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Tensions are spilling out into the open between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and members of his own party in the Sunshine State, pointing to a new discordant era of GOP-led politics in a state that has trended red over the last few cycles.
The rare intraparty fighting came to a head this week when DeSantis's proposed special session to implement President Trump's immigration agenda kicked off, only to be ended by state Senate President Ben Albritton (R) and state House Speaker Daniel Perez (R). Republicans in the state legislature then introduced the Tackling and Reforming Unlawful Migration Policy (TRUMP) Act, which notably called to make the state's Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson the chief immigration officer. The Senate bill was authored by state Sen. Joe Gruters (R), a Trump ally who is said to have a frosty relationship with the governor. |
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President Trump campaigned on a pledge to crack down on illegal immigration. But since taking office, he's primarily targeted several longstanding programs that give migrants lawful ways to come to the U.S.
Trump has boasted he would target immigrants not legally in the country, denouncing them as criminals and threatening swift deportation. |
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With new dynamics emerging between Silicon Valley and Washington, some advocates for stronger social media regulations and parents are concerned their cause will get lost in the dust despite past momentum. Friday marked one year since the leaders of five major social media companies — Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord, and X — were grilled by a Senate Judiciary Committee over their platforms' impact on young users. |
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PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump on Saturday imposed significant tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, a White House spokesperson said, following through on a long-standing pledge and potentially setting off a trade war with the United States' top trading partners. "Tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China are SIGNED!" White House spokesperson Harrison Fields posted on X. "This bold move holds these countries accountable for stopping illegal immigration and the flow of dangerous drugs like fentanyl." |
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Mexico and Canada are retaliating against President Trump's Saturday tariff announcements, enacting countermeasures of their own. "Problems are not resolved by imposing tariffs, but by talking and dialoguing, as we did in recent weeks with your State Department to address the phenomenon of migration; in our case, with respect for human rights," Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote in a Saturday post on X, noting her team has been in constant communication with his. |
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Decision time is looming for an estimated two million federal employees who are eligible for the buyout plan proffered by President Trump. Workers have until Thursday to decide whether or not to accept the buyout. The basic offer is that government workers will be paid until the end of September — and retain their benefits — so long as they declare their resignations by Feb. 6. |
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Democrats accused of corruption are seeking relief from President Trump as he hands out scores of pardons and drops charges against his political allies amid his crusade against the justice system that made him a convicted felon. Trump has portrayed the legal reprieves as the unraveling of an era of political prosecutions steered by former President Biden's Department of Justice (DOJ), which Trump assailed as weaponized against him while marred by his own legal troubles. |
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The Wall Street Journal's editorial board published a punchy Saturday op-ed listing all the failed reasons for President Trump's tariff plan, citing a declining trend in trade and manufacturing culpability following signed sanctions. Trump on Saturday imposed significant tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, fueling a potential trade war. |
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Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is said to be considering a bid for the Senate following Sen. Gary Peters's (D-Mich.) decision not to seek reelection. Buttigieg confirmed he was "very seriously focused" on a bid for the Senate seat, according to The Detroit News. |
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OPINION | It has been said that cultures, like people, have a sense of life — a kind of emotional undercurrent generated by a society's view of its people, their principal values and their place in the world — which acts as a recurring theme of a particular age. Today in America, we are living in the Age of Fear. |
OPINION | TikTok's head-turning saga has had so many twists and turns in recent days, it's whiplash-inducing. On Jan. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court Justices unanimously upheld the law to ban or force a sale of the app, which went into effect on Jan. 19. The next day, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was seated in a prestigious position on the dais at President Trump's inauguration. That same day, Trump signed an executive order instructing the Justice Department to delay enforcement for at least 75 days. |
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The booming chicken chain aims to reinvent the drive-through process; reducing bottlenecks in the 'cockpit' |
President Trump has wasted no time threatening to use American might to force recalcitrant countries to back down and do what he wants. |
BY JOSH BOAK, ZEKE MILLER, ROB GILLIES and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN |
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, drawing swift retaliation and an undeniable sense of betrayal from the country's North American neighbors as a trade war erupted among the longtime allies. |
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