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Trump turns up the heat on Canada over trade: ‘I don’t want Canadian anything‘
"I don’t want Canadian cars, I don’t want Canadian parts, I don’t want Canadian anything. They’ve been ripping us off for decades, and it’s going to stop," Trump wrote.
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Google shows 'Lake America' on its maps after Trump's executive order
Trump signed the executive order last week to rename the lake, which lies between Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, and New York state.
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Spanberger gets called out on X for false claim about Trump executive order
"If you are serving our country abroad, I believe that you should have the ability to cast a vote in our elections. The Trump Administration is attempting to take that ability away," Spanberger said on CNN.
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Federal judge blocks Trump's transgender care executive orders
The new ruling means federal agencies are temporarily forbidden to withhold or condition funding for healthcare facilities because they provide gender-affirming care.
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New DA for Portland vows gun crime, drug abuse top priorities in curbing record homicides, ODs
The number of annual homicides in Portland peaked at 101 in 2022.
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House Republicans strike deal on budget resolution ahead of committee vote
The agreement has to be approved by the Budget Committee as a manager’s amendment, but if it does then the House Freedom Caucus will back the resolution.
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Senate invokes cloture on Lutnick for Commerce Secretary, teeing up final vote
The full Senate voted to end debate on Lutnick's nomination in a 52-45 vote along party lines.
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Trump orders study of reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners
The president says he will consider other countries use of value-added taxes or VAT, a consumption tax assessed on the value added in each production stage of a good or service. Such taxes are common in European countries.
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Senate received close to 2,000 complaints alleging bad behavior but took no action, report says
In the year 2024 alone, the ethics committee got 158 complaints of allegations of violations of Senate rules.
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Coast Guard left sensitive data vulnerable to adversaries under Trump-fired, DEI-focused commandant
Trump fired Commandant Linda Fagan on his second day in office for alleged excessive focus on DEI.
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Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith announces won't seek 2026 reelection
Her decision will likely complicate Democrats' plans to retake control of the Senate next year because they will have to defend her seat in an open race,
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Senate confirms Brooke Rollins as Agriculture secretary
Rollins is a former domestic policy adviser to Trump and was the president of America First Policy Institute.
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Watch Live: Linda McMahon testifies before Senate to become next education secretary
The testimony began at 10 a.m. EST.