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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 12.03.2025.
It displays 227 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
12.03.2025 ⇢ Tariff War's Global Expansion
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Trump's 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum took effect, triggering immediate retaliation from the European Union with $28 billion in counter-tariffs and Canada with $30 billion in retaliatory measures. These responses came as markets fluctuated amid growing recession fears.
Inflation showed unexpected cooling to 2.8% in February, Trump's first full month in office, though economic experts expressed concern about how the escalating trade conflicts might reverse this trend.
The Education Department completed laying off approximately 1,300 employees—nearly half its staff—with significant cuts to its civil rights office. NOAA faced similar reductions with 1,000 additional employees being let go.
A government shutdown appeared increasingly likely as Senate Democrats announced they would not support the Republican funding bill passed by the House earlier in the week.
Russia responded cautiously to the US-Ukraine ceasefire agreement reached the previous day, while continuing battlefield advances.
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President Donald Trump has officially increased tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%. He has promised that the taxes will help create U.S. factory jobs at a time when his seesawing tariff threats are jolting the stock market and raising fears of an economic slowdown.
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Breitbart News
President Donald Trump is halfway home towards cementing the first step of his government spending agenda.
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The Epoch Times
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The January midair collision with the Army helicopter happened as the American Airlines jet was about to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. All 67 people on both aircraft died.
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Los Angeles Times
Southern California is about to get drenched by new storms this week, with a powerful atmospheric river expected to arrive early Wednesday.
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Virginia authorities said the case is ‘still a missing person case, not a criminal case.’
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The New York Times
President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on metal imports from any country, escalating America’s trade dispute with global competitors.
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Following President Donald Trump's threats to increase steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada to 50%, Ontario Premier Doug Ford suggested on Tuesday that Canada is caving, announcing that he reached an agreement with the U.S. commerce secretary to halt the 25% tax on power imports into the U.S.
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Moscow will be under pressure to show it is not the obstacle to the US president’s goal of peace at almost any cost
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02:13⇢Steel & Aluminum Tariffs Strike Globally
⌨The newspapers report on Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports taking effect, raising them to 25% across all countries (AP News, Epoch Times, Fox News, NYTimes). The House passed a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown, sending it to the Senate for consideration (ABC News, Breitbart, Common Dreams, Newsweek). The Education Department is undergoing significant cuts, laying off nearly half its staff (CBS, MSNBC, Washington Post). Hydro-Quebec has cut off electricity exports on the main power line into New England (Boston Globe), though reports suggest Canada may be backing down on electricity tariffs following Trump's retaliation threats (OANN).
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The prospect of the new U.S. duties have jolted the stock market and raised fears of an economic slowdown, increased inflation and even a global trade war.
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The president's tariff policies and threats have shaken up the stock market and raised fears of an economic slowdown, increased inflation and even a global trade war.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest providers of mental health care in the U.S. Its integrated care model means patients are already feeling the cuts and changes that are underway.
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The New York Times
The European Commission said it would impose countermeasures on U.S. exports to the E.U., calling President Trump’s metals tariffs unjustified.
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Los Angeles Times
A Times analysis of police shootings over past decade found that officers are rarely — if ever — punished for firing bullets that hit or endanger fellow cops and bystanders.
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Associated Press
The European Union has announced its own countermeasures, saying they will enter into force from April 1, after the Trump administration officially increased tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%.
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The Daily Beast
The president has remained hell-bent on pursuing his plans anyway.
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New York Post
President Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan plans to blast Albany Democrats in the state capitol Wednesday over the Empire State’s pro-illegal immigration policies, The Post has learned.
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The European Union announced it will impose duties on $28 billion worth of American goods
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The Washington Post
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07:20⇢Europe Strikes Back With Tariffs
⌨The newspapers report on the escalating trade tensions as Trump's 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum have officially taken effect, with the European Union announcing retaliatory measures on $28 billion worth of American goods (ABC News, AP News, CBS, CNN, NYTimes, Newsweek, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, The Epoch Times). The EU countermeasures will begin April 1, with tariffs targeting products from Republican states (AP News). Meanwhile, domestic issues include Republican efforts to change voter registration requirements (NPR), "Project 2025" authors joining the Trump administration (NBC News), and LAPD data showing police bullets have struck 21 bystanders in the past decade (LA Times).
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Congress and DOGE Can Find Spending Cuts at the Department of Defense
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Trump's action to bulk up protections for American steel and aluminum producers restores effective global tariffs of 25%.
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Consumer prices rose 2.8 percent in the year through February, a slightly better result than economists had expected. But analysts are worried that tariffs could add to price pressures.
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The online right loves talking about “IQ.” Guess why.
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Breitbart News
Americans got relief from inflation in February as prices rose at the slowest pace since last summer.
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Trump's action to bulk up protections for American steel and aluminum producers restores effective global tariffs of 25%.
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Associated Press
The European Union has announced its own countermeasures, saying they will enter into force from April 1, after the Trump administration officially increased tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%.
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Breitbart News
Americans got relief from inflation in February as prices rose at the slowest pace since last summer.
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Trump entered office promising to reduce prices immediately, but most mainstream economists say that goal conflicts with his expanding tariffs.
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Consumer prices last month rose 2.8% from a year ago, slower than the 3% annual gain seen in January — but the prospect of a trade war is clouding the outlook for inflation.
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In the late 1970s, nationalist vigilantes tried to destroy Pablo Picasso’s Guernica. Today the painting itself is safe — but the museum in which it is housed has again become the focus of right-wing polemics.
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New York Post
A State Farm executive has been fired after he was secretly recorded alleging the insurance company hiked rates for California homeowners reeling from the LA wildfires.
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09:28⇢Inflation Cools As Federal Layoffs Accelerate
⌨The newspapers report on inflation cooling to 2.8% in February, the first full month of Trump's term and slowest monthly increase since August 2024 (ABC News, Breitbart, Epoch Times, NPR, NYTimes). However, analysts express concern that Trump's tariff policies could reverse this trend (NPR, NYTimes). The trade war with the EU intensifies as European countermeasures target American goods like beef, whiskey, and motorcycles in response to Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs (AP News, HuffPost). Simultaneously, Project 2025 implementation appears underway with the Trump administration firing approximately half of the Education Department staff (Common Dreams, USA Today reports similar cuts at NOAA).
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Associated Press
The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products, responding within hours to the Trump administration’s increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%.
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The Trump admin appears to be back in Ukraine's corner, but it's unclear if Putin, while enjoying battlefield victories, can be convinced to halt his assault.
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Associated Press
Canada will announce Canadian $29.8 billion ($20.7 billion) in retaliatory tariffs in response to the 25% steel and aluminum tariffs that U.S.
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Congressional Republicans are pushing legislation that would make sweeping changes to voter registration, including requiring those signing up to present documents proving U.S. citizenship.
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The European Union announced it will impose duties on $28 billion worth of American goods
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Los Angeles Times
Shirin Ali
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Europe swiftly hit back at Trump’s sweeping levies on metals and now America’s northern neighbor is doing the same in a major escalation of the trade war
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Trump's global tariffs of 25% on all imports of steel and aluminum also extend the duties to hundreds of products made from the metals.
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Canada’s economic and military dependence on the United States has long led its elites to believe that they could never be the victims of American aggression. Donald Trump’s tariffs have disproved this received wisdom.
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11:01⇢Canada Slaps $20 Billion In Tariffs On American Goods
⌨The newspapers report on a rapidly escalating trade war as Canada announced $20.7 billion in retaliatory tariffs against Trump's 25% metal tariffs (AP News, Boston Globe, CNN, NYTimes, USA Today, Jacobin). This follows similar countermeasures from the European Union, creating a widening global trade conflict. Meanwhile, inflation cooled to a lower-than-expected 2.8% in February, Trump's first full month in office (ABC News, Breitbart, Epoch Times), though egg prices continue rising. On foreign policy, Russia appears hesitant about a U.S. truce proposal for Ukraine while continuing battlefield advances (CBS). Republican voter registration legislation requiring citizenship documentation is also gaining attention (NPR).
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Trump's global tariffs of 25% on all imports of steel and aluminum also extend the duties to hundreds of products made from the metals.
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One America News
U.S. inflation cooled more than expected in February, with price growth remaining well above the Federal Reserve’s goal ahead of the central bank’s policy meeting next week.
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Trump entered office promising to reduce prices immediately, but most mainstream economists say that goal conflicts with his expanding tariffs.
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
A State Farm executive has been fired after he was secretly recorded alleging the insurance company hiked rates for California homeowners reeling from the LA wildfires.
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Rachel Barkow: Did Trump and Biden Turn Pardons Into a Corrupt Joke?
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Europe swiftly hit back at Trump’s sweeping levies on metals and now America’s northern neighbor is doing the same in a major escalation of the trade war
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Wall Street keeps shaking. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% Wednesday after losing an initial leap of 1.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also swung sharply and went from an early gain of 287 points to a loss of 346 points, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%.
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One America News
U.S. inflation cooled more than expected in February, with price growth remaining well above the Federal Reserve’s goal ahead of the central bank’s policy meeting next week.
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The Daily Beast
Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement is not anchored by a cogent philosophy, because it doesn’t need to be.
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Trump had threatened to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum in retaliation for electricity duties.
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Previous attempts to pass the legislation banning hair discrimination have stalled in Congress.
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Unexpected election result sees legacy parties out of power and more right-wing, pro-American politicians dominate Greenland for first time.
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One America News
The European Union has retaliated with its own tariffs in response to President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum products that took effect Wednesday.
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Canada and the European Union quickly unveil retialatory levies against the U.S., hours after Trump's sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum.
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13:13⇢Global Tariff War Erupts
⌨The newspapers report on a rapidly escalating global trade war as both Canada and the European Union announce retaliatory tariffs against Trump's steel and aluminum levies (ABC News, AP News, Boston Globe, CNN, NBC News, NYTimes, The Washington Post, USA Today, OANN). Canada has imposed $21 billion in countermeasures (NBC News, CNN, Boston Globe), while the EU announced nearly $28 billion in tariffs (OANN). The trade tensions are affecting financial markets, with stocks fluctuating dramatically amid recession fears (ABC News, AP News). In Greenland, an unexpected election result has shifted power toward more right-wing, pro-American politicians (Breitbart). Congress is also working on bipartisan legislation to ban hair discrimination (NPR).
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Individual Democrats have made strong statements against the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. The bulk of the party and its leadership has offered silence or mealymouthed equivocation.
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New York Post
Homan, standing alongside Albany Republicans in the state Capitol building, warned Hochul and state Democrats against defending sanctuary city policies.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks with Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware about Senate prospects for passage of a spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
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Ross Barkan
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The New York Times
As President Trump’s global tariffs on metals took effect, the European Union and Canada announced billions of dollars in levies on American goods.
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What cutting the department in half means for students
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The New York Times
Russia’s leader recently rejected the idea of an interim truce in Ukraine. But he wants to maintain his relationship with President Trump.
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Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-described "democratic Socialist," recently claimed that “these are the scariest times in my life” -- referencing President Donald Trump’s election victory and alignment with billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk.
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One America News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reportedly told food industry leaders that he wants artificial dyes to be removed from food products.
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Associated Press
Wall Street keeps shaking. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Wednesday after completely losing an initial leap of 1.3% and then regaining some ground.
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Longtime Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen has announced that she will not be seeking a fourth term in 2026 for the state of New Hampshire.
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Dahlia Lithwick
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced he would move to clear hundreds of backlogged cases to clean air, saying the Biden administration focused on “ideological pursuits” rather than the agency’s “core mission.”
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One America News
Grammy award-winning rapper Lil Yachty recently characterized Black Lives Matter (BLM) as a “scam,” during an appearance on Quenlin Blackwell’s YouTube show.
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15:09⇢Canada Strikes Back With $30 Billion Tariffs
⌨The newspapers report on a rapidly escalating global trade war with Canada implementing $30 billion in retaliatory tariffs against Trump's steel and aluminum levies (CNN, NBC, Washington Post, The Epoch Times). Trump has also targeted Ireland, claiming they are "taking advantage" of the US (ABC News, Boston Globe, Fox News). Domestically, government shutdown fears grow as Senate negotiations stall on a spending bill (Common Dreams, NPR). EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to clear a Biden-era backlog of environmental cases (Breitbart). Market volatility continues as stocks sway dramatically between gains and losses amid trade war concerns (AP News).
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced he would move to clear hundreds of backlogged cases to clean air, saying the Biden administration focused on “ideological pursuits” rather than the agency’s “core mission.”
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Associated Press
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Environmental Protection Agency to review a key 15-year-old finding by the agency that greenhouse gases pose a risk to Americans.
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Tariffs on steel and aluminum are increasing to 25% — not the 50% that President Trump had recently threatened, but high enough to be a headache for automakers.
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced he would move to clear hundreds of backlogged cases to clean air, saying the Biden administration focused on “ideological pursuits” rather than the agency’s “core mission.”
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President Trump has made large scale changes to the federal workforce even before receiving mass layoff plans from federal agencies due Thursday.
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One America News
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that 15,000 “near-miss events” between helicopters and planes at Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport have occurred in the past three years.
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Associated Press
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complaints from students and families across the country.
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Congress Just Made It Harder for Congress To Block Trump's Tariffs
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Republicans lack the votes in the upper chamber to pass their plan to avert a looming government shutdown on Friday at midnight.
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One America News
Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin met with President Donald Trump on Wednesday for an annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration, leading Trump to discuss the “massive” trade imbalance between the two nations.
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The Daily Beast
The president, who has played golf on 13 of his first 48 days back in office, claimed civil servants haven’t been showing up to work.
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The Washington Post
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17:22⇢Shutdown Looms As Dems Reject Funding Bill
⌨The newspapers report on a government shutdown becoming likely as Senate Democrats refuse to support the Republican funding bill (ABC News, NY Post, Washington Post, Common Dreams). Environmental policy faces major changes as EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces plans to review the landmark finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health (Breitbart, CBS). Trump's immigration enforcement intensifies, with ICE arrests doubling in his first 50 days and accusations that the Biden administration "cooked the books" on enforcement data (Fox News, Newsweek, NYTimes). Federal workforce reductions continue, particularly gutting the Education Department's civil rights office (AP News, USA Today, Vox, Daily Beast).
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Common Dreams
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned Wednesday that Republicans do not have the votes to pass a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through September
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One America News
72nd Secretary of State Marco Rubio doubled down on the detention and anticipated deportation of Columbia University's anti-Israel protest organizer, Mahmoud Khalil, while critics have claimed that the move violates the First Amendment.
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Here’s what Trump’s latest move means for students and schools.
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Mother Jones
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Teacher unions and some parent groups condemned the cuts, while school choice advocates celebrated them.
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One America News
President Donald Trump has responded to the news of Rosie O’Donnell’s move to Ireland following his presidential election victory.
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Breitbart News
Trump border czar Tom Homan went to New York to stand with state Republicans and to blast Democrats for their “pro-illegals” policies.
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Golfer Phil Mickelson declared that Americans "all owe [Elon Musk] a huge debt of gratitude” for helping the United States “become fiscally responsible.”
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While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."
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Tens of thousands more federal employees expect to be terminated. But the firings didn't come out of nowhere.
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18:56⇢Shutdown Looms Friday As Dems Reject GOP Bill
⌨The newspapers report on a government shutdown becoming increasingly likely as Senate Democrats vow to block the Republican funding bill ahead of Friday's deadline (Boston Globe, CBS, NY Post, The Epoch Times, Washington Post). Trump's immigration enforcement intensifies with doubled ICE arrest rates (Newsweek) and criticism of "pro-illegal" policies (Breitbart, Fox News). Federal workforce reductions continue with major cutbacks, particularly at the Education Department's civil rights office (AP News, USA Today, Vox). A judge has blocked Trump's executive order against law firm Perkins Coie, calling it a "chilling harm" to the legal profession (NPR). Meanwhile, six American prisoners have been released from Kuwait (ABC News).
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Trump has already cut the department’s staff in half. He won’t stop there.
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One America News
Singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani has continued to draw criticism from her left-leaning fanbase after sharing an X post referencing conservative commentator Tucker Carlson's conversation with Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie -- on the subject of Christianity.
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The Daily Beast
In a new poll, President Donald Trump received his poorest-ever approval ratings for his handling of the economy.
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Breitbart News
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday ordered a department-wide review of existing standards for each military branch on physical fitness, body composition, and grooming — including on beards, Breitbart News has exclusively learned.
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'Squad' member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been hit with an ethics complaint by a watchdog, accusing her of misusing taxpayer funds for dance classes.
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Mother Jones
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Canada and the European Union swiftly unveil retaliatory levies against the U.S., hours after Trump's sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum.
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The Washington Post
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20:44⇢EPA Guts Environmental Protections As Shutdown Deadline Nears
⌨The newspapers report on Trump's environmental deregulation as EPA rolls back climate regulations including EV mandates (Common Dreams, The Epoch Times). A government shutdown looms with "votes not there" to avoid a Friday deadline (HuffPost, Boston Globe, CBS, NY Post). Trump's economic approval hits an all-time low (The Daily Beast, Washington Post) while global trade tensions escalate with Canada and EU announcing retaliatory tariffs against US steel and aluminum levies (USA Today). A SpaceX mission to retrieve Starliner astronauts faces delays (ABC News), and Defense Secretary Hegseth orders a review of military fitness and grooming standards (Breitbart).
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One America News
All of the unaccompanied illegal immigrant children at the shelters run by Southwest Key Programs, Inc. (Southwest Key) have been transferred to other trusted shelters, according to a statement released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Navasia Jones pleaded guilty to the brutal Bronx beating death of little Julissia Batties, while her son, who was accused of sexual abusing the girl, got off scot free.
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Lee Zeldin promised to drive "a dagger through the heart" of climate change protections as he announced plans to revisit air and water standards.
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Disney has reportedly scaled back its premiere of the new “Snow White” film -- which is set to be released on March 21st.
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One America News
On Wednesday, New York Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer announced that Senate Democrats will oppose the House-approved Continuing Resolution (CR) bill -- potentially triggering a government shutdown by the week's end.
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“The facts of this case, quite frankly, the facts are something out of a horror movie,” Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Don Therkildsen said, according to CT Insider. “That’s without exaggeration.”
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The Trump administration has shuttered, fired or targeted for resignation individuals, offices and agencies that could serve as a check on President Trump. Supporters say that is exactly the point.
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The Daily Beast
Robert Morris is accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl when he was 20.
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Los Angeles Times
As Trump begins dismantling the Education Department, student loan services, civil rights enforcement and funding for disadvantaged students remain in limbo.
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The New York Times
Senator Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, instead urged Republicans to consider another extension to weigh individual spending bills.
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“I wanted my freedom,” the victim said, explaining that he was held captive since he was about 11 years old, according to police.
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump is openly challenging U.S. allies by increasing tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25% as he vows to take back wealth he says was “stolen” by other countries, drawing quick retaliation from Europe and Canada.
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The New York Times
President Trump is clamping down broadly on dissent using the tools of the federal government.
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The Daily Beast
The country’s minister of foreign affairs shared a blunt message ahead of a G7 meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week.
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23:54⇢Federal Power Reshaped Through Mass Layoffs
⌨The newspapers report on Trump administration's sweeping actions to reshape federal power. Multiple outlets cover massive Education Department layoffs affecting student loans and civil rights enforcement (LA Times, Vox). Environmental deregulation accelerates as EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announces rollbacks of climate regulations (NBC News, Common Dreams, Epoch Times). International tensions rise with Canada issuing explicit warnings against Trump's policies (Daily Beast) as new tariffs trigger retaliation (AP News). Government shutdown appears imminent with Democrats blocking Trump's funding bill (OANN, CBS, HuffPost). Several sources report increased federal targeting of dissent, including pressure on transgender rights in Maine (Boston Globe, NYTimes).