Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump extends TikTok deadline another 75 days as US continues to look for a dealApr 04, 2025 2:21 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.
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The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge saysApr 04, 2025 2:11 pm - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison.
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Federal Reserve chief says Trump tariffs likely to raise inflation and slow US economic growthApr 04, 2025 1:57 pm - The Trump administration’s expansive new tariffs will likely lead to higher inflation and slower growth for the U.S. economy, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday.
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Trump abruptly fires the 4-star general who headed the National Security AgencyApr 04, 2025 1:37 pm - President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move.
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Trump hits the golf course as the stock market plummets for a second straight day over tariffsApr 04, 2025 12:06 pm - Two days after sending the economy reeling by announcing widespread tariffs, President Donald Trump insisted his trade policies will never change as he remained ensconced in a bubble of wealth and power in Florida.
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US added a surprising 228,000 jobs in March as economy shows resilience in Trump trade warsApr 04, 2025 7:13 am - U.S. employers added a surprising 228,000 jobs last month, as the American labor market continues to show resilience as President Donald Trump wages trade wars, purges federal workers and deports immigrants working in the United States illegally. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%.
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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...