is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation Wednesday night preventing people from a from entering the United States.
In addition to the ban, which takes effect on Monday, there will be heightened restrictions on visitors from .
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A travel ban reminiscent of Trump鈥檚 first term
Some but not all of the 12 countries banned in the new proclamation also appeared on the list of banned countries in Trump鈥檚 first term.
Trump issued an executive order in January 2017 banning travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries 鈥� Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
The ban was retooled amid legal challenges until a version was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018. Trump appears to be on firmer ground with the bans this time after the Supreme Court sided with him.
Trump releases video on new travel ban
In a video released on social media explaining the travel restrictions, Trump tied them to the recent attack in Boulder, Colorado, in which police say an Egyptian man assembled to raise attention for Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Trump said the attack underscored the dangers posed by some foreign nationals and visitors who overstay visas. Federal authorities have said the Boulder attack suspect has been . Egypt is not on Trump鈥檚 restricted list.
Trump said the severity of the restrictions on each country depended on how strong the threat was. He said the list could be updated to reflect improvements or additional threats around the world.
The list of countries impacted by Trump鈥檚 travel ban
People from a dozen countries will be banned from entering the United States under Trump鈥檚 ban. Those countries include Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
There will also be heightened restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
鈥淚 must act to protect the national security and national interest of the United States and its people,鈥� Trump said in his proclamation.
Ten of the 19 countries under the bans and restrictions are in Africa, nine of those from majority-Black African countries. Several of those, including Sierra Leone, Togo and Equatorial Guinea, are not known for hosting armed groups that pose a major threat to the West.
Trump moves to block US entry for Harvard-bound foreigners
In an executive order signed Wednesday, Trump declared that it would jeopardize national security to allow Harvard to continue hosting foreign students on its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. International students account for a quarter of the university鈥檚 student body.
It鈥檚 his latest attempt to choke the Ivy League school and stems from Harvard鈥檚 refusal to submit to a series of demands made by the federal government.
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Trump orders investigation into Biden鈥檚 actions as president, alleging cover-up of cognitive decline
Trump is ordering his administration to investigate former President Joe Biden鈥檚 use of an autopen to sign pardons and other documents.
An autopen is a mechanical device that is used to replicate a person鈥檚 authentic signature, and presidents have used them for decades. Trump has frequently suggested that some of Biden鈥檚 actions are invalid because his aides were usurping presidential authority to cover up what Trump claims is Biden鈥檚 cognitive decline.
The memo Wednesday came after House Republicans requested transcribed interviews with five former Biden aides, alleging that they had participated in a cover-up concerning 鈥淏iden鈥檚 cognitive state and who was calling the shots.鈥�
Biden and members of his family have vigorously denied the claims, and Democrats have dismissed the effort as a distraction.
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Trump announce
s travel ban affecting a dozen countries
Trump is again banning people from countries his administration deems dangerous from coming to America.
The travel ban issued Wednesday is a repeat of an order of his first administration that led to widespread confusion at airports. This version includes Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
Trump鈥檚 first travel ban was issued in 2017 and banned travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries. Trump has said the ban was aimed at protecting the country.
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Trump muses about third term during White House event
After Trump finished speaking at the event for political appointees, the crowd chanted, 鈥淓ight more years!鈥�
A third term would breach a constitutional limit on how long presidents can remain in office.
He referred to the political appointees as 鈥減atriots鈥� and said, 鈥淲e have the hottest, most talked-about country anywhere in the world.鈥�
Trump also suggested that a future president could be among them.
鈥淭here鈥檚 greatness in this crowd,鈥� he said.
Letter outlines drastic cuts at Voice of America
Sharp job cuts at the state-run Voice of America have been outlined in a letter to Congress that was obtained by The Associated Press.
The cuts would reduce personnel at the state-run service that provides news to other countries from more than 1,000 to 81, according to the letter.
Voice of America has been largely silent since mid-March, when the administration put most of its staff on administrative leave and terminated the arrangements of contract workers. Trump says he believes the service speaks with a liberal bias.
An employee who is suing the government to keep the service operational says it鈥檚 absurd to think it can run with these staffing levels.
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Army leaders defend parade and border spending
Army leaders are defending spending as much as $45 million to add a parade to the service鈥檚 250th birthday celebration on June 14, saying it will help boost recruitment.
They are responding to members of Congress who argue that the money could be better spent on troops鈥� barracks or other priorities.
Members of the House Armed Services Committee also said during Wednesday鈥檚 hearing they are concerned that the Defense Department is shifting about $1 billion from a variety of accounts 鈥� including base housing 鈥� to cover the costs of shoring up the defense of the southern border.
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Trump administration violated a settlement to provide legal advice to families separated at the border, judge says
A federal judge in San Diego says the Trump administration violated a settlement to provide legal advice to thousands of families that were separated at the border.
American Civil Liberties Union attorney Lee Gelernt says the legal advice could be critical for families as they seek to renew humanitarian parole, which began expiring in May 2024 under the settlement.
Justice Department attorneys argued that a new service from its immigration courts fulfills its obligations, but the ACLU countered that they failed to show even a single person signed up. The ACLU wants the government to rehire the Acacia Center for Justice, whose contract for the free legal advice was ended in April.
U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said he would likely decide on concrete steps by early next week.
GOP senators say 鈥榝ailure is not an option鈥� on budget bill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that Republican senators had a 鈥渧ery positive discussion about the path forward鈥� with Trump on his 鈥渂ig, beautiful鈥� bill.
Thune said Republicans were moving 鈥渋n the same direction to get this across the finish line.鈥�
He did not offer details about the hour-plus discussion with the president but said: 鈥淔ailure is not an option.鈥�
Justice Department pushes to unseal FBI鈥檚 surveillance records of Martin Luther King Jr.
A federal judge is weighing a request from the Trump administration to unseal records of the FBI鈥檚 surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. 鈥� files that the civil rights leader鈥檚 relatives want to keep in the national archives.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., said during a hearing Wednesday that he wants to see an inventory of the records before deciding whether the government can review them for possible public release.
Justice Department attorneys have asked Leon to end a sealing order for the records nearly two years ahead of its expiration date. A department attorney said the administration is only interested in releasing files related to King鈥檚 assassination.
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House panel expands inquiry into Biden鈥檚 health in office
The House Oversight Committee is requesting interviews with members of former President Joe Biden鈥檚 innermost circle as Republicans ramp up their investigation into the final moves of the Biden administration.
Oversight Chairman James Comer of Kentucky requested transcribed interviews with five former Biden aides, alleging that they had participated in a cover-up over 鈥淏iden鈥檚 cognitive state and who was calling the shots.鈥�
Comer also requested interviews with Biden鈥檚 physician and four other senior aides.
He cited a new book that details concerns and debates inside the White House and Democratic Party over Biden鈥檚 mental state and age. Biden and members of his family have vigorously denied the book鈥檚 claims.
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Trump once promised green cards to international students. Now, they feel targeted
To attract the brightest minds to America, Trump proposed a novel idea while campaigning: If elected, he would grant green cards to all foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges.
鈥淚t鈥檚 so sad when we lose people from Harvard, MIT, from the greatest schools,鈥� Trump said in June, during an interview with the podcast 鈥淎ll-In.鈥�
Trump was asked if he could promise to give companies more ability 鈥渢o import the best and brightest鈥� students.
鈥淚 do promise,鈥� Trump answered. Green cards, he said, would be handed out with diplomas to any foreign student who gets a college or graduate degree.
That promise never came to pass. Instead, international students have found themselves at the center of an escalating campaign to kick them out or keep them from coming to the U.S. Trump鈥檚 administration has merged a crackdown on immigration with an effort to reshape higher education.
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Migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get a chance to challenge their removal, judge says
Chief Judge James Boasberg ruled Wednesday that the administration has to give people a way to contest their deportations under an 18th-century wartime law. He said they must also be able to dispute allegations that they are members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
The ruling is the latest milestone in a monthslong legal saga over the fate of deportees imprisoned at El Salvador鈥檚 notorious Terrorism Confinement Center.
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Trump names nominees to take over Middle East and Africa commands
Trump is nominating Vice Adm. Brad Cooper to take over as the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement that Trump also is nominating Air Force Lt. Gen. Dagvin Anderson to head U.S. Africa Command.
Cooper is currently deputy commander of U.S. Central Command and has extensive experience serving and leading troops in the Middle East.
It鈥檚 a crucial role as the region has been shaken by conflict, with the Trump administration pushing to broker a ceasefire deal after 20 months of war in Gaza and holding nuclear talks with Iran.
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US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire
The United States on Wednesday said the move was because the immediate and permanent ceasefire wasn鈥檛 linked to the release of hostages.
The resolution before the U.N.鈥榮 most powerful body also didn鈥檛 condemn Hamas鈥� deadly attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which ignited the war, or say the militant group must disarm and withdraw from Gaza 鈥� two other U.S. demands.
The 14 other members of the 15-nation council voted in favor. The resolution described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as 鈥渃atastrophic鈥� and called on Israel to lift all restrictions on the delivery of aid.
Acting U.S. Ambassador Dorothy Shea said the resolution would undermine the security of Israel and diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire, while emboldening Hamas.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren agrees with the president on the debt ceiling; and Elon Musk on the Trump tax bill
After the president took to his Truth Social platform Wednesday to say he agrees with Sen. Elizabeth Warren that 鈥渢he Debt Limit should be entirely scrapped to prevent an Economic catastrophe,鈥� Warren issued a statement calling for Republicans to scrap the statutory debt ceiling.
鈥淚鈥檝e argued for years that a default on the national debt would be an economic catastrophe that must be avoided by getting rid of the debt limit permanently,鈥� Warren said. 鈥淚f Republicans in Congress were serious about preventing that economic disaster, they would scrap the debt limit entirely like President Donald Trump has called for 鈥� not increase it by $4 trillion dollars to finance tax cuts for billionaires and billionaire corporations.鈥�
Citing the released Wednesday of Trump鈥檚 big bill 鈥� which estimates a spike in deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade and would leave some 10.9 million more people without health insurance 鈥� Warren said 鈥渢hat鈥檚 a disgusting abomination, as made clear.鈥�
Homeland Security investigating whether Egyptian man鈥檚 family knew of attack
The Homeland Security Secretary says the department is investigating what the family of an Egyptian man arrested in the knew about the attack ahead of time.
Kristi Noem said in a statement Wednesday that they鈥檙e also looking into whether the family provided any support to the attack.
Noem said Immigration and Customs Enforcement has taken Mohamed Sabry Soliman鈥檚 wife and five children into custody and is processing them so they can be removed from the country.
Homeland Security said his wife was a 41-year-old Egyptian citizen and that he had three daughters and two sons. The Department said all of them are Egyptian citizens and arrived with him when he arrived in the U.S. Aug. 27, 2022.
Government goes after Columbia鈥檚 accreditation
The Education Department is pressuring Columbia University鈥檚 accreditor to take action against the Ivy League school over findings that it failed to protect Jewish students from harassment.
The department on Wednesday told the Middle States Commission on Higher Education that Columbia should face action because it has been found in violation of antidiscrimination laws.
Accreditors work on behalf of the federal government to decide which colleges can accept federal financial aid. Without an accreditor鈥檚 seal of approval, Columbia could no longer accept students鈥� federal grants or loans.
鈥淛ust as the Department of Education has an obligation to uphold federal antidiscrimination law, university accreditors have an obligation to ensure member institutions abide by their standards,鈥� Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement.
The announcement says the accreditor must take action against Columbia if it doesn鈥檛 come into compliance.
Columbia and its accreditor did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Bishop who stood up to Trump preaches hope and joy at World Pride
Mariann Budde, Bishop of Washington, on Wednesday decried leaders 鈥渢rying to turn back the clock鈥� on LGBTQ+ rights and urged people to embrace hope and joy amid hardship as they come to the nation鈥檚 capital for World Pride during a time of mounting political anxiety for LGBTQ+ Americans.
鈥淲e鈥檙e not in the 1960s and 70s anymore,鈥� Budde, who is a bishop within the Episcopal church, told a crowd at World Pride.
Ahead of her Wednesday remarks at World Pride, Budde told The Associated Press she鈥檇 leave the calls to action to activists and organizers and would instead focus on 鈥渓ove, joy and community as the antidotes to fear.鈥�
鈥淚t prevents us from being so paralyzed by fear that we forget who we are and our history in the struggle for equal rights,鈥� she said.
Judge tosses Democratic committees鈥� lawsuit over the Federal Election Commission鈥檚 independence
A federal judge has that sought to block Trump鈥檚 administration from implementing an executive order that Democratic Party officials claim could undermine the independence of the Federal Election Commission.
U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali in Washington ruled late Tuesday that there鈥檚 insufficient evidence that the Republican administration intends to apply a key portion of Trump鈥檚 executive order to the FEC or its commissioners.
鈥淭his Court鈥檚 doors are open to the parties if changed circumstances show concrete action or impact on the FEC鈥檚 or its Commissioners鈥� independence,鈥� the judge wrote.
The Democratic Party鈥檚 three national political committees sued after Trump signed in February. The order was intended to increase his control of the entire executive branch, including over agencies such as the FEC, a six-person bipartisan board created by Congress to independently enforce campaign finance law.
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Trump renegotiating CHIPS Act awards
The Trump administration is renegotiating some grants previously awarded to companies under a law design to reinvigorate semiconductor manufacturing in the United States, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed in a hearing Wednesday.
When asked at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing about delays in doling out CHIPS Act funding awarded to some companies, Lutnick said they have been reworking some agreements to try and generate additional domestic investment.
鈥淎re we renegotiating? Absolutely, for the benefit of the American taxpayer, for sure,鈥� Lutnick said. 鈥淎ll the deals are getting better. And the only deals that are not getting done are deals that should have never been done in the first place.鈥�
The CHIPS Act, a law passed in 2022 with bipartisan support, was designed to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing while sharpening the U.S. edge in military technology and minimizing future supply chain disruptions.
But recent tariffs and export limitations paired with the administration鈥檚 threats against the CHIPS Act, could of ensuring the U.S. maintains a competitive edge in artificial intelligence development.
Homeland Security says its cracking down on visa overstays after attack left several injured in Boulder, Colorado
The Department of Homeland Security says it will be going after people who stay in the U.S. once their visas expire after an Egyptian man who overstayed his visa was charged with in Boulder, Colorado.
, 45, is among hundreds of thousands of people known to overstay their visas each year in the United States.
In a statement Wednesday, Homeland Security said that U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are ramping up their reviews of immigration records.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem warned that anyone aiming to come to America and 鈥渁dvocate for antisemitic violence and terrorism鈥� was not welcome and would be prosecuted.
Trump says he spoke about Iran with Putin and they agreed the country 鈥榗annot have a nuclear weapon鈥�
Trump says part of his call with Putin was focused on Iran and 鈥渢he fact that time is running out on Iran鈥檚 decision pertaining to nuclear weapons, which must be made quickly!鈥�
Trump said in a post on his social media site that he told Russia鈥檚 president 鈥渢hat Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement.鈥�
He said Putin suggested 鈥渢hat he will participate in the discussions with Iran鈥� and could perhaps 鈥渂e helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion.鈥�
Trump previously boasted that a major announcement on Iran was coming, but none has materialized.
He suggested in his latest post that Iran has been slow-walking their decision 鈥渁nd we will need a definitive answer in a very short period of time!鈥�
British Prime Minister says deal exempting UK from US metals tariffs will be in place before deadline
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he is confident a trade deal exempting the U.K. from U.S. metals tariffs will be in force before a July 9 deadline set by Trump.
Starmer and Trump announced a trade agreement May 8 that will eliminate import taxes on U.K. steel and aluminum, but it has yet to come into force. Trump raised the tax on imported steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% starting Wednesday but said it would stay at 25% for the U.K.
He reserved the right to hike the rate if the deal isn鈥檛 in force by July 9.
Starmer told lawmakers in the House of Commons that the agreement would be implemented 鈥渋n just a couple of weeks.鈥�
鈥淲e are the only country in the world that isn鈥檛 paying the 50% tax on steel and that will be coming down,鈥� Starmer said. 鈥淲e are working on it to bring it down to zero, that is going to happen.鈥�
Gareth Stace, head of the industry body U.K. Steel, said Trump鈥檚 decision to keep tariffs on British steel at 25% was a 鈥渨elcome pause鈥� but warned that continuing uncertainty was making American customers 鈥渄ubious over whether they should even risk making U.K. orders.鈥�
Trump says Putin told him Russia will respond to Ukrainian attack on airfields
Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin told him 鈥渧ery strongly鈥� in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine鈥檚 weekend drone attack on Russian airfields.
The U.S. president said in a social media post that 鈥淚t was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.鈥�
The call that lasted for an hour and 15 minutes was Trump鈥檚 first known with Putin since May 19.
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African history classes are safe if they teach 鈥榖oth sides,鈥� McMahon says
Education Secretary Linda McMahon made the comment Wednesday while facing questions by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Asking about the Trump administration鈥檚 diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Democratic Rep. Summer Lee asked if courses on African American history should be permitted.
鈥淚 do not think that African studies or Middle East studies or Chinese studies are part of DEI if they are taught as part of the total history package,鈥� McMahon said. 鈥淚f you鈥檙e giving the facts on both sides, of course they鈥檙e not DEI.鈥�
Lee responded, 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know what both sides of African American history would be.鈥�
Lee posed the same question about lessons on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. 鈥淚鈥檇 have to get back to you on that,鈥� McMahon said.
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has a book coming out this fall
The book promises a close look at decision not to run for reelection and calls for thinking beyond the two-party system.
Jean-Pierre herself has switched her affiliation to independent after working in two Democratic administrations, according to Legacy Lit, a Hachette Book Group imprint that will publish 鈥淚ndependent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines鈥� on Oct. 21.
Wednesday鈥檚 announcement from Legacy Lit says she鈥檒l take readers 鈥渢hrough the three weeks that led to Biden鈥檚 abandoning his bid for a second term and the betrayal by the Democratic Party that led to his decision.鈥�
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House Speaker Mike Johnson says he called Elon Musk to discuss his posts criticizing tax bill
鈥淚 called Elon last night and he didn鈥檛 answer, but I hope to talk to him today,鈥� Johnson told reporters Wednesday, adding, 鈥淚 hope he comes around. I鈥檇 love to talk to him this week and I hope he calls me back today.鈥�
Johnson said he and Musk spoke at length Monday about the bill.
鈥淓lon was encouraged by that conversation. We had a great, it was a very friendly, very fruitful conversation together, and he and I talked about the midterm elections, and he said, 鈥業鈥檓 going to help,鈥欌�� Johnson said.
鈥淭hen yesterday, you know, 24 hours later, he does a 180 and he comes out and opposed the bill and it surprised me, frankly,鈥� he added.
A Democrat responds to the Congressional Budget Office鈥檚 forecast on Trump鈥檚 tax bill
鈥淩epublicans cry crocodile tears over the debt when Democrats are in charge 鈥� but explode it when they鈥檙e in power,鈥� said Rep. Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee.
鈥淚n the words of Elon Musk,鈥� Boyle said, reviving the billionaire and former Trump aide鈥檚 criticism of the package, 鈥渢his bill is a 鈥榙isgusting abomination.鈥欌��
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise criticizes the Congressional Budget Office
At a news conference Wednesday with House leadership, Scalise said the office has continuously failed to take economic growth into account.
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 need to go back that far to see how wrong the CBO has been,鈥� Scalise said. 鈥淲hen it comes time to make prognostications on economic growth, they鈥檝e always been wrong.鈥�
Asked later if the budget office should be done away with, Scalise did not shoot down the idea.
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 very valid to raise these concerns that CBO has missed the problems that come with making false estimates,鈥� he said. 鈥淓conomic growth has been their Achilles' heel.鈥�
Pennsylvania sues the USDA over cutting funding to $1 billion food aid program
The state says the agency under Trump illegally cut off funding to it through a program designed to distribute more than $1 billion in aid to states to buy food from farms for schools, child care centers and food banks.
The lawsuit in federal court was announced by Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, and comes three months after states received notices of termination from the Department of Agriculture saying the pandemic-era assistance program no longer reflects agency priorities.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 get what the hell their priorities are if not feeding people and taking care of our farmers,鈥� Shapiro said at a news conference at a food bank warehouse in Philadelphia.
The loss to Pennsylvania is $13 million under a three-year contract, money the state planned to use to buy food from farms to stock food banks. States also use the money to buy food from farms for school nutrition programs and child care centers.
World Pride opening speaker says she was denied entry to US ahead of human rights conference
Just days before she was set to give opening remarks at World Pride鈥檚 human rights conference in Washington, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, the co-founder of UK Black Pride widely known as Lady Phyll, said she was denied entry to the U.S. after her visa was revoked due to her travels to Cuba earlier this year.
Many LGBTQ+ travelers have expressed concerns or decided to skip the gathering due to anxieties about safety, border policies and a hostile political environment. Several countries, including Denmark, Finland and Germany, issued cautions for LGBTQ+ travelers visiting the U.S. for World Pride.
Speaking over a livestream, Opoku-Gyimah said she applied immediately for a nonimmigrant visa, but the earliest date she was given was in September.
鈥淚鈥檝e called. I鈥檝e written. I鈥檝e pleaded,鈥� she said. 鈥淎nd the answer was a cold, bureaucratic 鈥楴o.鈥欌��
Budget office estimates increase of 10.9 million people without health insurance under Trump鈥檚 bill
That would include 1.4 million who are in the country without legal status in state-funded programs. The package would reduce federal outlays, or spending, by $1.3 trillion over that period, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said.
Trump鈥檚 big bill will cut taxes by $3.7T and add $2.4T to deficit, nonpartisan budget office says
The analysis comes at a crucial moment as Trump is pushing to have the final product on his desk by Fourth of July.
The White House and GOP leaders have been sowing doubt on the Congressional Budget Office鈥檚 work. But its findings as the official scorekeeper of legislation will be weighed by lawmakers and others seeking to understand the budgetary effects of the sprawling 1,000-page plus package.
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Wall Street stalls following a potentially discouraging report on the US job market
U.S. stocks are drifting in tentative trading following a potentially discouraging signal on the job market and economy.
The S&P 500 edged up 0.2% Wednesday and lost some momentum after a big rally drove it back within 3% of its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 53 points, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.3%.
The action was stronger in the bond market, where Treasury yields fell after a report suggested employers outside the government hired far fewer workers than expected last month. That could bode ill for Friday鈥檚 more comprehensive jobs report coming from the Labor Department.
Wall Street ticks quietly higher in premarket as Trump鈥檚 steel and aluminum tariffs due to kick in
Futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq all rose 0.2% in light trading before the bell Wednesday morning.
The European Union鈥檚 top trade negotiator, Maro拧 艩ef膷ovi膷, , U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
艩ef膷ovi膷 said talks were 鈥渁dvancing in the right direction at pace.鈥�
There鈥檚 been no official update on the status of the steel and aluminum tariffs as of early Wednesday morning. Those tariffs are expected to hit a and likely for consumers.
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Ukraine鈥檚 backers meet to drum up arms and ammo. The Pentagon chief is absent
Senior officials from nearly 50 nations gathered Wednesday, with the since the group organizing the was set up three years ago.
The Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at NATO headquarters is going to be chaired by the United Kingdom and Germany. U.S. would only arrive in Brussels after it鈥檚 over. He鈥檒l participate in a meeting of NATO defense ministers Thursday.
His absence is the latest in a series of steps Washington has taken to distance itself from Ukraine鈥檚 efforts to repel Russia鈥檚 full-scale invasion, which began Feb. 24, 2022.
Before Wednesday鈥檚 meeting, the U.K. said it plans a tenfold increase in drone production to help Ukraine. Drones have become a in the war.
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Europe and the US are meeting in Paris to negotiate a settlement of a tense tariff spat
The European Union鈥檚 top trade negotiator, Maro拧 艩ef膷ovi膷, met Wednesday with his American counterpart, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
鈥淲e鈥檙e advancing in the right direction at pace,鈥� 艩ef膷ovi膷 said at a news conference. He said ongoing technical meetings between EU and U.S. negotiators in Washington would be soon followed by a video conference between himself and Greer to then 鈥渁ssess the progress and charter the way forward.鈥�
Brussels and Washington are unlikely to reach a substantive trade agreement in Paris. The issues dividing them are too difficult to resolve quickly.
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