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CBCTrump targets Canada's digital services tax with America First trade policy
One of U.S. President Donald Trump's freshly signed executive orders puts the Liberal government's digital services tax into the sights of America's Commerce, Treasury and Trade departments, threatening to further irritate the trade relationship between the two countries.The America First Trade Policy, signed into force by Trump Monday evening, seeks to ensure America's trading relationships bring maximum benefit to "American workers, manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs and businesse
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This Donald Trump Move Could Doom His ‘Honeymoon Period,’ Says CNN Data Reporter
“Simply put, this is not a popular policy," said Harry Enten.
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‘No Other Choice’: Trump Issues an Ultimatum to Pal Putin
Donald Trump has issued an ultimatum to his one-time ally Vladimir Putin, threatening him with retribution if he doesn’t make a deal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. In an apparent effort to make good on his already-broken vow to end the war within 24 hours of becoming president, Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday to try and bend the strong-man leader’s arm. “I’m going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR. Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War
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Donald Trump Has Middle-Of-The-Night Meltdown Over Pastor’s ‘Nasty’ Sermon About Him
The fuming free speech-advocating president demanded an apology.
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George W. Bush And Barack Obama Create Another Megaviral Moment At Trump Inauguration
It centered on Bush's behavior.
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Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965
The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Usha Vance is a US citizen. Order on birthright citizenship won't change that | Fact check
Trump's executive order is not retroactive and would apply only to those born more than 30 days after it was issued.
- CNN Business
Jamie Dimon on tariffs: ‘Get over it’
Businesses worldwide and mainstream economists are fretting about higher prices as President Donald Trump unveils his tariff-heavy economic strategy. But Jamie Dimon, CEO of the world’s largest bank, believes there’s perhaps too much worrying and not enough faith in Trump’s plan.
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'Not Too Exciting': Trump Gripes About Prayer Service After Pastor Calls Him Out In Sermon
The president was apparently irritated by a request to show kindness to LGBTQ children and undocumented immigrants who are "scared" of his plans.
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CNN Fact-Checker Offers Brutal Take On Donald Trump’s Style Of Lying
Daniel Dale picked apart the president's unscripted speech on Inauguration Day.
- The Canadian Press
160 national security staffers are sent home as the White House aligns its team to Trump’s agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on Wednesday sidelined about 160 National Security Council aides, sending them home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda.
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President Donald Trump opened his first full day in office with high-profile firings
President Donald Trump is spending his first full day back in the White House meeting with congressional leaders, making an infrastructure announcement and demonstrating one of his favored expressions of power: firing people.
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Jimmy Kimmel Spots Truly Awkward Melania Moment At Trump Inauguration
The late night host joked that this must be a sign the two are "very, very much in love."
- The Wrap
Rachel Maddow Says Republican ‘Shame and Embarrassment’ Over Trump Might Be What Saves the Country | Video
The MSNBC host dives into the response after the president pardoned roughly 1,500 people involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection The post Rachel Maddow Says Republican ‘Shame and Embarrassment’ Over Trump Might Be What Saves the Country | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
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Trump White House Orders 'Unprecedented' Decorating Change In Pentagon: Report
The new president's apparent revenge tour even reached the halls of the Pentagon.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Signals to Courts and Congress: Just Try and Stop Me
President Donald Trump appears to be gunning for a fight with everyone and everything within reach, from Democrats to the courts and members of his own party. The barrage of executive orders he signed on Monday all but guarantee a string of constitutional showdowns that will either stop his agenda in its tracks or expand presidential power to new, dictatorial heights, Axios reported. His most audacious orders ended birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants, even though t
- Business Insider
Skeptical of Russia's data, some Western officials judge its economy by looking at Moscow from space
Russia says it's withstanding the impact of sanctions. Sweden's finance minister says satellite images show a different story.
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Trump Claims Putin Is 'Destroying Russia' With The Ukraine War In Surprisingly Curt Remarks
Only four years ago, the US president said Russia's invasion of Ukraine was "genius".
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Chef José Andrés Claps Back at Trump Firing: I’d Already Quit
Chef José Andrés responded to a post from President Donald Trump supposedly firing him from an administration role to explain that he had already resigned from the position. The revered Spanish-American restaurateur, who was appointed to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition in 2022, was one of four Biden appointees who Trump claimed to be purging from his new administration in a late-night Truth Social post at the end of his first day back in power. Trump’s post—which also na
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Seth Meyers Warns 1 U.S. State To Look Out After Trump's Renaming Binge
The "Late Night" host predicted Trump's next target for rebranding.