Opinion | Trump’s Tariff Pause Is Less Than Meets the Eye
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Opinion | Trump’s Tariff Pause Is Less Than Meets the Eye

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Presidents who make big changes in government policy usually lay their plans with care. They game out what might happen next. They sweat the little things. Richard Nixon did not just decide one morning to fly to China. Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts were…

Ron Nessen, Ford’s White House Press Secretary, Dies at 90
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Ron Nessen, Ford’s White House Press Secretary, Dies at 90

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ron Nessen, who as President Gerald R. Ford’s press secretary from 1974 to 1977 pledged a new era of openness after the Watergate scandal but had an often rocky relationship with the White House press corps, died on Wednesday in Bethesda, Md. He…

Trump Says He Will Posthumously Pardon the Baseball Star Pete Rose
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Trump Says He Will Posthumously Pardon the Baseball Star Pete Rose

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump said late Friday that he would grant a full pardon to Pete Rose, who was one of baseball’s greatest players before he spectacularly fell from grace for gambling on games while he was a player and manager. Mr. Trump also repeated…

Trump Considers Paving Grass at White House Rose Garden to Match Mar-a-Lago
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Trump Considers Paving Grass at White House Rose Garden to Match Mar-a-Lago

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump has been busy upending the federal government, reorienting U.S. foreign policy, threatening trade wars and winning confirmation for his Cabinet choices. But he has managed to find time for a project closer to home: He has told associates that he wants…

Push to Drop Adams Charges Reveals a Justice Dept. Under Trump’s Sway
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Push to Drop Adams Charges Reveals a Justice Dept. Under Trump’s Sway

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Justice Department on Monday ordered federal prosecutors to drop the corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, a remarkable incursion into a continuing criminal case that raises questions about the fair administration of justice during President Trump’s second term. The…

Federal Courts Are the Frontline for Those Opposing Trump Executive Orders
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Federal Courts Are the Frontline for Those Opposing Trump Executive Orders

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More than 40 lawsuits filed in recent days by state attorneys general, unions and nonprofits seek to erect a bulwark in the federal courts against President Trump’s blitzkrieg of executive actions that have upended much of the federal government and challenged the Constitution’s…

Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab
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Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In his first term, President Trump seemed to relish ripping through the norms and standards of self-restraint that his predecessors had respected. Three weeks into his second term, hand-wringing about norms seems quaint. Other presidents have occasionally ignored or claimed a right to…

William E. Leuchtenburg, Scholar of F.D.R. and the Presidency, Dies at 102
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William E. Leuchtenburg, Scholar of F.D.R. and the Presidency, Dies at 102

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines William E. Leuchtenburg, a historian whose books cemented the place of Franklin D. Roosevelt among the greatest American presidents, died on Tuesday at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 102. His death was confirmed by Miguel La Serna, chairman of the…