President Donald Trump warned there could be “some pain” after signing executive orders that imposed stark tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% duty on imports from China, targeting three of America’s key trade partners. “THIS WILL BE THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA! WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!)” Trump wrote in an…
Two of the state attorneys general suing to block President Donald Trump‘s attempt to end birthright citizenship told USA TODAY they fear the order will erase funding for children’s health care and education. Eighteen Democratic state attorneys general sued together in a Massachusetts federal court Tuesday, led by the state attorneys general for New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California….
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says he’s looking at slapping an additional 10% tariff on China, as he upped the ante on the U.S. competitor and pushed Beijing to crack down on the production and distribution of fentanyl. On his first full day in office, Trump said he was also eying Feb. 1 for the…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says he’ll put steep tariffs on Mexico and Canada – unless the U.S. neighbors toughen security at their borders. Trump said during an impromptu question and answer session with reporters that he was considering levying a blanket duty of 25% on Feb. 1 on both nations over illegal migration and…
Some of the richest people in the world were among the guests invited to witness President Donald Trump take the oath of office for the second time on Monday. As some of Trump’s top allies, the tech billionaires were given VIP seating next to top U.S. officials and his family for the swearing-in ceremony in…
The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored on Monday at events around the nation. The Civil Rights icon, whose work to end segregation and racism through nonviolence earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, is the only non-president with a federal holiday named in his…
Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon is going after other members of the president-elect’s orbit as Trump returns to Washington to take his second oath of office. The world’s three richest men, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, are planning to attend Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Bannon, in an appearance on ABC’s “This…
WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order Monday afternoon, hours into his second term, temporarily halting a ban on the popular video app TikTok. The Supreme Court Friday upheld a law by Congress requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to divest or shutter operations in the U.S. As of Saturday evening,…
TikTok is letting users know that the social media app will be temporarily unavailable due to the upcoming U.S. ban taking effect on Sunday. Users logging on were met with a pop-up message reading “Important update from TikTok,” advising that the soon-to-be-implemented U.S. law would “force us to make our services temporarily unavailable. We’re working…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has told advisers he wants to travel to China after he takes office, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, quoting people familiar with the discussions. Trump has expressed interest in traveling to China in his first 100 days in office, the report said, citing one of the people. Trump’s inauguration is Monday, and…