Economy Contracts as Trump Completes First 100 Days

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Most levies on imported cars and car parts will remain in place, but automakers have secured some relaxation of President Trump’s trade policy.

Moran pressed Trump, 78, on the 145% levies he’s imposed on China, arguing that the tariff is bound to “raise prices on everything” – a claim the president strongly disagreed with.

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100 days into Trump’s second presidential term, voters now face an economic landscape rife with uncertainty.

Freddy Escobar made nearly $540,000 in 2022. He doubled his base salary with overtime payouts, earning a total of more than $424,000 from the city while collecting an additional $115,000 from the union.

The former vice president is set to deliver a major speech Wednesday, in which she is expected to call out how President Donald Trump is handling his tenure thus far.

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The economy shrank 0.3% in the first three months of the year, a steep downturn from the pace of growth in 2024.

Analysts noted that the weak economic report does not reflect overall consumer and business performance. Still, Trump’s tariffs shock has begun to rattle data.

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President Trump has acted like a man on a mission to transform America and to exact retribution against his enemies.

Donald Trump’s first 100 days have shown what a vigorous use of executive power actually looks like. But aside from permanently hobbling the modern American state, it’s hard to see what he’s actually achieved with it.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin detailed 100 environmental actions the agency took to “power the American comeback” 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term in office.

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Underlying economic growth remained solid in early 2025, but tariffs and uncertainty are expected to cause a further slowdown.

GDP contracted for the first time in years in the first quarter from fallout due to Trump’s massive new tariffs

U.S. stock futures point to a lower open after rising Tuesday on hopes trade deals are getting done and Trump's tariff plan is getting pared down.

One hundred days into Donald Trump’s presidency, the primary victim of America’s war against the world is America.

Mohammad is one of thousands of Afghans in immigration limbo in the U.S. after risking their lives to help the American military during the war.

The US economy contracted 0.3% in the first quarter as imports surged ahead of Trump's tariffs

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The witness told jurors she heard her crazed friend making the alleged admission to a first responder at some point after they found John O’Keefe’s body on Jan. 29, 2022.

Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.

Through ICE arrests, criminal investigations, firings and executive orders, the president has launched a sweeping campaign of retribution. One judge called his actions "a shocking abuse of power."

The Republican proposal would eliminate Grad PLUS loans, set strict limits on Parent PLUS loans and create a system in which colleges would be on the hook if their students don't repay their loans.

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The State Department ultimately accused Mahdawi of engaging in “threatening rhetoric and intimidation” against Jewish students.

Conservative commentator and writer David Hortowitz died at the age of 86 on Tuesday, according to the David Horowitz Freedom Center.

Just as the president’s lawyers are set to meet with Paramount in mediation on Wednesday.

... AS U.S. ECONOMY SHRINKS!

The shrink was fueled by a massive surge in imports as companies began to get ahead of Trump's tariffs being implemented.

A Democrat in California has introduced a bill that would decriminalize welfare fraud that falls under $25,000.

On the first day of President Donald Trump’s second administration, he made border security and immigration enforcement top priorities. Now, 100 days later, illegal border crossings fell to historic lows and the Trump administration is executing a whole-of-government approach to rounding up and deporting thousands of criminal aliens. The president declared the border to be a national emergency and designated Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

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The North Carolina head coach released a statement Wednesday bashing “CBS Sunday Morning” for “selective editing” from his controversial interview that featured Hudson.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has stated that her department has a "massive plan" for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reforms, and will be working closely with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The president praised the billionaire even though he came up short on finding $2 trillion in government waste.

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Kristi Noem has sicced federal agents on foreign students who were involved in campus protests. Now green card holder Mohsen Mahdawi has been freed.

The Court’s Christian right makeover of the Constitution enters its endgame.

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President Trump's Cabinet secretaries gave Elon Musk a hearty round of applause Wednesday as the Tesla CEO soon begins a reduced role with DOGE.

The attorney general on Wednesday expressed excitement over “signing death warrants.”

Iraqi authorities announced the arrest of an ISIS terrorist accused of helping in the New Year’s attack that left 14 dead on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

The teens are accused of organizing a hazing of younger players on the lacrosse team, where at least one student was taken to a remote wooded area and tied up.

Virginia Giuffre’s family has released a handwritten note, believed to be her final message before her alleged suicide on Friday. The note expresses a heartfelt message of solidarity with fellow survivors of sexual abuse.

His administration is great at breaking things — but they’re failing in their bigger goal.

The U.S. and Ukraine have signed an economic development deal including access to rare earths minerals, the Treasury Department announced.

Steve Witkoff, who has become Trump’s de facto personal ambassador to Russian President Vladimir Putin in addition to taking on the Middle East portfolio, takes part in high-level meetings alone — and is said to have even occasionally leaned on…

The Chinese accusations come after the White House revamped its COVID-19 information earlier this month to push out the assertion that COVID-19 leaked out of a lab in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The deal is intended to give the U.S. access to proceeds from Ukraine’s reserves of rare earth minerals.

A draft of the deal said it would give Washington preferential access to new Ukrainian natural resources deals.

From foreign policy and tariffs to immigration changes and targeting of DEI, here's a look back at some of the major moves made in the past 100 days of President Trump's second administration.

It follows months of negotiations and is intended to give President Trump a personal stake in Ukraine’s fate.

The U.S. and Ukraine have signed an agreement that will give the U.S. access to Ukraine’s vast critical mineral resources.

A federal judge ordered that the suspect behind the firebombing of a Tesla dealership in Kansas City, Missouri, be released from federal custody ahead of his upcoming court date.

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