Donald Trump has signed executive orders implementing 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and 10 percent tariffs on goods from China, potentially setting up rapid price increases for American consumers.
The orders include retaliation clauses, which means the U.S. will increase tariffs if the countries respond with similar moves, Bloomberg reports.
Trump aims to use tariffs as leverage to encourage those countries to take more action against illegal immigration and the smuggling of chemicals used in fentanyl production. The president suggested he might mitigate the impact on oil imports with a reduced rate.
“Starting tomorrow, those tariffs will be in place,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Friday. “These are promises made and promises kept by the president.”
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office later Friday, Trump conceded that the tariffs could lead to short-term disruption, admitting that some costs are passed on to consumers. He also stated that he is not worried about how the market will react to this decision, and stated there is nothing the three countries can do to stop the tariffs from taking effect.
The president also mentioned that he intended to evaluate tariffs on the European Union, as well as sectoral levies on oil, gas, steel, aluminum, copper, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors.
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Mexico and Canada announce tariff retaliations as Trump sparks new trade war
03:09 , Mike Bedigan
Both Mexico and Canada have both announced retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., after Donald Trump signed an order imposing sweeping levies against both nations.
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced their decisions on Saturday, initiating what is likely to be an economic standoff with America and its two largest trading partners.
Read the full story here:
Mexico and Canada announce tariff retaliations as Trump sparks new trade war
Trump strips travel reimbursement for troops seeking abortions and treatment
02:30 , Lolita C. Baldor
The Defense Department will no longer reimburse service members for travel out of state to get reproductive health care, including abortions and fertility treatments, according to a new memo.
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Trump strips travel reimbursement for troops seeking abortions and treatment
Elon Musk dropped nearly $300M supporting Donald Trump in 2024
00:30 , Katie Hawkinson
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, spent more than $290 million supporting Donald Trump and his MAGA allies on the campaign trail last year.
The staggering figure was revealed after Musk submitted new filings to the Federal Election Commission covering the last five weeks of 2024. Prior filings reported in December had Musk’s total at more than $250 million.
Musk’s latest filings include records showing he put more than $11 million into his America PAC on New Year’s Eve for his “petition incentives.” Musk’s end-of-year contributions were related to the $1 million giveaway for registered voters who signed a petition on his PAC’s website in the final weeks of the presidential race, CNN reports.
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Elon Musk dropped nearly $300M supporting Donald Trump in 2024
Trump signs orders imposing tariffs
22:54 , Katie Hawkinson
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Saturday implementing tariffs on imports from China, Canada and Mexico.
The orders include retaliation clauses, which means the U.S. will increase tariffs if the countries respond with similar moves, Bloomberg reports.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer condemned the move.
“It would be nice if Donald Trump could start focusing on getting the prices down instead of making them go up,” Schumer said in a statement.
“All tariffs are not created equal. Donald Trump is aiming his new tariffs at Mexico, Canada, and China but they will likely hit Americans in their wallets. I am concerned these new tariffs will further drive up costs for American consumers.”
EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Murkowski rips Trump’s comments on disability and diversity
22:30 , Eric Garcia
Senator Lisa Murkowski ripped President Donald Trump’s comments blaming disability and diversity hires for the deadly American Airlines-helicopter crash.
The Alaska Republican’s attack come after Trump blamed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices for the crash near Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people. Specifically, the president criticized the Federal Aviation Administration’s recruitment program for people with intellectual disabilities.
Murkowski told The Independent that she felt awful for the families and everyone involved.
Keep reading:
Lisa Murkowski rips Trump’s comments on disability and diversity
Pamela Anderson discloses fee she received to attend Donald Trump’s birthday as a Playmate
21:29 , Roisin O’Connor
Pamela Anderson has recalled how she was allegedly once paid to attend Donald Trump’s birthday party as a Playmate.
The former Baywatch star first rose to prominence after being selected as the February 1990 Playboy Playmate of the month, and went on to feature regularly on the magazine’s cover.
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week, Anderson spoke about her critically acclaimed performance in Gia Coppola’s 2024 drama film The Last Showgirl and her days as a Playboy star.
Keep reading:
Pamela Anderson discloses fee to attend Donald Trump’s birthday
Trump administration slams Selena Gomez in new video after sobbing over deportations
20:30 , Brittany Miller
The White House has responded to Selena Gomez’s Instagram video where she tearfully reacted to recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids across the country.
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Trump administration slams Selena Gomez in new video after sobbing over deportations
Somalia airstrikes targeted senior ‘ISIS attack planner,’ Trump says
19:18 , Paul Farrell, Tara Copp, Aamer Mahdani
President Donald Trump said Saturday that a series of U.S. military strikes targeted a senior ISIS attack planner.
“The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Our Military has targeted this ISIS Attack Planner for years, but Biden and his cronies wouldn’t act quickly enough to get the job done. I did! The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that ‘WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!’”
Continue reading:
Somalia airstrikes targeted senior ‘ISIS attack planner,’ Trump says
Federal employees ordered to remove pronouns from their email signature and urged to find ‘higher productivity jobs’
18:00 , Josh Marcus
Federal employees are beginning to see the impacts of Donald Trump’s executive orders on gender and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, as well as facing continued pressure to accept buyouts and resign from the government later this year.
Continue reading:
Federal workers told to axe pronouns from emails and find ‘higher productivity jobs’
ANALYSIS: Mark Robinson is not running for Senate – here’s why that’s bad news for Trump
17:30 , Katie Hawkinson
Check out Washington Bureau Chief Eric Garcia’s take on why Mark Robinson not running for a Senate seat could be bad news for Donald Trump in North Carolina:
Mark Robinson isn’t running for Senate – here’s why that’s bad for Trump
Trump administration erases mention of climate change and LGBTQ+ health data from key government sites
16:30 , Julia Musto
Just under two weeks into the Trump administration, government agencies are making major edits to the content shared on their website to fit with the president’s policies.
Several pages were taken down from the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention related to health disparities among LGBT+ youth.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which manages the U.S. Forest Service, has removed pages related to climate change.
Keep reading:
Trump administration eradicates mention of climate change and LGBTQ+ from websites
Pete Hegseth refuses to rule out military strikes on Mexico: ‘All options will be on the table‘
15:22 , Mike Bedigan
Newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has refused to rule out military action in Mexico, saying that “all options will be on the table” when dealing with foreign terrorist organizations.
Hegseth warned on Fox News that there would be a “shift” in military focus toward the securing of America’s borders and the protection of civilians.
Read more:
Pete Hegseth refuses to rule out military strikes on Mexico
Trump tariffs: Republicans Against Trump post poignant clip of Reagan extolling virtues of free trade
14:45 , Oliver O’Connell
The clip features a portion of President Ronald Reagan’s radio address to the nation on November 26, 1988.
Yet today, protectionism is being used by some American politicians as a cheap form of nationalism, a fig leaf for those unwilling to maintain America’s military strength and who lack the resolve to stand up to real enemies — countries that would use violence against us or our allies. Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies; they are our allies. We should beware of the demagogs who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends — weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world — all while cynically waving the American flag. The expansion of the international economy is not a foreign invasion; it is an American triumph, one we worked hard to achieve, and something central to our vision of a peaceful and prosperous world of freedom.
Trump administration erases mention of climate change and LGBT+ health data from key government sites
14:15 , Oliver O’Connell
Just under two weeks into the Trump administration, government agencies are making major edits to the content shared on their website to fit with the president’s policies.
Several pages were taken down from the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention related to health disparities among LGBT+ youth.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which manages the U.S. Forest Service, has removed pages related to climate change.
Julia Musto reports.
Trump administration eradicates mention of climate change and LGBT+ from websites
Catch up: Trump says sweeping 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada start today
13:45 , Oliver O’Connell
President Donald Trump said Friday afternoon that he will impose tariffs on imported goods from Mexico, Canada and China starting Saturday, a move that’s expected to raise the prices Americans pay for goods coming from those countries.
Speaking in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump claimed he was imposing the import taxes — which are paid by American companies and passed on to consumers — because U.S. allies Mexico and Canada were “sending massive amounts of fentanyl” into the country that he claimed had originated in China. He also cited trade deficits as a justification for the import tax increases.
Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, D.C., and Ariana Baio reports from New York.
Trump says sweeping 25% tariffs start Saturday on Mexico and Canada
ANALYSIS: Mark Robinson is not running for re-election – here’s why that’s bad news for Trump
13:15 , Oliver O’Connell
Eric Garcia explains how North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis has had to appeal to the Trumpian right to avoid a primary challenge, but now Robinson’s departure gives him an opening to pivot to the center and sink some of Trump’s nominees.
Mark Robinson isn’t running for Senate – here’s why that’s bad for Trump
Hegseth refuses to rule out military strikes on Mexico
12:15 , Oliver O’Connell
Newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has refused to rule out military action in Mexico, saying that “all options will be on the table” when dealing with foreign terrorist organizations.
Hegseth warned on Fox News that there would be a “shift” in military focus toward the securing of America’s borders and the protection of civilians.
On his first day in office Donald Trump signed an executive order designating Mexican cartels and other criminal organizations as foreign terrorists, in an effort to apply pressure on Mexico to control its illegal drug trade.
The order also gives the administration more power to impose economic penalties and travel restrictions, as well as potentially to even take military action in foreign countries.
Mike Bedigan reports.
Pete Hegseth refuses to rule out military strikes on Mexico
Fears of retribution grow as Trump rocks FBI by telling senior officials to resign or be fired
11:15 , Oliver O’Connell
Top officials at the FBI have been told to retire or be fired in the next few days as fears brew within the nation’s top law enforcement agency over the possible appointment of Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the new director.
More than 20 heads of FBI field offices, including in Miami and Washington D.C., have been told to leave the agency, according to NBC News. Top executives have been told they would be demoted or reassigned if they choose to stay. The executives are in charge of criminal, national security, and cyber probes. Since they’re civil servants, they cannot be fired without cause.
Gustaf Kilander reports from Washington, D.C.
Trump rocks FBI by telling senior officials to resign or be fired
ANALYSIS: This was the week Trump’s honeymoon ended
10:15 , Oliver O’Connell
Eric Garcia writes:
Every president enjoys a “honeymoon phase,” with some lasting longer than others. Barack Obama had a relatively long one amid the euphoria of the United States electing its first Black president, but those feelings began to dissipate toward the summer amid the Great Recession. Joe Biden’s lasted until the U.S. exit from Afghanistan and inflation began to hit Americans’ pocketbooks.
But Trump already seems to show signs of weakness.
Continue reading…
This was the week Trump’s honeymoon ended
What is DEI, the diversity scheme Trump blames for DC air crash?
08:15 , Madeline Sherratt
Since taking office on 20 January, Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders aimed at dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government and the private sector.
While Trump’s orders have been celebrated by some supporters and allies, they have been criticized by advocacy groups who say they might deepen inequities and undo decades of progress made to enshrine civil rights protections for marginalized groups.
On Thursday, the president baselessly tried to blame the Washington DC plane crash that has killed 67 people on DEI diversity measures.
Below we look at what DEI is and what the president has said about it.
What is DEI? The diversity scheme Trump is blaming for Washington DC crash
Trump repeats 100% tariffs threat to Brics nations
07:15 , Oliver O’Connell
President Donald Trump attempted to renew his threat against a bloc of nine nations in case they tried to undermine the US dollar.
He threatened economic retaliation if these “seemingly hostile countries” moved away from the dollar, Mr Trump said on Truth Social in a statement nearly identical to one he posted on 30 November.
Maroosha Muzaffar reports.
Trump renews threat to impose 100% tariff on Brics nations
ICYMI: Kash Patel exasperates senators at confirmation hearing
06:15 , Oliver O’Connell
President Donald Trump’s pick to be FBI director, Kash Patel, frustrated several Democratic senators during his confirmation hearing Thursday as he dodged questions on January 6, his previous grand jury testimony, and who won the 2020 election.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
Gabbard refuses to call Edward Snowden a ‘traitor’
05:15 , Oliver O’Connell
Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was repeatedly asked to explain why she sought a pardon for Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who leaked thousands of classified documents revealing the scope of the nation’s surveillance programs.
Gabbard — a former Democratic congresswoman turned Trump ally accused of routinely amplifying Russian propaganda and defending Syria’s Bashar al-Assad — also refused to call Snowden a “traitor” during her confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, facing questions from members of both parties about her past praise.
Alex Woodward reports.
Tulsi Gabbard refuses to call Edward Snowden a ‘traitor’ during confirmation hearing
ICYMI: Murkowski rips Trump’s comments on disability and diversity
04:15 , Oliver O’Connell
Senator Lisa Murkowski ripped President Donald Trump’s comments blaming disability and diversity hires for the deadly American Airlines-helicopter crash.
The Alaska Republican’s attack come after Trump blamed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices for the crash near Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people. Specifically, the president criticized the Federal Aviation Administration’s recruitment program for people with intellectual disabilities.
Murkowski told The Independent that she felt awful for the families and everyone involved.
Eric Garcia reports.
Lisa Murkowski rips Trump’s comments on disability and diversity
Mexico’s president calls on Google to identify US as ‘América Mexicana’
03:15 , Oliver O’Connell
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has blasted Google for kowtowing to Donald Trump by changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico – and wants the United States to be identified as “América Mexicana.”
Sheinbaum attacked Google after Trump unilaterally decreed last week in an executive order that the Gulf of Mexico will henceforth be known as the “Gulf of America” – and Google quickly agreed to comply on its Google maps.
Mary Papenfuss reports.
Mexican president calls on Google to identify US as ‘América Mexicana’
ANALYSIS: Mark Robinson is not running for re-election – here’s why that’s bad news for Trump
02:15 , Oliver O’Connell
Eric Garcia explains how North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis has had to appeal to the Trumpian right to avoid a primary challenge, but now Robinson’s departure gives him an opening to pivot to the center and sink some of Trump’s nominees.
Mark Robinson isn’t running for re-election – here’s why that’s bad for Trump
Hegseth refuses to rule out military strikes on Mexico
01:45 , Oliver O’Connell
Newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has refused to rule out military action in Mexico, saying that “all options will be on the table” when dealing with foreign terrorist organizations.
Hegseth warned on Fox News that there would be a “shift” in military focus toward the securing of America’s borders and the protection of civilians.
On his first day in office Donald Trump signed an executive order designating Mexican cartels and other criminal organizations as foreign terrorists, in an effort to apply pressure on Mexico to control its illegal drug trade.
The order also gives the administration more power to impose economic penalties and travel restrictions, as well as potentially to even take military action in foreign countries.
Mike Bedigan reports.
Pete Hegseth refuses to rule out military strikes on Mexico
Trump administration erases mention of climate change and LGBT+ health data from key government sites
01:15 , Oliver O’Connell
Just under two weeks into the Trump administration, government agencies are making major edits to the content shared on their website to fit with the president’s policies.
Several pages were taken down from the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention related to health disparities among LGBT+ youth.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which manages the U.S. Forest Service, has removed pages related to climate change.
Julia Musto reports.
Trump administration eradicates mention of climate change and LGBT+ from websites
Trump tariffs: Republicans Against Trump post poignant clip of Reagan extolling virtues of free trade
00:45 , Oliver O’Connell
The clip features a portion of President Ronald Reagan’s radio address to the nation on November 26, 1988.
Yet today, protectionism is being used by some American politicians as a cheap form of nationalism, a fig leaf for those unwilling to maintain America’s military strength and who lack the resolve to stand up to real enemies — countries that would use violence against us or our allies. Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies; they are our allies. We should beware of the demagogs who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends — weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world — all while cynically waving the American flag. The expansion of the international economy is not a foreign invasion; it is an American triumph, one we worked hard to achieve, and something central to our vision of a peaceful and prosperous world of freedom.
Trump says sweeping tariffs start Saturday on Mexico and Canada; new tax on pharmaceuticals threatened
00:15 , Oliver O’Connell
President Donald Trump said Friday afternoon that he will impose tariffs on imported goods from Mexico, Canada and China starting Saturday, a move that’s expected to raise the prices Americans pay for goods coming from those countries.
Speaking in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump claimed he was imposing the import taxes — which are paid by American companies and passed on to consumers — because U.S. allies Mexico and Canada were “sending massive amounts of fentanyl” into the country that he claimed had originated in China. He also cited trade deficits as a justification for the import tax increases.
Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, D.C., and Ariana Baio reports from New York.
Trump says sweeping 25% tariffs start Saturday on Mexico and Canada
Oil giant Shell walks away from major New Jersey offshore wind farm in win for Trump
Friday 31 January 2025 23:45 , AP
In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from a major project off the coast of New Jersey.
Shell told The Associated Press it is writing off the project, citing increased competition, delays and a changing market.
“Naturally we also take regulatory context into consideration,” spokesperson Natalie Gunnell said in an email.
In win for Trump, oil giant Shell walks away from major New Jersey offshore wind farm
Pentagon preparing to deploy at least 1,000 more troops to U.S. southern border
Friday 31 January 2025 23:30 , AP
The Pentagon is readying orders for the deployment of at least 1,000 additional active duty troops to bolster President Donald Trump’s expanding crackdown on immigration, U.S. officials said Friday.
They said roughly 500 more soldiers — largely a headquarters unit from the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in New York — will be sent to the southwest border. And about 500 Marines will go to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where some of the detained migrants will be held.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because announcements have not been made, said there have been ongoing discussions about the deployments and the numbers could increase if additional details are worked out.
Watch: Trump to tariff pharmaceuticals
Friday 31 January 2025 23:15 , Oliver O’Connell
Judge blocks Trump from freezing federal funding
Friday 31 January 2025 23:00 , Reuters
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing federal grants, loans, and other financial assistance at the urging of Democratic state attorneys general who said it would jeopardize critical government-funded services.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, came at the behest of Democratic attorneys generals from 22 states and the District of Columbia and despite the White House saying it was rescinding Monday’s memo from its budget office detailing the policy.
McConnell said evidence showed the policy remained in effect despite the rescission of the Office of Management and Budget’s “wide-ranging, all-encompassing, and ambiguous” directive, which he said was in “name-only” and possibly done to frustrate a legal challenge.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who helped lead the litigation, hailed the decision, saying it would “block the White House’s chaotic pause on federal funding.”
McConnell issued a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from pausing assistance to the states and barred the Trump administration for reissuing the OMB directive under any other name.
The order, which is in effect pending a further ruling from McConnell, comes after a judge in Washington, D.C., issued a shorter administrative stay pausing the policy in response to a separate legal challenge by several nonprofit groups. A hearing in the Washington case is scheduled for Monday.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Watch: Trump claims tariffs don’t cause inflation — they cause success
Friday 31 January 2025 22:45 , Oliver O’Connell
…and concedes, “there could be some temporary short-term disruption, and people will understand that.”
ANALYSIS: This was the week Trump’s honeymoon ended
Friday 31 January 2025 22:30 , Oliver O’Connell
Eric Garcia writes:
Every president enjoys a “honeymoon phase,” with some lasting longer than others. Barack Obama had a relatively long one amid the euphoria of the United States electing its first Black president, but those feelings began to dissipate toward the summer amid the Great Recession. Joe Biden’s lasted until the U.S. exit from Afghanistan and inflation began to hit Americans’ pocketbooks.
But Trump already seems to show signs of weakness.
Read on…
This was the week Trump’s honeymoon ended
Watch LIVE: Trump returns to Mar-a-Lago as he imposes higher tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
Friday 31 January 2025 22:27 , Oliver O’Connell
Retribution fears grow as Trump rocks FBI by telling senior officials to resign or be fired
Friday 31 January 2025 22:20 , Oliver O’Connell
Top officials at the FBI have been told to retire or be fired in the next few days as fears brew within the nation’s top law enforcement agency over the possible appointment of Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the new director.
More than 20 heads of FBI field offices, including in Miami and Washington D.C., have been told to leave the agency, according to NBC News. Top executives have been told they would be demoted or reassigned if they choose to stay. The executives are in charge of criminal, national security, and cyber probes. Since they’re civil servants, they cannot be fired without cause.
Gustaf Kilander explains what’s happening.
Trump rocks FBI by telling senior officials to resign or be fired
Watch: Trump says he will reduce tariff on Canadian crude from 25%
Friday 31 January 2025 22:14 , Oliver O’Connell
Watch: Trump says tariffs on oil and gas coming in mid-February
Friday 31 January 2025 22:13 , Oliver O’Connell
Wall St ends lower as White House says Trump to implement tariffs
Friday 31 January 2025 22:06 , Reuters
U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday, with indexes losing ground after the White House said U.S. President Donald Trump will implement on Saturday tariffs of 25% on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on Chinese goods.
Investors have been bracing for further tariff news after Trump has repeatedly warned about using the measure. Uncertainty over the impact of tariffs has muddled the outlook for the economy and inflation.
“I would have thought the market would be down more,” said Rick Meckler, partner at Cherry Lane Investments, a family investment office in New Vernon, New Jersey. “It’s not just the announcement itself, which I think probably impacts a select number of industries. It’s whatever retaliation moves are taken.”
Stocks turned lower on Friday afternoon after the White House said the tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China would take effect on Saturday.
After the closing bell, Trump said he expects his administration to impose tariffs related to oil and gas around Feb. 18. But he did not name a specific country to which the tariffs would apply or specify any more details about the plans.
How Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China could impact American consumers
Friday 31 January 2025 22:03 , Ariana Baio
Oil, toys, vegetables and electronics are just some of the items imported to the U.S. from Mexico, Canada and China that could soon cost Americans more under Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs.
Trump announced he will implement a 25 percent tariff on Canada and Mexico for all imported goods. China, meanwhile, will face face an additional 10 percent tariff. Trump says the additional charges are part of an effort to curtail “crime and drugs” coming into the U.S. and slow the number of illegal border crossings.
Though tariffs are designed to promote domestic production and purchasing by taxing imported goods, the increase in cost typically falls on consumers, not foreign governments. Numerous economic experts have warned that Trump’s tariffs on goods from those three countries could lead to price spikes and inflation – a concern shared by many voters who said they backed Trump.
The U.S. imports a host of goods from Canada, Mexico and China directly as well as supplies for products made in America. Here Here’s what resources, materials or products come from those countries:
How Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China could impact U.S. consumers
Pentagon strips travel reimbursement for troops seeking abortions, fertility treatment
Friday 31 January 2025 22:00 , AP
The Defense Department will no longer reimburse service members for travel out of state to get reproductive health care, including abortions and fertility treatments, according to a new memo.
The directive signed this week eliminates a rarely used Biden administration policy enacted in October 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and more states began to impose increased abortion restrictions.
Signed on Wednesday by Jeffrey Register, the director of the Pentagon’s human resources department, the memo simply shows red lines crossing out the previous regulation and offers no other guidance.
Continue reading…
Pentagon strips travel reimbursement for troops seeking abortions, fertility treatment
Fed employees ordered to remove pronouns from email signature and urged to find ‘higher productivity jobs’
Friday 31 January 2025 21:45 , Oliver O’Connell
Federal employees are beginning to see the impacts of Donald Trump’s executive orders on gender and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, as well as facing continued pressure to accept buyouts and resign from the government later this year.
On Thursday, as their agency worked to investigate a catastrophic plane crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter outside of Washington, employees of the Federal Aviation Administration were reportedly among government workers who got an email encouraging them to quit and find a “higher productivity” job.
Josh Marcus reports.
Federal workers told to axe pronouns from emails and find ‘higher productivity jobs’
Rubio confirms Trump’s intentions to buy Greenland are genuine: ‘This is not a joke’
Friday 31 January 2025 21:30 , Oliver O’Connell
President Donald Trump’s new Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, confirmed during a Thursday interview that the commander-in-chief’s intentions to buy Greenland from Denmark are genuine and “not a joke.”
Rubio, a former Florida senator, told SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly that Trump’s desire to purchase the Arctic autonomous territory is based on national security concerns for the U.S. and the rest of the world as China increases its activities in the region.
“This is not a joke, like what he’s saying is pretty accurate. People have been talking about it for years,” Rubio said.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
‘This is not a joke’: Rubio confirms Trump’s intentions to buy Greenland are genuine
Trump to meet with Japanese PM nest week
Friday 31 January 2025 21:18 , Oliver O’Connell
Fox News removes pro-DEI language from job postings
Friday 31 January 2025 21:16 , Oliver O’Connell
Fox News quickly scrubbed language from its open job listings showing its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives after media reporter Oliver Darcy asked the network about the contradiction between its corporate embrace of diversity and Fox’s on-air hosts’ demonization of DEI.
Justin Baragona has the story.
Fox News removes pro-DEI language from job postings after reporter’s inquiry
Trump lays out tariff plan in Oval Office
Friday 31 January 2025 21:11 , Oliver O’Connell
President Donald Trump has been laying out his plan to impose tariffs to White House pool reporters in the Oval Office.
He said that nothing can be done at this point by China, Mexico and Canada to head off tariffs he will impose on Saturday, according to Reuters.
Further, he said that tariffs on oil and gas will come later this month, per CBS News.
There will also be sectoral tariffs on semiconductor chips, steel, aluminum, and pharmaceuticals, Bloomberg reports.
Watch: ‘We don’t need to traumatize air traffic controllers. We need to hire more, train more’
Friday 31 January 2025 21:00 , Oliver O’Connell
Watch: Stephen Miller melts down during Fox News interview over spending freezes.
Friday 31 January 2025 20:58 , Justin Baragona
What is DEI, the diversity scheme Trump blames for DC air crash?
Friday 31 January 2025 20:45 , Madeline Sherratt
Since taking office on 20 January, Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders aimed at dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government and the private sector.
While Trump’s orders have been celebrated by some supporters and allies, they have been criticized by advocacy groups who say they might deepen inequities and undo decades of progress made to enshrine civil rights protections for marginalized groups.
On Thursday, the president baselessly tried to blame the Washington DC plane crash that has killed 67 people on DEI diversity measures.
Below we look at what DEI is and what the president has said about it.
What is DEI? The diversity scheme Trump is blaming for Washington DC crash
