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- With their staffs cut to as low as 1 person, agencies push back on DOGEAfter a frenzied start, cost-cutting and efficiency efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency have run up against public opinion and the courts.
- The ExplainerTrump meme coins raise money. They also buy access.Top investors in the meme coin $TRUMP will get to dine with President Donald Trump. Some Democrats call his family cryptocurrency ventures “profoundly corrupt,” while his press secretary says he is abiding by all laws regarding conflicts of interest.
- They’ve watched democracies fail. They see it happening under Trump.As Donald Trump fights the courts over Kilmar Abrego Garcia, targets law firms, and tests the rule of law, democracy experts warn they’ve seen this before.
- How Trump cuts could affect your weather reportsProposed budget cuts at NOAA reflect the Trump administration’s frustration with climate research, but also threaten the quality of National Weather Service forecasting.
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- Trump leans on Carney, but Canada has its own leverage in US trade talksPresident Donald Trump met Prime Minister Mark Carney amid high tensions over trade and tariffs. The Canadian prime minister expressed hope for launching a constructive dialogue.
- Trump denies he’ll run for a third term – but that won’t stop the chatterThe Constitution prohibits election to more than two presidential terms. But Trump supporters hope there are loopholes, and the president has both dismissed and encouraged the speculation.
- Empty shelves? Tariffs are about to hit US shoppers in a variety of ways.The new levies are like a slow-motion wave that’s about to break – causing U.S. consumers to experience higher prices and out-of-stock items.
- Trump shuffles his Cabinet: Waltz moves to UN, Rubio will do double duty for nowPresident Trump removed his embattled national security adviser, but kept him in his Cabinet, in his first major shake-up of top roles since Inauguration Day.
- 100 days of Trump unleashed: Big moves, but long-term impact unknownPresident Donald Trump’s second term has put plenty on the line after 100 days. A lesson Mr. Trump learned from his first term is to be more aggressive in pursuit of goals.
- ‘Make America Healthy Again’: A movement rallies around RFK Jr.’s agendaRFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again initiatives are controversial, but tap into a postpandemic skepticism of the medical establishment and a desire for more natural solutions.
- Four years on, Trump is still focused on his 2020 lossEven as ongoing defamation lawsuits find no evidence of a fraudulent election, President Donald Trump keeps insisting that the 2020 vote was rigged. He’s issuing orders targeting officials and lawyers whose work undercut his claims, and demanding states tighten voting rules to prevent alleged fraud.
- Supreme Court blocks, for now, Trump deportations under 18th-century wartime lawOn Saturday, the court told the administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.”
- First LookJD Vance visits the Vatican for Easter after papal rebuke over Trump's migrant crackdownU.S. Vice President JD Vance met with the Vatican’s No. 2 official after a remarkable papal rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants.
- How Donald Trump is upending American culturePresident Trump’s cultural agenda is reminiscent of a Stalin-esque playbook to some. Others say it’s a needed correction to “woke-ism.” Can he succeed in reshaping U.S. culture?
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