7 h. ago Trump hints US troops could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state

US President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime, potentially expanding the number of cities around the nation where he may send federal law enforcement. Trump has already said he plans to send the National Guard into Chicago and Baltimore following his administration deploying troops and federal agents to patrol the streets of Washington last month. “So we’re making a determination now,” Trump told reporters...

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7 h. ago Trump suggests US troops could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state

US President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime, potentially expanding the number of cities around the nation where he may send federal law enforcement. Trump has already said he plans to send the National Guard into Chicago and Baltimore following his administration deploying troops and federal agents to patrol the streets of Washington last month. “So we’re making a determination now,” Trump told reporters...

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7 d. ago Why Trump’s furniture tariffs could complicate efforts to reassemble China trade

US President Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose tariffs on imported furniture could erode some of China’s exports while doing little to bring manufacturing back to America as he promised, according to analysts. And they added that such a move risks escalating tensions between the world’s two largest economies, whose earlier extension of a trade truce, coupled with conciliatory statements, had suggested a more amenable posture in trade negotiations. Trump announced plans to impose steep...

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9 d. ago Trump suggests Americans ‘like a dictator’ as he clamps down on Washington

US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested Americans would like a dictator as he signed orders to tighten his federal clampdown on the capital Washington and to prosecute flag-burners. In a rambling 80-minute event in the Oval Office, Trump lambasted critics and the media as he complained that he was not getting credit for his National Guard-backed crackdown on crime and immigration. “They say ‘we don’t need him. Freedom, freedom. He’s a dictator. He’s a dictator’. A lot of people are saying:...

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2 w. ago Trump slams Smithsonian for focusing on ‘how bad slavery was’, threatens funding

US President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday he will pressure the Smithsonian Institution – a premier museum, education and research complex for US history and culture – to accept his demands, just like he did with colleges and universities by threatening to cut federal funding. In a social media post, Trump complained about what he called excessive focus on “how bad Slavery was.” “I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done...

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3 w. ago Trump sparks concern after suggesting he might allow sales of Nvidia’s advanced AI chips in China

Trump sparks concern after suggesting he might allow sales of Nvidia’s advanced AI chips in China  The Guardian

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3 w. ago Trump suggests he may not allow sales of advanced Nvidia chip in China

Trump suggests he may not allow sales of advanced Nvidia chip in China  Reuters

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