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President Trump said Monday he’s open to sending United States citizens to prison in El Salvador, a move that would strain the Constitution and heighten the president’s battles with the judiciary branch. He added that the fate of a migrant the U.S. mistakenly deported to El Salvador now rests with that country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump’s tariff rollout has world leaders and economists on edge as White House messaging about the levies remains inconsistent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump’s tariff rollout has world leaders and economists on edge as White House messaging about the levies remains inconsistent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Global tumult intensified Thursday over President Trump’s tariffs and the possibility of deepening trade wars and a recession, but the president got an early win in the battle to advance his domestic agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global tumult intensified Thursday over President Trump’s tariffs and the possibility of deepening trade wars and a recession, but the president got an early win in the battle to advance his domestic agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump’s abrupt pause in tariffs with dozens of trading partners on Wednesday cheered investors but did little to ease an escalating trade war with China — along with plenty of economic uncertainty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the week since President Trump surprised the world with an aggressive mix of universal tariffs and a catalog of steep reciprocal tariffs that took effect early this morning, the U.S. and China entered a trade war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump signaled openness to governments clamoring to escape steep U.S. tariffs, even as he and advisers believe achieving accords with dozens of nations could involve months of tough discussions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump on Sunday redoubled his support for massive tariffs on most of the world amid heavy market fallout and criticism from some allies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tanking financial markets and warnings from international capitals on Thursday sent unmistakable messages to President Trump: “America First” may be “America alone” when steep tariffs treat the country’s friends like foes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump’s rollout of steep tariffs aimed at allied trading partners on Wednesday sparked international head-shaking and renewed warnings at home about lasting U.S. economic damage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the moment of truth for President Trump’s long-teased global trade agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a big week by Washington’s yardstick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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President Trump’s new tariffs expected next week will test the patience of U.S. consumers and manufacturers who worry that an escalating trade war will hike already-inflated prices, risking an economic debacle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Denials, deflections and calls for resignation have dominated the headlines in Washington this week, as the Trump White House reels from the revelation that top national security officials discussed military plans in a commercial chat app group that inadvertently included a journalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Administration officials scrambled to provide answers Tuesday to explain how high-ranking Cabinet officials ended up discussing plans for military strikes in a text thread on an unsecured chat app that included a journalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House GOP eyes hearings, bills about judges Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Education Department will be dismantled and give states greater autonomy over education, President Trump vowed during a White House event Thursday intended to showcase a partial victory that has eluded conservatives since President Reagan’s administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump and allies revel in assertive decision making that keeps friends and foes off balance, even if resulting uncertainty turns out to be a drag on U.S. growth this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A full ceasefire in Ukraine remains largely out of sight, even after President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone for nearly three hours Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump and his advisers are ratcheting up their fight over his immigration policy, seeking to muscle past court orders aimed at pumping the brakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Trump raises tariff heat on Europe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trade war, the sequel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three days before a government funding deadline, the House on Tuesday narrowly passed a party-line stopgap funding bill that would mostly keep government funding at current levels through September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump marked 50 days in office Monday confronting a grim report card that raised new doubts about his tariff policy and his theory that chaos improves leadership leverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The future of President Trump’s tariffs plan is back up in the air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carmakers will get a month-long reprieve from President Trump’s tough tariffs levied this week on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, the administration said Wednesday after Trump spoke with executives from General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Stellantis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump used a sweeping 100-minute address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday to rally Americans behind his tariff-and-tax-cuts plan for the economy while blaming former President Biden for inflated egg prices, a surge of illegal migrants and escalating deficits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump will tell Americans in a prime-time speech tonight that his dizzying moves early in his second term should give them confidence about constructing what he calls the nation’s new “golden age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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European leaders arrived this week to flatter and cajole President Trump. In the case of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky today, it’s to agree to negotiate over something of value, hoping to keep the U.S. in Ukraine’s corner against Russia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cabinet and Congress, at least for the time being, squirm in Elon Musk’s shadow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It required 11th-hour lobbying by President Trump on the phone and hours of cloakroom jawboning by House GOP leaders before passage Tuesday night of a budget framework that aims to reset federal priorities after four years of Democratic governance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cracks are deepening in the rift between the United States and its European allies, as President Trump shakes up the global diplomatic order and the rest of the world scrambles to adapt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is flying high while floating back to Earth. His influence is vast but polls at his one-month mark are flashing yellow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congress is giving President Trump two possible options to anchor his agenda in a budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two budget roads diverged in Congress this week, and GOP lawmakers haven’t agreed on which to travel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump, appearing Tuesday on Fox News alongside billionaire adviser Elon Musk, defended his rush to gain control of the federal bureaucracy, bashed former President Biden and hailed the SpaceX CEO for implementing change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republican lawmakers have budget specifics to craft, a looming fiscal deadline next month and internal divisions galore over how to get President Trump’s agenda woven into statute as soon as possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trump administration will meet this week with Russian officials to discuss an end to Russia’s three-year invasion of Ukraine — but no delegation from Ukraine is scheduled to take part. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump announced new “reciprocal” trade tariffs Thursday as House Republicans worked overtime in the Capitol and crafted a budget framework that they hope will anchor the president’s policies without requiring Democratic support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump said he’s working to fulfil a campaign promise to end Russia’s three-year invasion of Ukraine, ushering in negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s bears vs. bulls in House budget debate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices