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Trump says he will announce 25% steel and aluminum tariffs Monday, and more import duties are coming
President Donald Trump says he'll announce on Monday that the United States will impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other import duties later in the week More »
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Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview
President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow More »

Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing cost
President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the cost of producing the one-cent coin More »

Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump's agenda faces legal pushback
Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts More »

Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington
Elon Musk has promised transparency as President Donald Trump's leader in making the federal government more efficient More »

A presidential first: Trump at the Super Bowl, latest chapter in a complicated legacy with football
Donald Trump made history Sunday as the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl More »

How Republican skeptics in the Senate got to 'yes' on RFK Jr. and Gabbard
Republican skepticism in the Senate of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees has been worn down More »

They helped US order airstrikes against Taliban. Now Trump's moves have left those Afghans in limbo
Thousands of Afghan refugees who worked alongside American soldiers in Afghanistan and underwent a yearslong vetting process to enter the United States are in limbo More »

Trump's 3rd week saw more executive orders, a trade war that wasn't and a Mideast jolt
President Donald Trump keeps cranking out executive orders designed to remake the government while his ally and adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, hunts for more ways to upend the federal workforce More »

What has Donald Trump not done yet? Here are some policy areas where he might act next
Donald Trump’s second administration has advanced an avalanche of policy action and political pronouncements that have jolted Washington and, in some cases, the world More »