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Trump raises India tariffs to 50% over Russian oil purchases
US President Donald Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 13, 2025. Modi will try to rekindle his bromance with Donal Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The White House announced Wednesday that it is imposing an additional 25% tariff on India, bringing the total…
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RFK Jr. Cancels $500 Million In Funding For mRNA Vaccine Research
Topline Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the cancellation of contracts and grants worth nearly $500 million earmarked for the development of mRNA vaccines, the latest in a series of moves by the long-time vaccine critic who had repeatedly cast doubts about the safety and efficacy of such shots despite pushback from scientists. HHS Secretary Robert…
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Trump threatens federal control of D.C. following attack on administration staffer known as ‘Big Balls’
President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to have the federal government take control of Washington, D.C., after an assault on a well-known original staffer for the Department of Government Efficiency in the nation’s capital over the weekend. Edward Coristine, also known by his online name, “Big Balls,” and a woman characterized in a police report as his significant other were the…
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Greg Abbott files lawsuit to remove House Democratic Caucus chair in redistricting standoff
Gov. Greg Abbott filed an emergency petition Tuesday with the Texas Supreme Court to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office after Wu and other Democrats left the state to delay Republican efforts to redraw congressional district lines. The lawsuit from Abbott, a Republican, argues that Wu, the Texas House Democratic Caucus chair, violated the state Constitution and that his…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for George Santos’ prison sentence to be commuted
It might be hard to find someone to have your back in politics if you get caught lying about your life story, become one of a handful of people ever expelled from Congress and then are thrown into federal prison. But George Santos is no ordinary former politician. In a letter Monday, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene formally came to…
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With jobs report, Trump follows playbook of rejecting unfavorable data
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of testing so the deadly outbreak looked less severe. When he lost the 2020 election, he had a ready-made reason: The vote count was fraudulent. And on Friday, when the July jobs report revisions showed a distressed economy,…
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What happens next in Texas redistricting and for Democrats facing civil arrest warrants
Facebook Tweet Email Link Texas Republicans are scheduled to reconvene Tuesday after they voted to issue civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fled the state to stop a GOP-led redistricting effort. The Texas House on Monday authorized the warrants for dozens of Democratic lawmakers who didn’t appear and denied the Texas House a quorum necessary to move forward with redistricting.…
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Modi and Trump once called each other good friends. Now the US-India relationship is getting bumpy
NEW DELHI (AP) — The men shared bear hugs, showered praise on each other and made appearances side by side at stadium rallies — a big optics boost for two populist leaders with ideological similarities. Each called the other a good friend. In India, the bonhomie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump was seen as a…
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California could slash 5 GOP US House seats to counter Texas’ move to pad Republican margin
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Democrats are considering new political maps that could slash five Republican-held House seats in the liberal-leaning state while bolstering Democratic incumbents in other battleground districts. The move comes in direct response to efforts by Texas Republicans to redraw House districts in order to strengthen the GOP hold on the chamber in 2026. A draft plan…
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Why were US job numbers which riled Trump revised down by so much?
Natalie Sherman & Jake Horton BBC Verify BBC President Donald Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (LBS) after the department revised down recent job numbers by more than 250,000. He says the figures were “rigged” to make his administration “look bad”. Although the latest revisions were bigger than usual, it is normal for the…
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