Details are still scarce on the agreement, which the president said will partly walk back some of the steep tariffs he threatened on the country last week.
Category: United States Politics and Government
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Mamdani Says He Will ‘Discourage’ the Term ‘Globalize the Intifada’
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the race for mayor of New York City, moved to distance himself from comments that sparked outrage during the primary.
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Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil
The United States has begun investigating Brazil’s trade practices and “anti-corruption interference,” after the president’s criticisms of Brazil’s treatment of Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.
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Rising Inflation Underscores Risks in Trump’s New Tariff Threats
New data showing price increases last month could foreshadow even higher costs if the president imposes steep tariffs on Aug. 1.
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Jamie Dimon Backs Jerome Powell Over Trump in Fed Fight
The C.E.O. of JPMorgan Chase, who has rarely taken on President Trump during his second term, wades into the argument over the Federal Reserve chair.
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Trump Administration Will Limit Medicare Spending on Pricey Bandages
In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare more than $10 billion last year.
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PBS and NPR’s Last-Ditch Fight to Save Funding
As a vote to cut more than $500 million per year in federal funding nears, stations are making their pitches to lawmakers, listeners and “Viewers Like You.”
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The Collateral Damage of Federal Work Force Cuts: Summer Interns
At the very beginning of their professional lives, some young people have had their summer plans derailed by the Department of Government Efficiency.
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Federal Workers’ ‘Emotional Roller Coaster’: Fired, Rehired, Fired Again
Former government employees are finding that perhaps the only thing harder than getting laid off from the federal government is staying that way.
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Amid Devastating Winter Losses, Another Threat Looms For U.S. Beekeepers
The parasitic Tropilaelaps mite, which threatens honeybees and the food supply, isn’t in North America. Yet.
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Nvidia Says U.S. Has Lifted Restrictions on A.I. Chip Sales to China
The Silicon Valley chip giant said the Trump administration, which had shut down its sales to China three months ago, had assured it that licenses for the sales would now be granted.
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Trump Adds Tariff to Mexican Tomatoes
The increase to the price of a grocery store staple comes after the Trump administration withdrew from a nearly 30-year old trade agreement with Mexico.