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Trump says Mexico, Canada tariffs will start March 4, plus additional 10% on China
President Donald Trump at the first Cabinet meeting of his second term, in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2025.Brian Snyder | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Thursday said his proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada will go into effect March…
Trump directs agencies to review, terminate ‘unnecessary’ contracts
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on on the day he signs an executive order in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. Feb. 25, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order…
Eric Adams seeks total dismissal of criminal case for ‘prosecutorial misconduct’
New York Mayor Eric Adams listens to questions from reporters during a press conference at the NYPD's 40th Precinct on Feb. 20, 2025.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesAttorneys for New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge…
U.S. lawmakers warn that China could use Musk to influence Trump
Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House's Oval Office.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersThe Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives' select committee on China warned on Tuesday that Beijing may…
House Republicans advance Trump’s tax cut plan
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on the potential budget resolution vote and other issues, after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.Tom…
U.S. judge allows Trump’s AP Oval Office ban to stand over use of Gulf of Mexico name
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a proclamation renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, while flying over the gulf aboard Air Force One en route to New Orleans to attend the Super Bowl, February…
Musk doubles down on threat to federal workers: File list of accomplishments or get fired
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on Feb. 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesElon Musk on…
Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico ‘will go forward’
President Donald Trump said Monday that sweeping U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico "will go forward" when a monthlong delay on their implementation expires next week."The tariffs are going forward on time, on schedule,"…
Voters flock to political extremes in Germany as the centrist parties stumble
Tens of thousands protest advances made by the AfD on Feb. 16, 2025 in Berlin, Germany ahead of the federal election. Guy Smallman | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBERLIN — Centrist parties struggled in Germany's election on Sunday,…
Some US agencies tell workers not to reply to Musk’s ‘What did you do last week’…
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Multiple U.S. agencies have told employees not to respond immediately to a demand by President Donald Trump's adviser Elon Musk to list their accomplishments in the past week or be fired, as a chaotic…