WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of miles from Elon Musk’s office in the White House complex, a federal worker based in the Pacific Northwest is wondering whether to quit. Musk, one of President Donald Trump’s most powerful advisers, has orchestrated an unprecedented financial incentive for people to leave their government jobs, promising several months of pay…
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge who already questioned the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order is set to hear arguments Thursday over a longer-term pause of the directive, which aims to end citizenship for children born to parents not legally in the country. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle has…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Trump administration voices on Wednesday contradicted some of the comments the president made a day earlier about the U.S. taking long-term control of war-shattered Gaza, the possibility of sending in American troops and the area’s residents being permanently resettled. President Donald Trump ‘s remarks Tuesday set off alarm in Arab countries…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump held off Monday on his tariff threats against Mexico for one month of further negotiations after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 members of her country’s national guard to the border to address drug trafficking. Trump’s tariffs against Canada and China were still slated to go…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada and Mexico led to retaliatory taxes by both countries on U.S. imports. Trump said the tariffs on the two neighboring countries were designed to stop illegal immigration and the illicit fentanyl trade. He also placed an additional 10% tariff on imports from China with the stated goal of…
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump has taken executive action to impose new tariffs on imports from Canada, China and Mexico. The move fulfills campaign promises but also sparked retaliatory moves that could signal an extended trade war with key trading partners and, in the case of Mexico and Canada, the closest U.S. neighbors and…
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s prime minister and Mexico’s president ordered retaliatory tariffs on goods from the U.S, following through with their threats after U.S. Donald Trump sparked a trade war by imposing sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. Canada is initially targeting $30 billion Canadian (US$20 billion) in goods imported from the…
President Donald Trump signed an order to put tariffs on U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico, as well as China, starting Tuesday. Canada and Mexico quickly announced retaliatory tariffs, while China said it would take “necessary countermeasures.” The business between the North American nations now exceeds China, totaling $1.8 trillion in 2023. That is far greater…
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China, and claimed that Canada would “cease to exist” without its trade surplus with the United States. “Canadians are perplexed,” the country’s U.S. ambassador said. “We…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s second week in office seemed to deliver a daily dose of shock therapy for the country. There were chaotic reminders of his first term. The White House found itself backtracking on its directive to freeze federal spending on grants and loans. And the Republican president indulged unsupported accusations after…