Inflation Is Rising. What Will That Mean for Trump’s Tariffs?
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Inflation Is Rising. What Will That Mean for Trump’s Tariffs?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Rising prices hit a trade war President Trump isn’t backing off his tariff threats, despite the potential risk to the U.S. economy and financial markets. That puts additional focus on the latest Personal Consumption Expenditures report, the Fed’s favored inflation measure. It’s due…

Office Closures and Relocations Part of Trump’s Plan for Large-Scale Layoffs
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Office Closures and Relocations Part of Trump’s Plan for Large-Scale Layoffs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration has moved into its next push and most aggressive yet to drastically overhaul the federal bureaucracy, demanding that agencies produce plans for large work force cuts that involve closing offices and relocating employees outside the Washington region. Agencies have been…

Opinion | Elon Musk Is South African. It Explains a Lot.
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Opinion | Elon Musk Is South African. It Explains a Lot.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk is everywhere. He is firing federal employees, gaining access to important government data, popping into the Oval Office, appearing on Fox News alongside President Trump and even attending a White House cabinet meeting. For some, his rampage through the institutions of…

Judge Says Trump Administration Memos Directing Mass Firings Were Illegal
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Judge Says Trump Administration Memos Directing Mass Firings Were Illegal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to retract directives that prompted the firing of thousands of federal workers, saying that those directives were “illegal” and suggesting that the layoffs be stopped. The ruling, by Judge William Alsup of the Northern…

U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Strain From Trump’s Tariffs and Spending Cuts
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U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Strain From Trump’s Tariffs and Spending Cuts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States economy is starting to show signs of strain as President Trump’s abrupt moves to shrink federal spending, lay off government workers and impose tariffs on America’s largest trading partners rattle businesses and reverberate across states and cities. Funding freezes and…

Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them
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Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines During his first term in office, President Trump described the European Union “as a foe,” established “to hurt the United States on trade.” He repeated the charge at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, but in more vulgar terms: “The European Union was formed…

Trump and DOGE Escalate Layoffs of Federal Workers
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Trump and DOGE Escalate Layoffs of Federal Workers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration moved forward on Wednesday with plans for more mass firings across the federal government, hours after President Trump reiterated his support for Elon Musk and his effort to shrink the federal government. Thousands of federal workers have already been fired…

Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Refuses to Guarantee Ukraine’s Safety as Part of Mineral Deal
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Refuses to Guarantee Ukraine’s Safety as Part of Mineral Deal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump told his cabinet on Wednesday that President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was expected to come to Washington to sign a framework agreement enabling the United States to share in the country’s mineral wealth, but he insisted the United States would not…

The Next Phase of Trump’s Large-Scale Work Force Cuts Is Underway
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The Next Phase of Trump’s Large-Scale Work Force Cuts Is Underway

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The next phase in the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly downsize the federal work force was well underway on Tuesday as confusion roiled through the ranks over how employees should respond to an ultimatum from Elon Musk to justify their roles or be…

DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week
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DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Last week, Elon Musk’s government cost-slashing initiative, dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency, posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts. Now the organization, which is also known as the U.S. DOGE Service, has deleted…