What Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View.
The president is deploying the word “deal” liberally, using the term to describe all kinds of trade arrangements, some very limited or one-sided. Source: Original News
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U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans in El Salvador for American Prisoners
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. envoy to Venezuela were both working on different deals and ended up at cross purposes. Source: Original News
Trump and Bondi, Confronted Over Epstein Files, Tell Supporters to Move On
A small but influential cohort of the president’s far-right political coalition spared him their ire but turned with a vengeance on the attorney general and the top officials at the F.B.I. Source: Original News
Laura Loomer, Trump’s Blunt Instrument
The right-wing provocateur and Islamophobe has few friends in the West Wing but a big fan in the Oval Office. Source: Original News
10 Charged With Attempted Murder in Officer Shooting at ICE Detention Center
One police officer was wounded after at least two people shot at officers outside an immigration detention center in Texas, according to a criminal complaint in federal court. Source: Original News
Agriculture Dept. to Crack Down on Chinese Ownership of American Farmland
The agriculture secretary announced a plan to limit Chinese and foreign purchases of farmland as part of its national security strategy. Source: Original News
California Rejects Trump Demand to Remove Trans Athletes From Women’s Sports
The Trump administration signaled that it would pursue enforcement actions against the state and previously threatened to cut federal education funds. Source: Original News
Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Administration’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers
The Trump administration had asked the justices to block a lower court’s ruling that paused the largest phase of the president’s efforts to downsize the government. Source: Original News
Marco Rubio Impersonation Under State Dept. Investigation
A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees. Source: Original News
Trump Escalates Criticism of Putin After Restoring Arms Shipments to Ukraine
President Trump is increasingly suggesting that he believes his Russian counterpart had become an impediment to the peace deal he aims to make. Source: Original News