Articles filed under Political Figures
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Fed expected to pause rate cuts as it begins to weigh Trump policiesJan 27, 2025 8:18 am - Donald Trump’s return to the White House is overshadowing the Federal Reserve’s meeting this week, as policymakers begin to grapple with the way the president’s policies on trade, immigration and spending could reshape the economy and potentially stoke inflation.
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Pritzker announces the addition of over 5,000 publicly funded preschool seatsJan 24, 2025 8:33 pm - Over 5,000 preschool seats have opened for low-income families in Illinois through Smart Start Illinois in the past year.
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Trump tells Davos elite to invest in US or face tariffsJan 23, 2025 2:50 pm - President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t.
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Trump’s inheriting a solid economy, making it harder to lower borrowing costs or inflationJan 23, 2025 2:45 pm - President Donald Trump has pledged cheaper prices and lower interest rates, but an economy transformed by the pandemic will make those promises difficult to keep.
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A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenshipJan 23, 2025 2:42 pm - A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.
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Pentagon is sending 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the US-Mexico borderJan 23, 2025 2:07 pm - The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, U.S. officials said Wednesday, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.
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Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary; he tells senator he paid woman $50,000 to settle accusationJan 23, 2025 1:19 pm - The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump's defense secretary Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from Democrats and stirring unease among Republicans over his behavior and qualifications to lead the U.S. military.
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Trump revoked an antidiscrimination hiring rule. Here’s what it means.Jan 23, 2025 10:23 am - As part of his directives targeting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI), President Donald Trump revoked a landmark executive order signed by Lyndon B. Johns...
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Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in US during call with TrumpJan 23, 2025 8:59 am - Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Thursday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump earlier put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip.
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Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker’s threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditionsJan 23, 2025 7:43 am - California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached, possibly jeopardizing the president's policy agenda in a deeply divided Congress at the outset of his second term.