Friedrich Merz, Germany’s New Leader, Leaps Into a World of Crises
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Friedrich Merz, Germany’s New Leader, Leaps Into a World of Crises

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two decades ago, before Friedrich Merz came back from the private sector to win the German chancellorship, he accepted an invitation to a gathering of the French Foreign Legion in Corsica. At the last moment, the organizers asked him to arrive on the…

Newsom Asks Trump to Work With Him on .5 Billion Tax Credit for Hollywood
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Newsom Asks Trump to Work With Him on $7.5 Billion Tax Credit for Hollywood

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A day after President Trump stunned Hollywood by calling for steep tariffs on movies “produced in Foreign Lands,” Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said on Monday that he wanted to team up with the Trump administration to craft a $7.5 billion federal film…

Declassified Spy Memo Contradicts Trump on Venezuela Gang Ties
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Declassified Spy Memo Contradicts Trump on Venezuela Gang Ties

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A newly declassified memo released on Monday confirms that U.S. intelligence agencies rejected a key claim President Trump put forth to justify invoking a wartime statute to summarily deport Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador. The memo, dovetailing with intelligence findings first…

Trump Crypto Deals Provoke Senate Backlash and Calls for Investigation
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Trump Crypto Deals Provoke Senate Backlash and Calls for Investigation

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Senate Democrats are demanding changes to cryptocurrency legislation pending in Congress, responding partly to growing evidence that the Trump family is using its connections and President Trump’s power to profit from crypto trading. The pushback intensified late last week after a closed-door meeting…

Ford Says Tariffs Will Cost Company .5 Billion in 2025
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Ford Says Tariffs Will Cost Company $1.5 Billion in 2025

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ford Motor said on Monday that the Trump administration’s tariff policies were likely to lower its 2025 profit, before interest and taxes, by about $1.5 billion. The company also dropped its forecast for the year, saying that predicting the future had become too…

Trump Says He Will Put 100% Tariff on Movies Made Outside U.S.
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Trump Says He Will Put 100% Tariff on Movies Made Outside U.S.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump said he would impose a 100 percent tariff on movies “produced” outside the United States, proclaiming in a social media post on Sunday that the issue posed a national security threat. Mr. Trump said he had authorized Jamieson Greer, the United…

Trump Says He Asked Mexico to Let U.S. Military In to Fight Cartels
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Trump Says He Asked Mexico to Let U.S. Military In to Fight Cartels

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had pressed Mexico’s president to let U.S. troops into the country to help fight drug cartels, an idea she summarily rejected. Mr. Trump told reporters traveling with him aboard Air Force One from Palm Beach, Fla.,…

Opinion | These Thinkers Set the Stage for Trump the All-Powerful
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Opinion | These Thinkers Set the Stage for Trump the All-Powerful

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines With a blitz of moves in his 100 days in office, President Trump has sought to greatly enlarge executive power. The typical explanation is that he’s following and expanding a legal idea devised by conservatives during the Reagan administration, the unitary executive theory….

More American Air Defense Is on the Way to Help Ukraine
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More American Air Defense Is on the Way to Help Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ukraine is getting more help in its war with Russia. A Patriot air-defense system that was based in Israel will be sent to Ukraine after it is refurbished, four current and former U.S. officials said in recent days, and Western allies are discussing…

Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowed Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns
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Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowed Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a Boston V.A. hospital, six social workers are conducting phone and telehealth visits with veterans from a single, crowded room, clinicians say. In Kansas City, providers are planning patient care while facing each other across narrow, cafeteria-style tables in a large, open…