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Auzinea Bacon / CNN:
Trump says he's increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario's Reagan ad — President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-tariff speech by former President Ronald Reagan in 1987.
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Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press:
Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner — Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports …
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East Timor becomes newest ASEAN member, while Thailand and Cambodia sign expanded border ceasefire — Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — East Timor's prime minister told leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations …
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Washington Post:
In defense of the White House ballroom — Donald Trump vs. the NIMBYs — Just now — The teardown of the White House's East Wing this week is a Rorschach test. Many see the rubble as a metaphor for President Donald Trump's reckless disregard of norms and the rule of law …
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Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Barreled Through D.C.'s Bureaucracy to Get His White House Ballroom — The president realized his longtime dream by remaking a planning board and taking advantage of permitting oddities; ‘you have zero zoning conditions’ — WASHINGTON—Anybody who has remodeled a home knows …
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune … Timothy Mellon, a reclusive billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump, is the anonymous private donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Olivia Beavers / Wall Street Journal:
The Lone House Democrat Who Thinks His Party Has the Shutdown All Wrong — Maine's Jared Golden says his party is being pushed in the wrong direction by far-left groups — BANGOR, Maine—Democratic Rep. Jared Golden didn't just side with Republicans in the House's vote to avoid the government shutdown.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republicans bet frenzied redistricting push can outrun historical trends
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Shutdowns began as a way to enforce federal law. Now Trump is using it to take more power
Shutdowns began as a way to enforce federal law. Now Trump is using it to take more power
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Freddie Clayton / NBC News:
U.S. and China could reach trade deal to avoid 100% tariffs, says Scott Bessent — Bessent said Trump would likely visit Xi in Beijing early next year ahead of the Lunar New Year, and a meeting in Washington would likely happen ahead of Xi's trip to the U.S.
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Shawn Pogatchnik / Politico:
Ireland elects left-wing president in anti-government landslide — Catherine Connolly's lop-sided victory to be Ireland's next head of state was accompanied by a surge in vandalized ballots from right-wing voters. — DUBLIN — Independent socialist Catherine Connolly swept …
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Jude Webber / Financial Times:
Hard-left candidate secures landslide in Irish presidential election
Hard-left candidate secures landslide in Irish presidential election
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Chicago Tribune:
Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas on Northwest Side streets as Chicagoans bellow, ‘Get out of our city!’ — Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday despite mounting scrutiny from a judge over their use of the chemical weapons …
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Carolyn Stein / Chicago Tribune:
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments — A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
Adam Downer / The Daily Beast:
Police Report Says Member of Congress, 88, Has Dementia — ELDERS IN CHARGE — A police report says D.C.'s congressional delegate, who was scammed out of thousands, exhibits “early stages of dementia.” — Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, an 88-year-old Democrat congresswoman representing Washington D.C …
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New York Times:
Debate Shows Are Having a Moment. Here Come the Democrats. — As millions tune in to hyperpartisan face-offs on YouTube or TikTok, can the left find its own Charlie Kirk? — On a recent Saturday night, more than 200 people crammed into a Los Angeles studio to watch Steven Bonnell …
CNN:
Frustrated Arizonans have waited more than a month for their new congresswoman to be seated — For years, immigration attorney Rachel Wilson has relied on her local congressional office to help untangle bureaucratic knots that threaten her clients' ability to live and work in the United States.
Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris says she may run for president again — “I am not done,” Harris says in the interview with BBC that will air on Sunday. — Just now — Former vice president Kamala D. Harris said in an interview that she “possibly” will run for president, adding an early twist …
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Louise Guillot / Politico:
Kamala Harris hints she is ready to run again for US president
Kamala Harris hints she is ready to run again for US president
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