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President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he plans to double the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports—increasing the charge from 25% to 50%. The tariff escalation comes at a precarious time, as Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs are immersed in legal trouble at the court level and many U.S. businesses are struggling to contend with the…

Hundreds of thousands of migrants could be at risk of deportation after a divided Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump Administration can—for now—end a Biden-era program that extended humanitarian parole protections to migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The CHNV special-parole program allowed migrants from the four countries to travel legally to…

President Donald Trump said Friday he would look into a possible pardon for Sean “Diddy” Combs, the music mogul who is currently on trial in New York for alleged sex trafficking and other crimes. The shocking comment from Trump came during a news conference when asked if he would consider pardoning him. “Nobody’s asked. But…

Elon Musk’s final hours working for President Donald Trump were spent in part by deflecting questions about his drug use, which a New York Times investigation on Friday revealed was far more extensive than previously known. Standing beside Trump in the Oval Office to mark his last day in government, Musk cut off a reporter…

President Donald Trump has accused China of “totally violating” its trade agreement with the U.S. After the U.S. and China continued to raise levies against one another, and amid rising fears of a full-scale trade war, on May 12 both nations agreed to significantly lower their tariffs for a 90-day period. The U.S. vowed to…

The Department of Justice has announced that it will be curtailing the ability of the American Bar Association (ABA) to rate candidates for tenure in the federal judiciary. This will hinder the ABA’s ability to vet nominations put forth by President Donald Trump. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a letter to the…

Read this story in English [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] رضا خندان در آذرماه ۳۰۴۱ به دلیل حمایت از حقوق زنان در ایران و ساخت هزاران دکمه‌ی دست‌ساز با شعار «من با حجاب اجباری مخالفم» دستگیر شد. او پیش‌تر در سال ۷۹۳۱به خاطر این به‌اصطلاح جرم، ۱۱۱ روز را در زندان گذرانده بود و سپس با قرار وثیقه…

“A real ‘sleazebag’” and “bad person.” Someone who “probably hates America.” The latest target of Donald Trump’s insults, however, is the very same whom he once credited with what he would later call “one of the greatest achievements” of his presidency. “We’re going to have great judges, conservative, all picked by the Federalist Society,” Trump…

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan has expressed her disappointment after President Donald Trump said he would “take a look at” pardoning the men who were convicted of plotting to kidnap her in 2020. “I’m disappointed that they’re even considering it, frankly,” Gov. Whitmer, a Democrat, said in an interview with WOOD-TV on Thursday. Whitmer said…

Two weeks before Election Day last year, Donald Trump dropped into western North Carolina, where the devastation from Tropical Storm Helene was still fresh and frustration with Washington was boiling over. If elected, Trump pledged, he would do better in future crises, learning the lessons of the destruction the hurricane had unleashed there on Sept.…