Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump agrees to cut tariffs on UK autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with BritainMay 08, 2025 8:19 am - President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain, which would buy more American beef and streamline its customs process for goods from the United States.
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Trump tariffs set off doubts — even in Rust Belt area he pledged to restoreMay 07, 2025 8:05 am - ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania — One month into a sweeping new tariff regime that President Donald Trump vowed would bring jobs and factories “roaring back,” a Pennsylvania manu...
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Political roundabout: Duckworth’s Senate pick, GOP on JB’s future, Dems plan a human chainMay 06, 2025 6:46 pm - Here’s a snapshot of developing political stories from the suburbs and beyond.
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Supreme Court allows military to ban transgender troops while case continuesMay 06, 2025 1:55 pm - A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s executive order barring transgender troops from the military.
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Trump, Carney faceoff in Oval Office leaves gaping differences on tariffs, 51st stateMay 06, 2025 7:15 am - President Donald Trump welcomed Canada's new prime minister, Mark Carney, with a bit of menace on social media, only to then turn on the charm and hospitality once the two leaders were sitting together in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
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Federal Reserve likely to defy Trump, keep rates unchanged this weekMay 05, 2025 8:08 am - The Federal Reserve will likely keep its key short-term interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, despite weeks of harsh criticism and demands from President Donald Trump that the Fed reduce borrowing costs.
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Trump re-ups his threat to strip Harvard University’s tax-exempt statusMay 02, 2025 10:38 am - President Donald Trump on Friday re-upped his threat to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, escalating a showdown with the first major college that has defied the administration's efforts to crack down on campus activism.
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Temu ditches Chinese imports model to avoid Trump’s tariffsMay 02, 2025 8:31 am - Temu is abandoning the model centered around cheap Chinese imports that catapulted it to success in the US, aiming to sell only goods from local merchants to American consumers for the foreseeable future.
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White House comes out with sharp spending cuts in Trump’s 2026 budget planMay 02, 2025 7:33 am - President Donald Trump's 2026 budget plan would slash non-defense domestic spending by $163 billion while increasing expenditures on national security, according to White House statements Friday.
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Did ‘stalker’ label keep Barrington murder suspect from getting a fair trial?May 02, 2025 5:30 am - Did testimony describing him as a “stalker” keep a Barrington man from getting a fair trial in the New Year’s Day 2021 killing of a woman he hoped to marry? A state appeals court has answered that with an emphatic “no.”