Crucial Week for Trump: New Tariffs and State Elections Will Test His Momentum

Down-ballot races in Florida and Wisconsin are seen as a referendum on the White House, while the president’s to-be-announced reciprocal tariff plan is increasingly worrying investors and consumers.

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After Signal Leak, Vance Focuses on Proving His Loyalty to Trump

After the revelation that he was part of a secret chat, Vice President JD Vance’s focus wasn’t on the security breach. Instead, it seemed to be concern that he had questioned his boss.

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White House Claims Signal Chat Did Not Include War Plans

An article in The Atlantic said the chat included “operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.”

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Biden Announces $425 Million in Aid to Ukraine

President Biden spoke by telephone to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine about the security package, which includes munitions, armored vehicles and other weapons.

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Foreign Leaders Embrace the Art of Flattery in Wooing Trump

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the latest figure to offer ample compliments to a president known for his transactional, if not unpredictable, approach to foreign policy.

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Trump Says He Would Jail Americans in El Salvador ‘in a Heartbeat’

The proposal is almost certainly illegal, experts said, but President Trump’s eagerness to entertain it showed his willingness to embrace extreme measures to demonstrate he is tough on crime.

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Trump to Visit North Carolina and California, With Disaster Aid an Open Question

While he has expressed support for North Carolina residents, the president has criticized California’s Democratic leaders and threatened to withhold federal aid from the state.

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Trump Pardons 2 D.C. Officers Convicted in Fatal Chase and Cover-Up

The death of a young Black man, Karon Hylton-Brown, led to days of protests in 2020, not long after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

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Here’s What Trump’s Declaration of an Emergency at the Southern Border Means

Invoking presidential emergency powers gives the president the ability to go around Congress and unlock federal funding to crack down at the border.

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Biden Races to Cement His Legacy Through a Series of Actions

The president has issued policy decisions in a number of areas in the final days of his term, including environmental justice, prison reform and immigration.

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