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Trump's Republican administration is employing a rarely used tool that allows the president to transmit a request to cancel previously approved funding authority. The request triggers a 45-day clock under which the funds are frozen. If Congress fails ...

In our news wrap Saturday, Trump announced 30% tariffs beginning Aug. 1 on imports from Mexico and the EU, more Palestinians in Gaza were killed while trying to get food aid, Russia pounded Ukraine with drones and missiles, and a report on June's ...

With Saturday's letters, Trump has now issued tariff conditions on 24 countries and the 27-member European Union.

President Trump is dialing up the pressure on several countries in pursuit of trade deals. Trump dismissed a warning from Hasbro's CEO that toy prices will rise if the U.S. continues to hike tariffs. William Brangham discussed the tariffs and their . ...

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that he will impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to boost import taxes by 50% over the South American country's criminal .. ...

President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" amounts to the largest cut to Medicaid and rollback in health care coverage in history. The Rural Health Transformation Program is being touted as a way to offset the effects of those cuts, but experts . ...

The Trump administration is seeking to boost relations with Indo-Pacific nations to counter China's growing influence in the region. Trump on Monday sent notice to several countries about higher tariffs if they don't make trade deals with the U.S.

Amazon executives declined to comment on the potential impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Prime Day deals.

Trump has been talking for a while about ending trade negotiations and sending out letters informing countries about their tariff rates.