Articles filed under Donald Trump
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The year's first major political test in Wisconsin becomes a referendum on Elon MuskMar 24, 2025 1:12 pm - The election to fill a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat has become a referendum not only on the new administration, but on Elon Musk, the billionaire who has become one of President Donald Trump 's top financial backers and the architect of his efforts to slash the federal workforce.
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Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump's government cuts and Democrats' resistanceMar 24, 2025 12:39 pm - As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is already taking a front and center role: military veterans.
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Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts balloon launchesMar 22, 2025 8:27 am - With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of forecasts just as severe weather season kicks in.
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Wine connoisseurs freeze purchases over Trump’s 200% tariff riskMar 21, 2025 1:44 pm - Wine enthusiast Steven Nordhoff typically spends about $25,000 a year adding to his 2,500-bottle collection, with Bruno Giacosa reds from Italy or Vilmart champagnes from France. But not now.
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Trump acknowledges concerns over Musk's business interests and says he shouldn't get war plansMar 21, 2025 1:35 pm - President Donald Trump said Friday that war plans should not be shared with his adviser Elon Musk because of his business interests, a rare suggestion that the billionaire entrepreneur's expansive role in the administration will face limits.
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Everyday tattoos got Venezuelan men ID'd as gang members and deported, lawyers sayMar 21, 2025 11:22 am - Tattoos are signals of membership in some Latin American gangs, with the facial tattoos of the El Salvadoran group MS-13 perhaps the best known. Experts, though, say tattoos are not central to Tren de Aragua. They also note that tattoos, hugely popular all over the world, are often nothing more than body art.
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Trump has ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here's what it doesMar 21, 2025 10:46 am - Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades.
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Trump says Canadians would pay ‘much lower taxes’ as Americans. He’s wrong.Mar 21, 2025 10:39 am - “A lot of people in Canada are liking becoming our beautiful, cherished 51st state. They’ll have to pay much lower taxes.” — President Donald Trump, remarks to the media,...
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How the campaign to impeach judges took off among Trump alliesMar 21, 2025 10:31 am - Weeks before President Donald Trump called for the impeachment of a federal judge who ruled against his agenda, his supporters around the nation seeded the ground to turn public opinion against the institution that has been the leading check on his administration.
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Trump’s migrant roundups have a crucial ally: Public opinionMar 21, 2025 10:22 am - Most Americans support deporting undocumented immigrants who commit crimes, giving Trump political cover despite legal issues with recent deportation flights.