Articles filed under Political Figures
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US electric vehicle industry is collateral damage in Trump’s escalating trade warApr 04, 2025 7:07 am - President Donald Trump's tariff blitz has sent shock waves throughout every aspect of the global economy, including the auto sector, where multi-billion-dollar plans to electrify in the United States are especially at risk.
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China punches back as world weighs how to deal with higher US tariffsApr 04, 2025 7:04 am - BANGKOK — Countries and industries were scrambling Friday to respond as President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs hikes upend global trade and world markets. China responde...
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HHS is looking for some laid-off employees to keep workingApr 03, 2025 9:54 pm - On Tuesday, thousands of Food and Drug Administration workers were laid off. They were shut out from the government offices where they had worked and placed on administra...
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Economists say the way Trump calculated tariffs makes no senseApr 03, 2025 7:55 pm - Economists say the crude formula the White House used to calculate what it’s calling “reciprocal tariffs” is too simplistic to achieve its goal of wiping out U.S. trade d...
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Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to statesApr 03, 2025 4:36 pm - A federal judge will temporarily block President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting billions in federal dollars that support COVID-19 initiatives and public healt...
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Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strikeApr 03, 2025 2:57 pm - The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
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Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlashApr 03, 2025 12:55 pm - President Donald Trump's expansive new tariffs flips on its head a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and is likely, economists say, to raise prices for Americans by thousands of dollars each year while sharply slowing the U.S. economy.
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Trump fired several national security officials deemed insufficiently loyal, AP sources sayApr 03, 2025 10:40 am - President Donald Trump has moved to fire several White House National Security Council officials after he was urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal to his “Make America Great Again” agenda, several people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffsApr 03, 2025 10:29 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar...
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Trump tariffs set to wipe out nearly $2 trillion from US stocksApr 03, 2025 8:26 am - Roughly $1.7 trillion is set to be erased from the S&P 500 Index when trading opens Thursday amid worries that President Donald Trump’s sweeping new round of tariffs could plunge the economy into a recession.