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Trump orders tariffs on Colombia over rejection of US military deportation flights — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation to a similar order announced hours earlier by President Donald Trump.
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New York Times:
Trump Hits Colombia With Tariffs in Feud Over Military Deportation Flights — Gustavo Petro said on X that the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees. — Colombia refused to accept military …
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's Colombia tariffs threaten surge in coffee prices … - Coffee futures are up 45% in the last six months. — Bloomberg reported last week that wholesale prices recently eclipsed all-time highs set in the late 1970s, and that it was only a matter of days to a few weeks until retail prices followed suit.
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CNN:
Trump issuing ‘emergency 25% tariffs’ against Colombia after country turned back deportation flights — President Donald Trump on Sunday announced retaliatory tariffs on Colombia after its president said he blocked US military deportation flights, the first instance of Trump using economic pressure …
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Reuters:
Colombia's Petro will not allow US planes to return migrants — President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will impose sweeping retaliatory measures on Colombia, including tariffs and sanctions, after the South American country turned away two U.S. military aircraft with migrants being deported …
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Elvia Limon / The Hill:
Colombian president orders increase of import tariffs on US goods after Trump order
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Reuters:
Trump says US will impose sanctions against Colombia over repatriation flights
Trump says US will impose sanctions against Colombia over repatriation flights
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump places tariffs, travel ban on Colombia after not accepting deportation flights
Trump places tariffs, travel ban on Colombia after not accepting deportation flights
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CNN:
Trump wiped January 6 convicts' records clean. Now his DOJ is wiping evidence of rioters' crimes from the internet — As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters' attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Graham says ‘a good chance’ Supreme Court sides with Trump on birthright citizenship
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Maya C. Miller / New York Times:
Lindsey Graham Says Trump Was Wrong to Pardon Violent Jan. 6 Rioters
Lindsey Graham Says Trump Was Wrong to Pardon Violent Jan. 6 Rioters
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Republican Senators Call on Trump to Rethink Revoked Security Details
Republican Senators Call on Trump to Rethink Revoked Security Details
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: How Trump's “black box” limits outside influences
Scoop: How Trump's “black box” limits outside influences
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Ratcliffe says Trump wants ‘politics out of the intelligence community’
Ratcliffe says Trump wants ‘politics out of the intelligence community’
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Rachel Ramirez / CNN:
Trump's gutting of federal DEI programs will hit rural poor communities — Just hours after his swearing-in this week, as a raft of executive orders was presented and signed at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump authorized action to end “radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing.”
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Associated Press:
In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution — For four years, the Environmental Protection Agency made environmental justice one of its biggest priorities, working to improve health conditions in heavily-polluted communities often …
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Floats Forced Relocation of Gazans: ‘Clean Out That Whole Thing’ — The president wants Egypt and Jordan to accept more Palestinian refugees — President Donald Trump endorsed the idea of relocating Palestinians in Gaza, proposing to send refugees to Jordan and Egypt to “clean out” the Gaza Strip.
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Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory — US president says he wants people to move to neighbouring nations, after resuming shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel — Donald Trump has suggested large numbers of Palestinians should leave Gaza to “just clean out” …
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Freddie Clayton / NBC News:
Elon Musk's call for Germany to ‘move beyond’ Nazi guilt is dangerous, Holocaust memorial chair says — Musk made a virtual appearance at a campaign event for Germany's far-right AfD party, saying “children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents.”
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Children of the 1960s watch in pain as the story of our lifetime is erased — My almost pathological obsession with what historians now call “the Long Sixties” — especially the years between JFK's assassination in 1963 and Richard Nixon's Watergate downfall in 1974 — includes …
Washington Post:
Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests — The administration wants to increase the number of arrests from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, increasing the chances that non-criminals will be detained.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
‘People Will Be Shocked’: Trump Tests the Boundaries of the Presidency — Even more than in his first term, President Trump has mounted a fundamental challenge to the norms and expectations of what a president can and should do. — On his first full day back in the White House …
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Begins Immigration Arrests in Chicago — The number of arrests was uncertain. Illinois officials, including the governor, said they had not been given advance notice. — The Justice Department announced Sunday it had begun a multiagency immigration enforcement operation in Chicago …
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CBS News:
Transcript: Vice President JD Vance on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Jan. 26, 2025 — The following is the full transcript of an interview with Vice President JD Vance on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Jan. 26, 2025. — MARGARET BRENNAN: Mr. Vice President, if you're ready, we'll dive right in.
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Jacob Sanchez / Fort Worth Report:
Fort Worth ISD launches investigation into substitute teacher's posts inviting ICE to North Side High School — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) — Fort Worth ISD is investigating a substitute teacher who, according to district officials, posted requests …
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New York Post
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
South Korea's Impeached Leader Is Indicted on Insurrection Charges — President Yoon Suk Yeol will stand trial along with his former defense minister and others who participated in his short-lived imposition of martial law. — South Korea's impeached and arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
‘Look in the Mirror’: New Catholic JD Vance Lectures Church Leaders on Faith — Vance, who converted to the Catholic Church five years ago, called on a group of bishops to “do better” after they criticized the White House's immigration policies.
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Vance Suggests Catholic Church Helps Immigrants to Boost Its ‘Bottom Line’
Vance Suggests Catholic Church Helps Immigrants to Boost Its ‘Bottom Line’
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Adam Schiff says Trump ‘broke the law’ by firing 18 inspectors general — In an interview on NBC News' “Meet the Press,” the California Democrat blasted Trump for firing 18 of the federal agency watchdogs over the weekend. — Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Sunday blasted President Donald …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump's Friday night massacre is blatantly illegal
Trump's Friday night massacre is blatantly illegal
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