Articles filed under Political Figures
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Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US in response to Trump’s trade warMar 10, 2025 3:52 pm - Ontario's premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, announced that effective Monday it is charging 25% more for electricity to 1.5 million Americans in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war.
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Stocks’ sell-off worsens as Wall Street wonders how much pain Trump will accept for the economyMar 10, 2025 3:29 pm - The U.S. stock market’s sell-off cut deeper on Monday as Wall Street questioned how much pain President Donald Trump will let the economy endure through tariffs and other policies in order to get what he wants.
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China strikes back at Trump tariffs with 15% levies targeting US farmersMar 10, 2025 12:24 pm - China retaliated against President Donald Trump's tariffs with an additional 15% tax on key American farm products, including chicken, pork, soybeans and beef.
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy arrives in Saudi Arabia to meet prince ahead of summit with USMar 10, 2025 11:19 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Monday in Saudi Arabia for a visit with its powerful crown prince ahead of his team's meeting with America's top diplomat.
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Young people who aspired to government service dismayed by Trump ending the federal fellows programMar 10, 2025 9:38 am - A young economist who had uprooted her life for civil service. A fierce housing advocate terminated just before buying her first home. A semifinalist whose dreams were dashed before they materialized.
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DOGE hunts for ‘wins’ amid tensions with Trump administration, backlashMar 10, 2025 9:35 am - Facing weeks of negative headlines and growing pressure from within the Trump administration, the U.S. DOGE Service is racing to finish the first phase of its assignment - slashing the federal bureaucracy - and move on to what the team hopes will be seen as more constructive work: creating sleek tools for navigating government services.
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What makes Greenland a strategic prize at a time of rising tensions? And why now?Mar 10, 2025 8:21 am - When U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested buying Greenland in 2019, people thought it was just a joke. No one is laughing now.
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Canada’s next prime minister has managed the financial crisis, Brexit and now Trump’s trade warMar 10, 2025 8:10 am - Canada’s next prime minister has already helped run two Group of Seven economies in crisis and now will try to steer Canada through a looming trade war brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, a threat of annexation and an expected federal election.
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Trump loves Gilded Age tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the manyMar 10, 2025 7:17 am - In President Donald Trump's idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and shirtwaists were fashionable and typhoid fever often killed more soldiers than combat.
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What to know ahead of the talks between the US and Ukraine in Saudi ArabiaMar 10, 2025 6:57 am - Saudi Arabia is to host talks on Tuesday between the United States and Ukraine in a new diplomatic push after an argument erupted during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Feb. 28 visit to the White House.