Navarro said the ‘de minimis’ rule allowed China to exploit a loophole to smuggle fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. WASHINGTON—Peter Navarro, White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, defended the Trump administration’s use of tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China to curb the flow of fentanyl into the United States. “The
Denying Iran the ability to acquire a nuclear weapon and driving the country’s oil exports to zero are stated goals of the memorandum. President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Feb. 4 ratcheting up sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran. Tougher measures are meant to impose “maximum pressure” on the nation, according to
The White House also cut off funds to a UN agency dedicated to Palestinian refugees, saying it is ‘antisemitic and anti-Israel.’ WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 4 to again withdraw the United States from the U.N. Human Rights Council and end U.S. funding to the U.N. agency dealing with Palestinian refugees.
Interior Secretary Burgum orders review of Biden’s oil lease cancellations Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum speaks during a Senate (Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Trump administration is reopening oil and gas leasing across hundreds of millions of acres of federal lands and waters that were locked up by the Biden administration. In a series of
The action follows a Jan. 29 memorandum directing Defense and Homeland Security departments to prepare Guantanamo Bay to house up to 30,000 illegal immigrants. Flights transferring illegal immigrants to the Guantanamo Bay naval facility in Cuba have begun, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced, saying it is a key step in the Trump administration’s
Florida judge says Pulitzer board’s communications are fair game in Trump lawsuit Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump racked up his latest legal victory in Florida on Monday, after a state judge ruled the Pulitzer Prize board’s internal communications are fair game for discovery in a lawsuit Trump filed over the awards the
Democrats refused to debate an amendment to add those assurances to their legislation California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) (Getty Images) California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) is set to sign a $50 million plan aimed at suing the Trump administration and blocking its mass deportations. State Democrats passed the plan on Monday—after voting down an amendment