For weeks, President Trump has repeatedly boasted that his administration had managed to bring egg prices down. But new data on Thursday showed that egg prices at the grocery store …
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President Trump’s reversal on tariffs dominated headlines on Wednesday, but he also found time to continue his long-running feud with low-flow shower heads. The president signed an executive order to …
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From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’: Inside Trump’s Reversal on Tariffs
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFor the past week, President Trump has been urging calm in the face of the financial chaos that he created and resisting calls for him to rethink his approach. “I …
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Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, has been removed as the interim head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and replaced by Daniel Driscoll, the Army secretary, four …
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Trump’s Tariff Goal Is to Eliminate Trade Deficits. Economists Have Doubts.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesBehind President Trump’s decision to hit some of America’s largest trading partners with stiff tariffs is his fixation on the trade deficit that the United States runs with other nations. …
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Adams Administration Will Give ICE Space to Operate on Rikers Island
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe federal immigration authorities will be allowed to open office space at the Rikers Island jail complex for criminal investigations, according to an executive order issued on Tuesday by Mayor …
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Amid Tension Around H.H.S. Cuts, Kennedy Meets With Tribal Leader
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAt the very moment that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was set to take the stage, the governor of Gila River Indian Community was still standing at the podium, …
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Supreme Court Pauses Ruling Requiring Trump to Rehire Thousands of Federal Workers
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a ruling from a federal judge in California that had ordered the Trump administration to rehire thousands of fired federal workers who had been …
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Bloomberg Pumps Cash Into the Long-Term Legal Fight Against Trump
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMichael R. Bloomberg’s gun control group plans to spend $10 million to help elect Democratic attorneys general this year and in 2026, an investment it says is meant to help …
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President Trump said on Monday that the United States would engage in “direct” negotiations with Iran next Saturday in a last-ditch effort to rein in the country’s nuclear program, saying …