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Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs usher in new wave of retaliation from allies

President Donald Trump‘s newly implemented tariffs on steel and aluminum went into effect overnight on Tuesday, inviting varying levels of retaliation from the United States’s top trading partners. The president had previously announced the new metals tariffs in February but delayed implementation until Tuesday to allow goods already in transit to escape the new fees […]

Trump to demand NATO allies ‘pay their fair share’

President Donald Trump is poised to use his meeting with new NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to implore NATO members to “pay their fair share.” Rutte, who replaced longtime secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg last October after Stoltenberg’s term was extended amid the Russia-Ukraine war, is expected at the White House on Thursday as Trump and his allies, […]

North Carolina Senate advances bill to restrain power of attorney general against Trump

The North Carolina Senate pushed forward legislation to bar the Democratic state attorney general from filing lawsuits against presidential executive orders. Senate Bill 58 passed in a 29-19 party-line vote, with Republicans in the supermajority pushing the legislation forward for consideration in the state House. The bill would disable the state attorney general from participating […]

Trump agenda sparks civil war fears and ‘more gun sales’

President Donald Trump’s political and economic agenda dividing the nation is raising new concerns about a possible “civil war” among America’s “preppers” and has gun sellers readying for a summer rush. With political violence surging from the left against Elon Musk’s trademark Tesla vehicles for his part in cutting liberal spending and in cities targeted […]

Trump takes jab at Rosie O’Donnell while meeting with Irish prime minister

President Donald Trump did not hesitate to knock one of his longtime critics during a meeting with Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin. Trump and the prime minister of Ireland were taking questions from the press when the president was asked about comedian Rosie O’Donnell’s decision to leave the United States for Ireland following his election. The […]

Oakland mayoral candidates take jabs at each other’s supporters in heated debate

The top two challengers for Oakland’s open mayoral seat got into a testy exchange Tuesday night after a former councilman said the people who supported the city’s disgraced mayor were now backing former Rep. Barbara Lee. Lee, 78, represented the San Francisco Bay Area city in Congress for 26 years but lost a primary election last year […]

House Democrats insist on ‘unity’ but Senate spending bill fight threatens division

LEESBURG, VA — The spending bill fight threatens to divide congressional Democrats despite House lawmakers insisting they are “united” in protecting working-class people from President Donald Trump and standing up to GOP policies. House Democrats almost unanimously rejected the Republican-led continuing resolution on Tuesday, and leadership is hopeful Senate Democrats will do the same. “We’re […]

Winsome Earle-Sears faces setbacks as she aims to succeed Youngkin in Virginia

It was supposed to be layup for Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.  Virginia’s first black woman lieutenant governor has Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R-VA) seal of approval and was on her way to winning her party’s nomination when her momentum was blunted by two MAGA Republicans who jumped into the race. Then came whispers her campaign had lost focus […]

Trump continues to call Chuck Schumer a Palestinian

President Donald Trump repeated a campaign refrain Wednesday when he called Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) a Palestinian. The jab precedes the Senate vote on the federal budget passed in the House Tuesday. Seven Democrats will need to join every single Republican senator for it to pass and avoid a government shutdown within Trump’s first three […]

Vance highlights ‘sock diplomacy’ at St. Patrick’s Day breakfast with Irish PM

Vice President J.D. Vance welcomed Taoiseach Micheál Martin of Ireland to a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast at the Vice President’s residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory on Wednesday, showcasing his “sock diplomacy.” “Before I introduce the Taoiseach, I just want to say that one of the things we try to do with this breakfast is […]
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