal” tariff rates that had been paused since April. Nearly all US trading partners are now staring down tariffs of between 10% and 50%. After a range of baseline and sector-specific tariffs came into effect earlier this year, many economists had predicted economic chaos. So far, the inflationary …
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The United States Department of State has announced the first foreign citizens to be subject to bonds of up to $15,000 should they visit the country on tourist visas. On Tuesday, Zambia and Malawi, both African countries, were the inaugural entries on a list of countries that the State Department will subject to visa bonds. The idea, announced earlier this …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent conversation with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. The administration’s handling of the Epstein case, as well as the need to craft a unified …
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U.S. President Donald Trump waves from the roof of the West Wing of the White House as he takes a tour on August 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump joined CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Tuesday for a lengthy interview that touched on tariffs, the Federal Reserve, the state of …
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BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $4 billion meant to help communities protect against natural disasters. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns in Boston granted a preliminary injunction sought by 20 Democrat-led states while their lawsuit over the funding moves ahead. A spokesperson for the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not immediately …
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President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to have the federal government take control of Washington, D.C., after an assault on a well-known original staffer for the Department of Government Efficiency in the nation’s capital over the weekend. Edward Coristine, also known by his online name, “Big Balls,” and a woman characterized in a police report as his significant other were the …
Read More »Trump suggests he could use the military to keep the L.A. Olympics ‘safe’ The Washington Post ESTABLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE ON THE 2028 SUMMER OLYMPICS The White House (.gov) Trump establishes LA Olympics security task force and threatens to redeploy National Guard LAist President Trump signs executive order creating White House Olympics task force NBC Los Angeles Trump Thanks Casey Wasserman For …
Read More »Carney on Trump: ‘We’ll speak when it makes sense’ Politico Crucial exemption allows majority of Canadian and Mexican goods to be shipped to US without tariffs AP News With Canada No Longer Able to Rely on U.S., Carney Pushes New Markets The New York Times Canadian trade minister says “we’re prepared to stick around and do the work needed” after U.S. imposed 35% …
Read More »Trump administration staffer known as ‘Big Balls’ assaulted in DC Politico Trump Threatens Federal Takeover of D.C. After Member of DOGE Assaulted The New York Times Police Report: Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine Assaulted in Alleged Carjacking WIRED Jesse Watters: DOGE’s ‘Big Balls’ was jumped by gang in DC Fox News Trump threatens federal takeover of D.C. after attack on DOGE worker The Washington Post Source …
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