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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US

By JESSE BEDAYN
Feb 03, 2025 1:39 pm - President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually.
Trump is leveraging tariffs. Is he ready for potential fallout? Are consumers? Here's what to know

By BILL BARROW
Feb 03, 2025 12:09 pm - President Donald Trump has taken executive action to impose or threaten new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China.
Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico, Canada after they pledge to boost border enforcement

By JOSH BOAK and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Feb 03, 2025 10:08 am - President Donald Trump on Monday held off on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada for 30 days after the two U.S. neighbors agreed to boost border security efforts.
EU leaders ponder the ‘cruel paradox’ of a U.S. ally threatening tariffs and a possible land grab

By LORNE COOK
Feb 03, 2025 9:33 am - After three years spent trying to deter Russia from destroying Ukraine, European Union leaders grappled on Monday with possible responses to a major ally who appears determined to start a trade war or perhaps even seize part of their territory.
Investors are betting Musk and Tesla will make a fortune under Trump even as threats mount

By BERNARD CONDON
Feb 03, 2025 7:53 am - NEW YORK — For Elon Musk fans, it’s the half a trillion-dollar bet. That is how much the stock market value of Tesla has rocketed since the presidential election, a verti...
Ukrainian troops losing ground to Russia as Trump talks of ending war

By SAMYA KULLAB, VASILISA STEPANENKO and EVGENIY MALOLETKA
Feb 03, 2025 7:39 am - A dire shortage of infantry troops and supply routes coming under Russian drone attacks are conspiring against Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk, where decisive battles in the nearly three-year war are playing out — and time is running short.
Trump to send Venezuelans back to Maduro’s repressive state

By Peter Jamison and Samantha Schmidt
Feb 01, 2025 9:11 pm - The government of Nicolás Maduro will take in Venezuelans who are deported by the United States, President Donald Trump said Saturday, potentially clearing the way for hu...
Elon Musk’s DOGE commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems: AP sources

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Feb 01, 2025 8:54 pm - WASHINGTON — The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Donald Trump's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury...
Pritzker bans Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump from state jobs

By Tobi Raji
Feb 01, 2025 5:17 pm - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) has directed the state’s hiring authority to block all those who participated in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from st...
Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By JOSH BOAK
Feb 01, 2025 3:04 pm - PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration ...

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