Not chickening out on tariffs

Not chickening out on tariffs

President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed back against an emerging critique of his on-again, off-again tariff threats, which has been derisively summed up as the “TACO trade.” The term coined by a Financial Times columnist — which stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out” — describes a pattern in which Trump announces heavy new tariffs, sending…

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In a tense meeting, Trump makes the South African president watch videos promoting baseless claims of ‘white genocide’

In a tense meeting, Trump makes the South African president watch videos promoting baseless claims of ‘white genocide’

WASHINGTON — What started as a friendly first meeting between President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa quickly devolved after a reporter asked Trump about the U.S. decision to admit white South Africans as refugees. Trump baselessly claimed that there was a genocide against white people in South Africa, which Ramaphosa and other South Africans have…

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Trump presses Supreme Court on birthright citizenship

Trump presses Supreme Court on birthright citizenship

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, July 19, 2024. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters The executive order signed by President Donald Trump sharply limiting birthright citizenship in the United States “violates four Supreme Court precedents,” Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a top Justice Department lawyer Thursday morning. Sotomayor’s comment to Solicitor General D. John…

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