66 h. ago Trump’s China tariff shocks US importers. One CEO calls it ‘end of days’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Woldenberg thought he had come up with a sure-fire plan to protect his Chicago-area educational toy company from President Donald Trump’s massive new taxes on Chinese imports. “When he announced a 20% tariff, I made a plan to survive 40%, and I thought I was being very clever,” said Woldenberg, CEO […]

Economics

3 d. ago Trump veut supprimer la recherche climatique menée par l’agence américaine de référence

La NOAA joue un rôle incontournable dans les sciences mondiales du climat selon une élue démocrate.

Society

4 d. ago Trump nominee for public lands post withdraws after her criticism of Jan. 6 Capitol attack surfaces

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land has withdrawn her nomination following revelations that she criticized the Republican president in 2021 for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The withdrawal of Kathleen Sgamma to lead the Interior Department’s Bureau […]

Economics

7 d. ago Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive information at U.S. agencies

BALTIMORE — An appeals court on Monday cleared the way for billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to once again access people’s private data at three federal agencies, a win for the Trump administration as the underlying lawsuit plays out. In a split ruling, the three-judge panel blocked a lower court decision that halted […]

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1 week ago Trump abruptly fires general who headed National Security Agency

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move. Senior military leaders were informed Thursday of the firing of Air Force Gen. Tim Haugh, who also oversaw […]

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1 week ago Trump reportedly fires National Security Agency director as top Democrats protest

Earlier Thursday, Trump said he had fired 'some' White House National Security Council officials

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2 w. ago City of Edmonton lights prescribed burn as part of fire prevention efforts

The Northeast River Valley Park was closed for a prescribed burn, meant to clear grass and weeds in the park. Preventative fire is a recent add to the city's fire protection plan.

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3 w. ago Canadian startups focus on homegrown funding with U.S. relations strained

Tatiana Estevez was celebrating her fog water collection company Permalution securing money in a fundraising round and garnering support for a drinking water project, when it was all placed in jeopardy. Because American president Donald Trump froze the U.S. Agency for International Development’s spending, one of the humanitarian organization’s biggest contractors had to put the […]

Culture

3 w. ago Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, completing its dismantling is most likely […]

Culture

3 w. ago Top Leaders Flee Pipeline Safety Agency as Trump Pushes to Build

More than half the senior leadership of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials and Safety Administration is departing.

Politics

3 w. ago Trump Agencies’ Plan for Fired Workers Faces Judicial Pushback

The Trump administration’s placement of thousands of federal workers on leave drew mixed reactions this week from judges who had ordered those employees back in their jobs after they were initially fired.

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