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Trump tells US steelworkers he’s going to double tariffs on foreign steel from 25% to 50%

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MARC LEVY
May 30, 2025 6:32 pm - WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — President Donald Trump said Friday that he's doubling the tariff rate on steel to 50%, a dramatic increase that could further push up prices for a met...
Trump has long warned of a government ‘deep state.’ Now in power, he’s under pressure to expose it

By ALI SWENSON
May 30, 2025 8:09 am - As he crisscrossed the country in 2024, Donald Trump pledged to supporters that voting him back into the presidency would be “our final battle.”
US inflation gauge cools with little sign of tariff impact, so far

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
May 30, 2025 8:00 am - A key U.S. inflation gauge slowed last month as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have yet to noticeably push up prices, while American incomes jumped.
Costco defies tariff shifts with higher profit, lower prices

By Jaewon Kang
May 30, 2025 7:56 am - Costco Wholesale Corp. posted better-than-expected earnings in the third quarter, a sign that the nation’s largest club chain is flexing its scale and devoted following to navigate tariffs and economic turbulence.
Trump meets with the Federal Reserve chairman he has repeatedly scorned

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
May 29, 2025 5:55 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday and the two discussed the economy but not Powell's outlook for interest rates...
Trump suffered ‘mental anguish’ from disputed CBS News interview with Harris, lawyer says

By DAVID BAUDER
May 29, 2025 5:53 pm - NEW YORK — President Donald Trump suffered “mental anguish” from CBS News' editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Democratic opponent Kamala Harris last fall, his lawye...
White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.’s MAHA report

By AMANDA SEITZ
May 29, 2025 5:50 pm - WASHINGTON — The White House will fix errors in a much-anticipated federal government report spearheaded by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
Trump’s big plans on trade and more run up against laws of political gravity, separation of powers

By JOSH BOAK
May 29, 2025 5:50 pm - WASHINGTON — Once again, President Donald Trump’s biggest policy plans were stopped in their tracks. On Wednesday, an obscure but powerful court in New York rejected the ...
Trump’s latest pardons benefit an array of political allies and public figures

By ERIC TUCKER
May 29, 2025 5:47 pm - WASHINGTON — A governor who resigned amid a corruption scandal and served two stints in federal prison. A New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud...
What to know about onetime Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, whose federal sentence Trump commuted

By SOPHIA TAREEN
May 29, 2025 5:42 pm - CHICAGO — One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among the people to receive commutations this week from President Donald Trump, a puzzling move that has raised q...

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