The president is rolling out tariffs to equalize trade relations with foreign nations. President Donald Trump laid out plans Feb. 7 for a reciprocal tariff announcement expected Monday or Tuesday. Nations that impose tariffs on U.S. products can expect similar policies in return, he said. “Where a country … charges us so much, and we
A group of transgender individuals is suing the Trump administration over a new policy that eliminates the "X" gender marker on passports.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing all aid to South Africa and pledging to promote resettlement of refugees facing race discrimination.
President Trump announced plans Friday to fire board members for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and install himself as its chairman. “At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social. The president said he would “immediately terminate multiple individuals from
President Trump on Friday directed government officials to prioritize the resettlement of South Africans of European descent through the U.S. refugee program, which he suspended during his first day in office. In an executive order, Mr. Trump accused the South African government of discriminating against Afrikaners, an ethnic group in South Africa made up of
President Trump has fired Archivist of the United States Colleen J. Shogan, the government official responsible for preserving and providing access to government records. Sergio Gor, director of the Presidential Personnel Office, announced Shogan’s dismissal Friday night. Shogan has held the job since 2023. “At the direction of @realDonaldTrump the Archivist of the United States has been
The Department of Education on Friday canceled $15 million in federal grants that were used to fund diversity programs at three universities, according to information provided by a department official, the latest move in the Trump administration’s efforts to defund DEI. The universities—California State University, Los Angeles; Virginia Commonwealth University; and the University of St.