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Trump planning 10 percent tariffs on smaller countries

President Trump said there will be a roughly 10 percent tariff set across the board for smaller countries, including those in Africa and the Caribbean. “We’ll probably set one tariff for all of them,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday evening. When asked for the amount, the president said “a little over 10 percent.” Commerce Secretary…

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Navarro: Jerome Powell is the worst Fed chair in history

White House trade czar Peter Navarro on Wednesday called Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell the “worst Fed chair in history” at the Hill Nation Summit. “All I want is a Fed chair who understands how economies work, and Powell ain’t that,” he said. “We’re in the endgame now for Powell.” Navarro avoided explicitly calling…

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RFK Jr. fires two top staffers in leadership shakeup

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. has fired two of the department’s top aides in a leadership shakeup, a spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.  Heather Flick Melanson, Kennedy’s chief of staff, and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy, have both been ousted.  No reason was given for the change.   According to…

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Trump slams ‘past supporters’ over fixation on Epstein

President Trump on Wednesday admonished and sought to distance himself from supporters who have pressed for more information about documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump dismissed the uproar over the Epstein files as a “scam” perpetuated by Democrats and suggested he no longer welcomed his backers who…

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Columbia announces additional steps to combat antisemitism amid negotiations with Trump administration

Columbia University announced Tuesday additional steps it would take to combat campus antisemitism after months of negotiations with the Trump administration to undo cuts to its funding.   Among the steps, the most controversial Columbia President Claire Shipman announced was the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The definition is…

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