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Meet the two newest Trump allies in the House from Florida
President Donald Trump will be gaining two strong House allies with the arrival of Florida special election winners Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine.
Both Republicans won their seats Tuesday by double digits, but their margins of victory were tighter than expected in districts Trump had easily carried just five months ago, an underperformance tied...Read more

Trump declares 'Liberation Day,' announces sweeping global tariffs on 'friend and foe alike'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs Wednesday — a risky move that he vowed would lure manufacturing back to the United States, but which experts warned could upend the global economy.
In a Rose Garden speech, Trump said the U.S. would begin applying a universal baseline tariff of 10% on imported goods from ...Read more

Trump: Sens. McConnell and Paul 'unbelievably disloyal' for potentially opposing Canada tariffs
Both of Kentucky’s U.S. senators are drawing the intrigue of Washington and ire of President Donald Trump for their opposition to his push on tariffs.
Senators Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell could join Democrats and a few of their Republican colleagues to scuttle Trump’s efforts to place tariffs on goods coming from Canada, a longtime ally ...Read more

Trump orders tariffs starting at 10% on key US trade partners
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order for 10% baseline tariffs on imported goods starting Saturday and additional levies on worst-offender countries, but vehicles and their parts will be excluded.
The baseline tariff will go into effect starting 12:01 a.m. Saturday, and the additional duties will begin at ...Read more

In front of Supreme Court, a reckoning for Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON — Though the case being heard inside was not centered on abortion, the scene outside the Supreme Court Wednesday morning seemed to focus squarely on the procedure.
Those gathering outside the court ahead of and during oral arguments for Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic said they see the case — which will determine ...Read more

Top Democrats sue Trump as Shapiro administration reviews elections order
WASHINGTON — The Shapiro administration is studying President Donald Trump's recent executive order aiming to overhaul U.S. voter registration and elections, an order that sparked a lawsuit Tuesday from top Democrats who accuse Trump of seeking to suppress voters.
A Pennsylvania State Department spokesperson said the president's order, issued...Read more

Supreme Court sounds conflicted on Medicaid cut for Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON — Some Supreme Court justices appeared open Wednesday to allowing South Carolina to deny federal funding for Planned Parenthood, during oral arguments in a dispute over the state disqualifying the health care provider from Medicaid for providing abortions.
But key justices also aired concerns that such a decision would leave no way...Read more

What to make of Florida's special US House elections after Republicans stave off upsets
WASHINGTON — A pair of Florida Republicans preserved reliably red U.S. House districts in special elections on Tuesday, preventing Democrats from an upset that could have been used as a political cudgel against President Donald Trump in his home state.
Randy Fine, a combative state senator who clashed with Gov. Ron DeSantis, won the open-seat...Read more

Trump declares 'Liberation Day,' announces sweeping tariffs on goods worldwide
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs in a Rose Garden speech Wednesday that was closely watched by world leaders anticipating convulsions in global markets.
In an effort to bring manufacturing back to the United States, Trump said he would slap what he called “reciprocal tariffs” on countries that currently tax U...Read more

Musk will soon step away from prominent Trump administration role, report says
Elon Musk is reportedly expected to step away from his role as President Donald Trump’s most prominent adviser in the coming months amid widespread questions about his political effectiveness.
Trump recently told members of his inner circle that he and Musk have agreed the world’s richest man will soon return to mostly running his companies...Read more

Supreme Court backs FDA in flavored e-cigarette denials
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld FDA actions to keep certain flavored e-cigarettes off the market, unanimously backing some of the agency’s approval process but sending an issue back to a lower court for further consideration.
FDA decisions have kept more than 1 million candy, fruit and other flavored e-cigarette products ...Read more

Trump must face Isaac Hayes music copyright suit, Atlanta judge rules
ATLANTA — President Donald Trump and his 2024 election campaign can’t get out of a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against them by the estate of legendary R&B singer Isaac Hayes, though there are “quite a few” problems with the case, a federal judge in Atlanta said Wednesday.
Lawyers for Trump and his campaign urged U.S. District...Read more

ct // Man seeks to plead guilty in Supreme Court assassination plot
WASHINGTON — A man wants to plead guilty as soon as next week on a charge of plotting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh following the leak of a draft Supreme Court decision, according to a court filing from his attorneys Wednesday.
Nicholas Roske “wishes to enter a plea of guilty” to one count of attempting to assassinate a...Read more

Analysis: Elections in Florida and Wisconsin confirm changed political environment
WASHINGTON — With 19 months to go before the midterm elections, it’s too early to know what the political environment will be like in November 2026 and too early to project whether Republicans will maintain their hold on Congress.
But we do know that the political environment has changed since Donald Trump and the Republicans won full ...Read more
World braces for 'Liberation Day' as Trump set to reveal sweeping tariffs
WASHINGTON — Markets and foreign capitals have braced themselves for a broad set of tariffs from President Donald Trump on Wednesday, anxious for details on a dramatic shift in U.S. trade policy that is expected to supercharge the costs of cars, houses and everyday goods for Americans.
It is unclear whether the Trump administration plans to ...Read more

Trump ruffles feathers on elections
Nevada Democrats are outraged at an executive order that Donald Trump issued to regulate elections. But while the president’s authority in this area is limited, he’s more aligned with voter sentiment than his critics.
The order promotes proof of citizenship requirements and seeks to ensure all mail ballots are returned by Election Day. It ...Read more

When Trump means what he says: Tough on Putin for real, but not on a third term?
In a rare rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump said this week he was “very angry” with the dictator for thwarting a Ukraine peace deal and that he’d consider new sanctions on Russia’s oil exports and its biggest international consumers. “If I think it was Russia’s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil,...Read more

Trump's ever-widening sadism will undermine his movement
Here’s the thing about Donald Trump 2.0: The slapdash chaos of his first term has solidified into something more deliberate. He’s no longer just winging it like an insult comic. Now, he’s got a plan, and the theme is callousness.
Take, for example, the Venezuelan immigrants he sent to an El Salvador “detention center.” One of the “...Read more

Trump to weigh plans for TikTok sale at meeting on Wednesday
President Donald Trump will meet on Wednesday to consider a proposal for divesting TikTok’s U.S. operations from Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd., just days ahead of a deadline for a sale of the popular social media app, according to people familiar with the matter.
The administration is considering a deal that would include Oracle Corp....Read more
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