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What a Smaller Education Department Is Doing Under Trump
Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing financial aid, researching what works in education, testing students and dispersing federal funding.
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Trump Adds 17% Tariff on Tomatoes From Mexico
The Trump administration is adding a 17 percent tariff to a year-round grocery store staple, while funneling more business to domestic tomato growers, largely in Florida.
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How Does Trump Silence the Epstein Conspiracy Theories?
President Trump is finding it hard to put the Epstein files behind him.
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Senate Approves First Judge of Trump’s Second Term
The pace of judicial confirmations is lagging compared with the president’s first stint in office, but more are in the pipeline.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Trump’s Plan to Speed Weapons to Ukraine
The right-wing congresswoman from Georgia suggested that the president’s new proposal to help speed weapons to Ukraine betrays the promise to voters to end U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts.
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Stocks Wobble on Trump’s Latest Tariff Threats
Analysts said the muted market response was because many investors expected the levies to settle at lower levels after negotiations.
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Trump’s E.U. Tariffs Would Hobble Trade With U.S., Official Says
The bloc’s trade commissioner says two sides were close to a deal before the president last week threatened to impose a 30 percent levy.
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Bluffs and Bluster Aside, Trump’s Tariffs Are Here to Stay
The president has earned a reputation for bluffing on tariffs. But he has steadily and dramatically raised U.S. tariffs, transforming global trade.
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Texan Stoicism Provides Comfort, and Excuses, After the Flood
Texans often draw on the idea of their own self-reliance during times of adversity. Gov. Greg Abbott has used it to deflect tough questions.
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Trump’s Willingness to Arm Ukraine Puts Him Closer to Biden Approach
President Trump is expected this week to formalize a new plan to sell American weapons to European allies, who would pass them onto Kyiv.