Spain could face tariffs or other trade retaliation over its refusal to join other NATO partners in raising defense spending.President Donald Trump has attacked the country multiple times in recent days, and now says he could start a trade war with Spain if it doesn’t comply with his wishes. “I...
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President Donald Trump conceded that his efforts to broker a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia to end their three-year war are proving much harder than he initially expected.During a news conference at the NATO summit in the Netherlands, Trump was asked why he had not been able to end...
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The White House projected that the tax provisions in the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would reduce deficits by up to $2.3 trillion because of the economic growth spurred by the legislation.The Council of Economic Advisers released its latest analysis of the Senate’s reconciliation legislation on...
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Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old high school graduate who goes by “Big Balls,” left the job and the Trump administration this week. A social media account under his name confirmed that he left. “I’m officially out of that office. Can’t say too much yet, Appreciate everyone who’s reached out. Feels good...
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During their comments, Trump referred to the recent ceasefire established between Israel and Iran following U.S. airstrikes on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities. “They’ve had a big fight, like two kids in a schoolyard, you know, they fight like hell. You can’t stop them. Let them fight for about two,...
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President Donald Trump continued to insist that there was “total obliteration” after his strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, despite media saying the opposite.“We hear it was obliteration. It was a virtual obliteration,” Trump said while in the Netherlands for NATO meetings. Trump added moments later, “I believe it was total obliteration....
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Trump traveled to the summit on Tuesday, the morning after announcing a ceasefire between Iran and Israel after the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear sites. An early classified U.S. intelligence assessment said the military action caused only limited damage and likely only set Iran’s nuclear program back by a few months....
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The Trump administration is backing a provision in the Republican reconciliation bill that would allow the Treasury Department to implement a so-called “revenge tax” on certain foreign investors.The provision, called Section 899, in the bill first gained steam among Republicans in 2023 as a response to former President Joe Biden‘s endorsement...
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the media collaborated to “demean” the U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend following a leaked damage assessment of the attack.Earlier in the day, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the leaked damage report, which alleged the strikes merely set the Iranian nuclear...
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The day after President Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran started with him using an expletive to express his frustrations with both countries for allegedly breaking the agreement, and it ended with a report that his weekend strikes against Tehran’s nuclear program may not have been...
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President Donald Trump’s approval rating sank to the lowest levels of his second term following his decision to bomb nuclear targets in Iran and involve the United States further in Iran’s war with Israel, according to a new poll.The Economist-YouGov poll found voters approved of Trump’s job performance 40% of...
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President Donald Trump announced the United States had “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities in a Saturday night address flanked by two leading Make America Great Again successors, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in addition to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.The television stage craft...
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