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The cost of electricity is poised to surge across the US in the wake of Republican legislation that takes an axe to cheap renewable energy, with people in states who voted for Donald Trump last year to be hardest hit by the increase in bills. As air conditioners crank up across the US during another sweltering summer amid an unfolding …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track — and to go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday paused an order from U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston, who issued a preliminary …

President Trump in profile at MetLife Stadium on July 13 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. David Ramos/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption David Ramos/Getty Images/Getty Images North America President Trump is facing backlash from his base after defending his administration’s review of the so-called Epstein files and downplaying his supporters’ distrust in the process. Last week, a …

Supreme Court gives Trump green light to fire Education Department workers  Axios Supreme Court Allows Trump to Gut Education Department With Mass Firings  The New York Times Supreme Court allows Trump’s mass layoffs at Education Department  NBC4 Washington Supreme Court lets Trump fire hundreds of Education Department workers and dismantle the agency  Yahoo News Trump: McMahon will begin process of dismantling Education Dept after …

Protesters hold up an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump in response to Trump’s announcement of 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods, in Sao Paulo, Thursday, July 10. Andre Penner/AP hide caption toggle caption Andre Penner/AP President Trump’s threat to impose higher tariffs on Brazil is “grotesquely illegal,” says Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. Brazil was among the countries Trump threatened …

China’s economy has beaten expectations even as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and a prolonged crisis in the property market weigh on growth. Official figures show the world’s second largest economy grew by 5.2% in the three months to the end of June, compared to the same time last year. That’s better than the 5.1% forecast by many economists but …

Donald Trump has said that he is disappointed but not done with Vladimir Putin, in an exclusive phone call with the BBC. The US president was pressed on whether he trusts the Russian leader, and replied: “I trust almost no-one.” Trump was speaking hours after he announced plans to send weapons to Ukraine and warned of severe tariffs on Russia …

“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Saturday. “She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her.” Is revoking the citizenship of …

A broken promise to release more information about the Jeffrey Epstein case has sparked outrage among some of President Donald Trump’s loyal supporters. The Justice Department last week said Epstein, who was facing charges of sex trafficking, did not leave behind a “client list.” Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested in February it was on her desk, though she later said …

The Race Is On to Build U.S. Copper Mines After Trump Pledges Higher Tariffs – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal Why Markets Went Crazy Over 50% Copper Tariffs  Bloomberg.com Looming Copper Tariffs Leave Companies Scrambling: ‘Prices Will Go Up’  The New York Times Trump says 50% tariff on copper imports will begin Aug. 1  CNBC Who pays for tariffs?  marketplace.org Source link