By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Pete Hoekstra, a former ambassador to the Netherlands, to be ambassador to Canada, a position he assumes as traditional close ties have been strained by President Donald Trump’s tariff policy and comments about annexing the neighboring country. The vote was 60 to 37 in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada will not be affected by the 90-day pause on tariffs announced by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a White House official said. The United States’ 25% tariff on goods it imports from Mexico and Canada that are not covered under the region’s …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s White House intends to challenge a judge’s ruling lifting the restrictions it imposed on the Associated Press over the news agency’s reference to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage, the administration told the court on Wednesday. It has continued denying access to AP journalists as it …
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By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has put a hold on President Donald Trump’s appointee for the U.S. cybersecurity agency, citing what the Oregon senator called a “multi-year cover-up” of serious vulnerabilities in the U.S. telecommunications network. In remarks released by his office on Wednesday, Wyden said he would object to …
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By Bo Erickson and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in Congress are worried that the market rout sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs is taking a heavy toll on retirees and people approaching retirement age – a critical constituency for their party. Stocks have plummeted in the week since Trump kicked off a trade …
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By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Elon Musk called one of President Donald Trump’s top economic aides a “moron,” the White House on Tuesday declared that “boys will be boys.” Musk and long-time Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro have been squabbling publicly over Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on most …
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By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has frozen over $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern University while it investigates both schools over civil rights violations, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. The funding being paused includes mostly grants and contracts with the federal departments …
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(Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he told the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which has pledged to build new factories in the United States, it would pay a tax of up to 100% if it did not build its plants in the country. Speaking at a Republican National Congressional Committee event, Trump criticized former …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was in favor of spending cuts, adding he had a “good meeting” with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans. “I let them know that, I AM FOR MAJOR SPENDING CUTS! WE ARE GOING TO DO REDUCTIONS, hopefully in excess of $1 …
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A majority of the U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Elbridge Colby, a former Department of Defense official known as a China hawk, as undersecretary of defense for policy, the Pentagon’s No. 3 post. The Senate voted 54-45 in favor of confirming Republican President Donald Trump’s nominee, largely along …
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