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Trump says it could take 2 years before tariffs result in American manufacturing boom

(WASHINGTON) -- As markets nosedived and foreign allies recoiled after the unveiling of sweeping tariffs to be imposed by the U.S., President Donald Trump said he was looking toward the future impact of his levies.In the case of manufacturing growth, a key administration interest in imposing a 10% ...
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Loomer urged Trump to remove NSA director and others across multiple agencies: Sources

(WASHINGTON) -- The director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Timothy Haugh, was among the numerous officials far-right activist Laura Loomer urged President Donald Trump to remove during her official Oval Office meeting earlier this week, citing evidence of disloyalties, multiple sources tell ABC News.In ...
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Washington D.C.’s top prosecutor to probe alleged media leaks on Jan 6 cases, email says

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Washington D.C.’s top federal prosecutor on Friday announced he is launching investigations into whether people improperly leaked information about the prosecutions of President Donald Trump’s supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. In an email seen by ...
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China strikes back at Trump with own tariffs, export curbs

By Mei Mei Chu, Ethan Wang, Shi Bu and Xiuhao Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Friday struck back at the U.S tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump with a slew of countermeasures including extra levies of 34% on all U.S. goods and export curbs on ...
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Trump fires National Security Agency director Haugh, sources say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump fired General Timothy Haugh as director of the National Security Agency on Thursday, according to two officials familiar with the decision, and congressional Democrats denounced the removal of the nonpartisan official from a top security post. Haugh, an Air ...
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Trump layoffs begin to erode FDA drug review system

By Ahmed Aboulenein, Julie Steenhuysen and Maggie Fick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration’s mass firings at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have removed employees critical to reviewing new medicines, setting back years of effort to bring promising treatments to patients more quickly, former and ...
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As dusk falls in Washington on Fridays, the firings begin

By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mary Glantz was in her room at a Hampton Inn in Columbia, South Carolina, last Friday night during a trip visiting friends when her phone began pinging furiously with messages at ...
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US Senate embarks upon exhaustive budget and tax debate

By Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Friday was set to start a marathon session aimed at eventually handing Republican President Donald Trump sweeping legislation to extend tax cuts and achieve budget reductions in the face of staunch Democratic opposition. Late ...
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gears up for potential Senate run after bribery probe dismissed

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is gearing up for a potential U.S. Senate run while no longer shadowed by a federal corruption investigation that hung over his rising profile in the Republican Party. That durability would be tested against Republican Sen. ...
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Trump administration shutters DC foreign policy think tank Wilson Center

(Reuters) – Nearly all employees at the Wilson Center, a non-partisan foreign policy think tank in Washington, have been placed on leave, the New York Times reported on Thursday. About 130 staff at the center, chartered by Congress in 1968, ...
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US to freeze Brown University grants, calls for restrictions at Harvard

By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government plans to freeze grants to Brown University and separately set conditions that Harvard University must meet – including a mask ban and removal of diversity, equity and inclusion programs – to receive federal money. The ...
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US Senate confirms Trump loyalist to lead Justice Department civil rights unit

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed conservative lawyer Harmeet Dhillon, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, in a 52-45 vote. One Republican, Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, voted no along with Democrats. Dhillon ...
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