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China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Tuesday it was implementing counter tariffs against the U.S. on multiple products.

A 10 percent tariff on Chinese products took effect, and China announced retaliatory measures including tariffs and investigations of U.S. companies.

While only Congress can shutter the department, the president is reportedly considering executive action to severely scale back its responsibilities and staffing.

US Secretary of State Rubio says El Salvador will accept US deportees of any nationality, as well as imprisoned Americans, alarming critics and rights groups

Both countries announced the unprecedented deal which has alarmed critics and rights groups

China announced it would implement counter tariffs against the U.S. on multiple products and announced other trade-related measures, including an antitrust probe of Google.

China quickly slapped new duties on some U.S. imports even as President Trump suspended tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

China's Finance Ministry said it would impose levies of 15% for U.S. coal and 10% for crude oil, farm equipment, and some autos.

Although the U.S. spends less than 1% of its budget on foreign assistance, USAID has been one of the federal agencies most targeted by the Trump administration.

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The president vowed that there was nothing that Canada or Mexico could do to avoid US tariffs. Then he pulled back.

His one-word message in support of white South African emigration comes amid his revamping of the U.S. federal government.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is rolling out a massive five-pillar initiative for his first 100 days in the role, he told Breitbart News exclusively.

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China countered President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports.

China countered President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports.

Federal agencies are sending out sample contract agreements to their employees in what appears to be an effort to alleviate doubts. But some of the language differs from the original offer.

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Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump’s blessing.

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Forget the disciplined campaign. Animal spirits are back driving the bus.

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have announced a temporary deal to halt the imposition of 25% tariffs on each other's imports for 30 days while a final border security pact gets hashed out.

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President Trump’s demands on the United States’ neighbors are difficult to measure. That allows him to declare victory when he sees fit.

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UFC CEO Dana White revealed on Monday that he had urged President Donald Trump to drop out of the 2024 presidential race following the July assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, to which Trump immediately responded: “You don’t ever quit.”

The first planeloads of illegal immigrants detained in President Trump’s crackdown have departed for Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where a small migrant detention center could be expanded to house tens of thousands. Two planes carrying migrants have…

The Biden administration wasted $236 billion in improper payments throughout 71 federal programs in 2023, according to Government Accountability Office.

El Salvador has agreed with the United States to take in violent U.S. criminals, who are currently in jails and accept deportees of any nationality.

Beijing hit back with its own tariffs and export restrictions. It appeared to aim for minimal harm while showing the range of possible responses, experts said.

Several agents are suing to block their public release. There’s fear within the agency it will turn into a list of people to be terminated.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to advance to a full Senate vote in his bid to become the new Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, after clearing the key Senate committee.

The Senate Intel panel narrowly endorsed Trump pick Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence after skeptical Republicans got on board.

Tulsi Gabbard has been able to secure support from GOP senators who were previously on the fence regarding her director of national intelligence nomination, surviving a crucial Senate Intelligence Committee vote on Tuesday.

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Vice President JD Vance told Breitbart News exclusively on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is “having the time of his life” as president so far, two weeks into his second term in the White House.

The Senate Intel panel narrowly endorsed Trump pick Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence after skeptical Republicans got on board.

The 47th President has announced that he will be attending Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday, which will make him the first-ever sitting president to attend the big game.

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s political foes are urging ICE agents to “pay him a visit” and even calling for his potential impeachment after he bizarrely suggested he was harboring an illegal migrant in his home.

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s political foes are urging ICE agents to “pay him a visit” and even calling for his potential impeachment after he bizarrely suggested he was harboring an illegal migrant in his home.

The idea has recently seen bipartisan support in the U.S., with both President Trump and the Biden administration saying they were considering it.

In his confirmation hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr told Bernie Sanders that he opposes health care as a human right. His reasoning reveals how libertarian talking points are being used to defend a cruel and irrational health care system.

Wind gusts and tidal conditions could slow operations today as officials try to pull wreckage from the icy Potomac River.

“If they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end,” Trump said in the Oval Office as he signed an order to reimpose maximum pressure on Tehran.

President Donald Trump and advisers say that a three-to-five-year timeline for reconstruction of Gaza, as set out in a temporary truce agreement, is not viable.

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested displaced Palestinians in Gaza be “permanently” resettled outside the war-torn territory.

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January 6 was nothing compared to the current mob of thugs intent on tearing apart our country’s very system of government.

Vice President JD Vance told Breitbart News exclusively in his West Wing office in the White House on Tuesday that while he’s “superstitious,” he does believe all of President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations will be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to visit President Trump in his second term.

The Trump administration put in place new tariffs on China on Tuesday in an effort to help stop the flow of Fentanyl coming into America, with Beijing responding by announcing its own tax against U.S. imports.

President Trump’s comments came shortly before he welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to the White House.

FBI agents who worked on the Jan. 6 probe are suing the government over plans to review the FBI workforce and agents who may have worked on the investigations.

“They have no alternative right now” but to leave, President Trump said shortly before he welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to visit President Trump in his second term.

The Iraqi parliament passed three controversial measures last month, one of which would have benefitted Islamic pedophiles who wish to claim a 9-year-old “child bride” as their wife.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to visit President Trump in his second term.

President Donald Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere.

USAID, a federal humanitarian agency, has been in turmoil as the Trump administration considers folding it into the State Department

The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.

Two airport employees have been arrested after being accused of leaking surveillance footage of last week’s deadly Washington, D.C., crash to left-wing news outlet CNN.

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The US president also made it clear he thinks Palestinians should leave Gaza permanently

The president said the U.S. would generate “thousands of jobs” by claiming the war zone.

Hosting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump said Palestinians in Gaza should be moved after the devastation wrought by Israel’s war with Hamas.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. would take over Gaza and remove debris, tunnels, and explosives left there by Hamas after the war with Israel, adding that he saw America taking a “long-term ownership position.”

"We are being tasked to assist the department in recalling USAID employees to the United States by Saturday," State Department official Seth Green wrote in an email to staff on Tuesday.

President Trump will attend the game in New Orleans about a month after the deadly New Year's Eve truck attack on Bourbon Street.

President Donald Trump has suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area.

Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. ownership.

Following the U.S. commander in chief's Tuesday meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, officials announced that President Donald Trump is planning to rebuild Gaza, while expanding the Abraham Accords in an effort to include additional nations -- which was confirmed by Trump in a joint conference.

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The president said the U.S. would generate “thousands of jobs” by claiming the war zone, which he called the “riviera of the Middle East.”

In a brief note posted on the international development agency's website, almost all employees were told they would be put on leave. The note ended with the words, "Thank you for your service."

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