President Donald Trump cited what he called unfair treatment of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro as he announced the new 50% duties on import goods from the South American nation, showing ...

Live updates and the latest news as the Trump administration is expected to announce new trade actions and Pete Hegseth and ...

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that a 50 percent tariff on US imports of copper, a key metal for green energy and other technologies, will take effect on August 1. "I am announcing a 50% ...

Many middle-class and wealthy families will see some benefits from the new legislation. But programs that help low-income ...

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The MAGA influencers who victoriously walked out of the White House in February holding white binders titled “THE EPSTEIN ...

In some ways, the U.S. vacillation has a bigger impact than the lack of the weapons themselves, the officials said. A single shipment of arms—even one that included dozens of Patriot missiles, ...

Joshua Aarons created the the ICEBlock app to counter ICE immigration raids, warning that the detentions and arrests echoe ...

The Trump administration is conducting a spiteful investigation against former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA ...

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will impose a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil starting Aug. 1. The massive new trade ...

One provision is an increase to the maximum child tax credit, raising it from $2,000 per eligible child to $2,200 beginning in 2026. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act temporarily increased the credit ...

A U.S. district judge in San Francisco had temporarily blocked large-scale federal layoffs known as "reductions in force." ...