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President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States will raise tariffs on Canadian automobiles, steel, automotive parts and trucks to 50% beginning Jan. 1, 2027, escalating a trade dispute that erupted after U.S.-Canada negotiations collapsed last week. Trump said the new tariffs would apply to “all Cars, Trucks, both …

Fentanyl seizures decreased by 39% during the first year of the second Trump administration after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shifted the Department of Homeland Security’s criminal investigations arm to conducting immigration enforcement, according to a report government investigators published Friday.  Agents with Homeland Security Investigations, a subagency of DHS’s …

Canada is preparing to impose dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods beginning Sept. 8, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Saturday, escalating a trade war with Washington after last-minute negotiations failed to prevent new American tariffs on Canadian products. Carney said Canada’s retaliation will target a broad range of U.S. exports, …

President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend tariffs on certain ground beef imports triggered an unusual backlash from Republicans on Friday, with lawmakers from major cattle-producing states warning that the policy could undermine American ranchers even as the administration seeks to lower grocery prices. Trump announced Friday that the United States …

A trade agreement between the United States and Canada collapsed just before midnight Friday, dealing a major setback to negotiations between the two traditionally close trading partners and triggering 50% U.S. tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. The tariffs took effect after Canadian and U.S. negotiators failed …

The USS Abraham Lincoln is leaving the Middle East after a nine-month deployment, sending roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines back toward the United States as another American aircraft carrier takes over its mission. The Japan-based USS George Washington has arrived in the Middle East to replace the Lincoln, which has …

A federal court ruling out of Idaho has potential implications for exceptions in abortion bans nationwide and could eventually end up before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled earlier this month that the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides a narrow right …

President Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida’s Republican primary Tuesday, marking the second time this year he has used a mail-in ballot despite years of criticizing the practice and pushing Congress to impose new restrictions on mail-in voting. Trump, who maintains his legal residence in Palm Beach, requested a …

The U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion on Wednesday, reaching another record level as the federal government continues to spend more than it collects in revenue and shows little sign of slowing the pace of borrowing. The Treasury Department reported the milestone in its daily financial update, marking the latest …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday delayed plans to impose 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian imports after the United States and Canada reached a last-minute agreement to continue negotiations. Trump announced the three-day pause on Truth Social less than two hours before the tariffs were scheduled to …

Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman traded sharp attacks over experience, political ambition, campaign finance and policy differences Tuesday as the two Republicans faced off in a debate one week before voters decide who will become the party’s nominee for South Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat. The runoff follows last …

Republicans in Florida on Tuesday nominated Rep. Byron Donalds, a close ally of President Donald Trump, to succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis, while Democrats chose former Rep. David Jolly, a former Republican who left the party amid his opposition to Trump. The primary results offered a mixed picture of the …

The Walt Disney Co., ABC and several Disney-owned television stations sued the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, seeking to block an accelerated broadcast license renewal process that the company says amounts to retaliation by the Trump administration over ABC’s programming. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, comes months …

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to abandon its effort to keep the FBI headquarters in Washington, ruling that the Justice Department improperly overrode a prior federal decision to relocate the bureau to Maryland. U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang of Maryland barred FBI Director Kash Patel …

The Democratic National Committee on Saturday approved by voice vote its lineup of six early primaries for the 2028 election cycle, kicking off with South Carolina and Nevada. DNC Chair Ken Martin said during Saturday’s meeting that the early lineup reflects the diversity of the party’s electorate.  “Our 2028 nominee, …