6 d. ago Trump signs executive order aimed at ‘eliminating’ Department of Education ‘once and for all’: Live updates

President claimed giving control of education to states will halve costs and improve standards

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7 d. ago Donald Trump's behaviour has chilling echoes of North Korea as critics slam him for using kids as 'props'

President Donald Trump's decision to sign an executive order gutting the Department of Education has sparked outrage and drawn eerie comparisons to North Korean tactics

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7 d. ago Trump signs executive order aimed at ‘eliminating’ Education Department ‘once and for all’: Live updates

President claimed giving control of education to states will halve costs and improve standards

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7 d. ago The Latest: Trump to sign executive order aimed at eliminating Education Department

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday “aimed at eliminating” the U.S. Education Department

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7 d. ago President Trump to sign executive order dramatically shrinking Department of Education: Live updates

President set to order Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling federal agency and hand responsibility for schools over to individual states

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7 d. ago President Trump to sign executive order shutting down Department of Education: Live updates

President set to order Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling federal agency and hand responsibility for schools over to individual states

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7 d. ago Trump administration live updates: Trump to sign executive order shutting down Department of Education

President set to order Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling federal agency and hand responsibility for schools over to individual states

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7 d. ago Trump expected to sign order shutting down Department of Education: Live updates

President set to order Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling federal agency and hand responsibility for schools over to individual states

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7 d. ago Donald Trump to sign executive order aiming to shut down Department of Education – US politics live

Order challenged by Democratic state attorneys general as NAACP says it is a ‘dark day for millions of American children’ The Trump administration is working on a plan to create what conservatives have long demanded: a militarized buffer zone along the southern border in New Mexico that would be occupied by active-duty US troops, empowered to detain migrants who cross into the United States unlawfully, the Washington Post reports.According to the Post, recent internal discussions have centered on deploying troops to a section of the border in New Mexico that would be turned into a kind of military installation, which would give the soldiers a legal right to detain migrants who “trespass” on the elongated base. Unauthorized migrants would then be held until they can be turned over to immigration officers.Speaking from the podium of the White House briefing room, Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, accused federal judges of ruling against the president for partisan reaso...

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7 d. ago Trump freezes $175m in federal funding to major university in dispute over trans swimmer: Live

University of Pennsylvania threatens to sue administration over rights of trans athletes

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2 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil lawyers say activist being punished for free speech as hundreds protest against detention – live

Actor Susan Sarandon among demonstrators calling for pro-Palestinian activist’s release outside New York courthouseGovernment asks court to move Khalil case out of New YorkWho is Mahmoud Khalil?Congressional brinkmanship, including repeated near-misses with shutdowns and over the nation’s $36 trillion in debt, has contributed to global ratings agencies’ moves to downgrade the US federal government’s once-pristine credit rating, reports Reuters.Democrats have long chided Republicans for threatening or voting for government shutdowns, and Republicans were quick to call them out for considering votes that could risk one. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Canada to impose 25% tariffs on nearly $30bn in US imports as trade war flares – live

Canadian foreign minister condemns ‘unjustified’ trade war and condemns ‘Trump’s talks of annexing our country through economic coercion’ Congressional brinkmanship, including repeated near-misses with shutdowns and over the nation’s $36 trillion in debt, has contributed to global ratings agencies’ moves to downgrade the US federal government’s once-pristine credit rating, reports Reuters.Democrats have long chided Republicans for threatening or voting for government shutdowns, and Republicans were quick to call them out for considering votes that could risk one. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Canada to impose 25% tariffs on nearly $30b in US imports as trade war flares – live

Canada’s finance minister says his country will tomorrow retaliate with levies on almost $30b in imports from the USCongressional brinkmanship, including repeated near-misses with shutdowns and over the nation’s $36 trillion in debt, has contributed to global ratings agencies’ moves to downgrade the US federal government’s once-pristine credit rating, reports Reuters.Democrats have long chided Republicans for threatening or voting for government shutdowns, and Republicans were quick to call them out for considering votes that could risk one. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Education department plans to cut half its workforce as Trump vows to wind agency down – US politics live

Secretary of education Linda McMahon says move is part of president’s mission to dismantle departmentA poll released on Tuesday shows that US president Donald Trump’s approval rating has dropped a few points since he first took office, reports the Hill.Accoding to the Emerson College Polling survey, 47% of voters approved of Trump’s job performance and 45% disapproved. Those findings are down from a 49% approval and 41% disapproval rating at the beginning of Trump’s second term.The public’s views of the economy under Trump seem to be a drag on his overall approval rating, with a plurality of 48% saying they don’t approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, while 37% approve.Voters give Trump his highest ratings for his handling of immigration, with 48% approving and 40% disapproving. His weakest areas are the economy, health care and cryptocurrency, in which he has net approval ratings solidly underwater.”Ending incessant federal interference will free up state and local leaders to ...

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2 w. ago US job openings rose to 7.7 million in January, a sign the job market remains sturdy

U.S. job openings rose at the start of the year, another sign the job market was solid when President Donald Trump returned to the White House

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2 w. ago Biden accused of using autopen on official White House documents

Presidents, including Donald Trump, have been using automatic signatures to sign documents since the Obama administration

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2 w. ago Biden accused of using autosignature on official White House documents

Presidents, including Donald Trump, have been using automatic signatures to sign documents since the Obama administration

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3 w. ago Trump rolls his eyes as Democrat has sign with a bizarre four

Rep. Melanie Stansbury held up a sign as she came face-to-face with President Trump as he entered the House chamber for his address to a joint session of Congress.

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3 w. ago Trump renews Zelensky attacks as Ukraine leader appeals to allies over Oval Office meeting: live updates

The minerals deal is seen as a step toward ending Ukraine's three-year war with Russia, and references the importance of Ukraine's future security.

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3 w. ago What Trump's order making English the official language in the US could mean

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, and activists and advocacy groups are alarmed by what that will mean for non-English speakers when it comes to immigration, voter access and other issues

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