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Senate Panel Backs RFK Jr. for Health Secretary

His nomination now goes to the full Senate

(Newser) - A Senate panel advanced the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the next health secretary on Tuesday morning, reports the New York Times . In the closely watched vote by the Senate Finance Committee, Kennedy prevailed in a 14-13 result along party lines, per the Hill . The pivotal vote...

Education Dept.'s Dismantling 'From Within' Is About to Begin

Sources say President Trump is set to sign EO to lay out path for shuttering agency

(Newser) - WWE founder Linda McMahon has yet to be confirmed as the new head of the Department of Education , but it's not yet clear what will be left of the department for her to lead. Sources say that President Trump is set to sign an executive order this month that...

Kennedy's Fate May Rest With One Senator on Tuesday

Both he and Tulsi Gabbard face committee votes on their Trump nominations

(Newser) - It's a do-or-die day for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard on their Cabinet nominations. The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday morning on whether to advance Kennedy as health secretary, and the intelligence committee will vote in the afternoon on whether Gabbard should oversee the nation's...

China Retaliates as US Tariffs Take Effect
China Retaliates
Against US Tariffs
Feb 4, 2025 12:00 AM CST

China Retaliates Against US Tariffs

Implements its own tariffs, and makes other moves

(Newser) - China countered President Trump's tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs of its own on multiple US imports Tuesday, as well as announcing an antitrust investigation into Google and other trade measures, the AP reports. Trump reportedly plans to talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the next few days....

Democrats Are Blocked From USAID Office

Lawmakers address protesters outside, demanding Trump and Musk stop attacks on agency

(Newser) - Congressional Democrats who went to USAID's headquarters in Washington on Monday to oppose efforts to shut the agency down —as Elon Musk said he and President Trump will do—were denied entry. The group then addressed other protesters, saying Trump's actions are illegal and harmful to national...

Trump Signs Order to Create Sovereign Wealth Fund

New US investment fund could take stake in TikTok

(Newser) - President Trump signed an executive order Monday to create a national sovereign wealth fund, which could be used for the US to acquire a stake in TikTok. More than 100 countries have such funds, which act as national investment funds, controlling a total of more than $8 trillion in assets,...

Trump Delays Mexico Tariffs by a Month
Trump Delays Mexico,
Canada Tariffs by a Month
UPDATED
Feb 3, 2025 3:55 PM CST

Trump Delays Mexico, Canada Tariffs by a Month

He spoke Monday with Mexican President Sheinbaum, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

(Newser) - Mexico and Canada are getting at least a temporary reprieve on tariffs: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that President Trump agreed to a one-month delay after the two leaders spoke by phone, reports the Washington Post . Trump then confirmed the change on Truth Social . In return, Sheinbaum said Mexico...

Ontario Leader: See Ya, Starlink Contract

Doug Ford says he's 'ripping up' $69M deal with Musk company amid Trump tariffs against Canada

(Newser) - In November, the Progressive Conservative leader of Canada's most populous province announced a $69 million contract with Elon Musk's Starlink, in an effort to bring high-speed internet to thousands of homes and businesses in some of the more far-flung parts of Ontario. That contract is no more, according...

New Target of Trump Anger: South Africa
New Target of Trump
Anger: South Africa
the rundown
Feb 3, 2025 9:51 AM CST

New Target of Trump Anger: South Africa

President says land is being confiscated from farmers, which the government denies

(Newser) - Add South Africa to the list of nations in President Trump's dog house. On Sunday, Trump threatened to cut off all aid to the nation after claiming it was confiscating land from farmers, which the South African government says is a distortion of the truth. Another wrinkle in the...

One of Musk's Key DC Lieutenants Is a Teenager

Wired : Young engineers with little government experience are dismantling agencies

(Newser) - Elon Musk continues to take what Axios describes as a "wrecking ball" to the federal bureaucracy, with the US Agency for International Development now on the chopping block . In recent days, Musk and his team at the Department of Government Efficiency also gained access to a sensitive system that...

Tariffs Order Loses Fans at NHL Game
Canadian Sports Fans
Keep Booing US Anthem
UPDATED
Feb 3, 2025 6:47 AM CST

Canadian Sports Fans Keep Booing US Anthem

It's now happened in the NBA as well as the NHL

(Newser) - The booing of the US national anthem by Canadian fans might be a thing at this point. Toronto Raptors fans booed the anthem on Sunday at a home game, reports the Guardian , one day after it happened at NHL games in Ottawa and Calgary because of the coming US tariffs....

Stock Market Is Going to Open in a Foul Mood

Dow futures down more than 600 points on worries over tariffs

(Newser) - President Trump warned that his coming tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China may cause some "pain," and it's showing up on world markets:
  • In the US: Dow futures were down more than 600 points before Monday's opening bell, reports CNBC . The broader S&P 500 index
...

Trump Issues Warning: 'Some Pain' Could Be Coming

Due to tariffs, president says

(Newser) - Now that his trade war is in full swing, President Trump issued a warning and a vow to Americans Sunday. "WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!)" he posted on his Truth Social network, per the Washington Post and CNN . "BUT WE WILL MAKE...

On His First Trip, Rubio Pressures Panama on Canal

Nation's president says he sees no threat of force

(Newser) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must immediately reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or face potential retaliation from the Trump administration. Mulino said later that "there is no real threat of retaking the...

Administration Removes Thousands of Web Pages

Information taken down covers diseases, taxes, hate crimes

(Newser) - Agencies working to comply with President Trump's executive orders targeting diversity programs and "gender ideology" have taken down more than 8,000 government web pages in the past few days. A New York Times analysis shows public information has been removed about topics including vaccines, teenage dating violence,...

Canada, Mexico, China Ready Their Retaliation


The Tariff
Trade Fight
Gets Underway
the rundown
Feb 2, 2025 8:14 AM CST

The Tariff Trade Fight Gets Underway

Canada, Mexico, China responds to Trump order of new tariffs

(Newser) - The newly ordered tariffs President Trump is imposing on Canada, Mexico, and China don't take effect until Tuesday, but all three nations already are firing back.
  • Canada: It will impose a 25% tariff on a wide range of US products, including beer, wine, bourbon, and orange juice from Trump'
...

Trump Signs Order for Tariffs on 3 Largest Trade Partners

Rate is lower for energy from Canada, apparently to avoid raising gas prices

(Newser) - Declaring an economic emergency under the law that allows him to take the action, President Trump on Saturday signed an executive order imposing tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico. Tariffs of 25% on goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on imports from China are scheduled to take effect on...

Zelensky Calls Keeping Ukraine From US-Russia Talks Risky

Trump had said 'very serious' negotiations about ending war are underway

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that excluding his country from talks between the US and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be "very dangerous" and asked for more discussions between Kyiv and Washington to develop a plan for a ceasefire. Speaking in an AP interview in Kyiv,...

Trump Says Strikes in Somalia Targeted IS Planner, Recruits
US Strikes IS Targets in Somalia
Feb 1, 2025 12:56 PM CST

US Strikes IS Targets in Somalia

Pentagon reports that no civilians were harmed

(Newser) - The US military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Trump's second term. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by US Africa Command were directed by Trump and coordinated with Somalia's government, the...

Trump's Latest Firing: CFPB Director

Rohit Chopra is the latest Biden-era head to roll

(Newser) - President Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover. Chopra was one of the more important regulators from the previous Democratic administration who was still on the job since Trump took office on Jan. 20, reports...

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