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The trade war chaos that engulfed the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term looked set to return Monday as he threatened two major U.S. trading partners with higher duties ahead of a key negotiating deadline. Shortly after noon Monday, Trump published two letters addressed to Japan and South Korea threatening them with 25% duties, with higher ones for items deemed to have been trans-shipped through their countries. Transshipping refers to offloading goods from one mode of...

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The United States has already seen more measles cases in 2025 than in any year since the virus was declared eliminated nationally in 2000, with 1,277 confirmed cases as of Saturday, according to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Outbreak Response Innovation. Dr. Neil Maniar, director of Northeastern University's public health program, told Newsweek that this news is...

The move comes after a federal judge in New York last week blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for more than 500,000 Haitians living in the United States. Entries on the federal register slated for publication Tuesday indicated that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is terminating Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for the two Central American nations, effective in 60 days. The Trump administration is rescinding temporary legal status for some 76,000...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) called for a proper assessment to prevent future tragedies such as the flash flooding in Texas, asking that this not dissolve into “partisan games.” Cruz addressed the flooding in central Texas, saying the state “is grieving” in the aftermath of the disaster. While answering questions from the press, Cruz said some things are “predictable” following natural disasters, including politicians “trying to blame their political opponents.” The senator’s comments came after Senate...

In late October 1998, Hurricane Mitch tore through Central America on its way to Southern Florida and the Bahamas. It left destruction and thousands of people dead. In early 1999, the Clinton administration granted Temporary Protected Status to immigrants from two of those Central American countries. Over the last quarter-century, those protections have been extended several times. Now, those deportation protections for Honduran and Nicaraguan nationals are in the crosshairs of Kristi Noem's...

The delisting comes as the Trump administration has lifted sanctions on Syria following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. Vehicles drive through the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on Jan. 24, 2025. Vehicles drive through the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on Jan. 24, 2025. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images The State Department has removed from its list of foreign terrorist organizations Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra. It is also known as Al-Nusra Front and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS...

This was converted to a blog post from Kristin Hansen's (Lean Left bias) LinkedIn. Hansen is the Executive Director of the Civic Health Project. Hi Elon, so I see you’re launching a new political party. Totally understand the impulse, and I guess if anyone can pull off the impossible, it’s you. I say this after watching the Falcon Heavy’s two booster rockets stick perfect landings back on Cape Canaveral last summer. I mean, just f-ing incredible!  You’re frustrated, I get...

News about the on-again, off-again tariffs has become such a daily fixture of the second Trump administration that, at times, it can be hard to remember why the president started down this path in the first place. Trump has given many different reasons for why he believes tariffs are a crucial part of his policy agenda, but they can be categorized into four main goals:

Newly released court documents show power utility DTE Energy knowingly contributed $100,000 to a dark money non-profit that helped sabotage Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Covid lockdown policies.